i had been more than a little nervous about heading over to the capitol on my own to drop off flags, primarily because i was convinced i'd get hopelessly lost and look like an ass...i'd been over there twice before, but only once recently (like i really remember anything from my first week here, right?).

but i gave it a shot this afternoon, trying to balance a stack of flags and not look like an idiot and, sure enough, i conquered the capitol. well, i conquered the route to this one particular location within the capitol. at some point, i'll actually have to take on going above the basement floor, but i take little steps so i can have little victories.

when everyone's back from campaigning, i want to take a tour of the building so then i can sign up for the capitol tour course and be able to give tours to people--i'm really looking forward to this, as it'll give me the opportunity to interact with constituents on a different level and be able to show off the place i actually work at--not to mention take on more navigational skills. i've slowly been aclimating myself to the senate buildings--this is a more difficult process than one might think, certainly more difficult than i thought it would be when i first arrived. when you have a bunch of buildings where the hallways all look the same, it's pretty easy to get lost. but if you get lost, that means you have to find your way out of it as well, which means you aclimate yourself. so it's all good--as long as you don't need to be back right away...

oh, how much am i looking forward to going running tonight...