I *do* have friends!

I've been spending my (ample) free time meeting up with good friends. Wednesday, I visited Emily for lunch at the Capitol. She's the Speaker of the House's assistant and is one of the very few employed year-round at the House of Representatives. We ate lunch together every day while the legislature was in session and became great friends. The Capitol was a stark contrast to what I was used to- where are the dozens of lobbyist puppy-guarding the entrance to the House (their laptops perched precariously on their knees)? Where were all the green-coat wearing Sergeant-at-Arms (retired police officers who handle security for the legislature)? Where were the interns, pages, and staff? It was very quiet except for the tour of fifth-graders in the rotunda and it freaked me out! This is me and Emily the last night of the session.



Also on Wednesday, I headed over to Dana's house to hear all about her beautiful and exotic Hawaiian wedding! She and I became friends while working on the Dave Buhler campaign. She showed me some of her gorgeous wedding pictures (and these are just the snapshots!) What a great idea, I almost wish I had done it- she and Ben married in the Laie temple, had a wedding dinner at Turtle Bay resort on O'ahu with 45 family members and friends, then honeymooned on Kaua'i. What a dream! (I totally swiped this picture off of Facebook... here's Dana with her sisters and sisters-in-law).


And here we are on Election night (lookin' pretty good, I think, considering the all-nighter we had pulled.)

Yesterday, I met up with Casey (you know, from Moosh in Indy?) She and I used to form elaborate pet shows for the neighborhood animals when we were tykes and recently reconnected through blogging. She's a super funny blogger, patient law school wife, excellent mama, and quite the baker. She also thinks John and I are sickening newlyweds. She's in town for a while, so she and I took the Moosh to Ikea for some good times. It wasn't quite the same good times we had last time she was in town, but it was still fun. It's always fun to hang with Casey and the Moosh, especially when you add in some affordable Swedish design and lunch from the cafeteria! I stupidly didn't take any pictures of our girls-day-out, but here's a cute one of the Moosh and Johnny from when we saw them last at Christmas.



It's fun to catch up with friends... what have you been up to lately?