Well Friday came and went and so did General Petraeus. I had class in the morning, but got to the Center before his arrival. Unfortunately, everyone was so caught up in prepping for his arrival that I was sorta left out of the loop. So I stayed at my desk (which is on the first floor while reception and the main part of the office is on the second floor) for the time he was here so I missed him completely. In retrospect I should have just skipped my class and gone in at 9:00; I'll know that for next time. Ryan, the NATO project leader, said the meeting went very well with the General and Dr. Abshire. I believe he briefed the General on our report, and he (the General) was thankful for our work. Dan, who is Ryan's project assistant or number two guy, briefed the General's entourage of Colonels over the highlights of our report as well.
However the day did not end on our sour note. Ryan still had a lot of work for me to do and asked if I could stay late to work on some things. I sent out e-mail invites to almost all the NATO ambassadors and then talked with Ryan and his office mate Matt for awhile. So it was still nonetheless a productive day.
Next Tuesday is our big roll out day for the report. It will be presented by two senators and we have about five people who were "experts" on the report speaking. I'm more than sure that I'll be going to the event on Capitol Hill and I'll do a full report on it this Tuesday. For this weekend, we'll try to find something fun to do, but I also have to do some grocery shopping and unfortunately do some ironing. Peace.
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