Frühmorgen

I know that I usually leave my house shortly after 7:30 each morning, but usually that follows a 10 or 10:30 bedtime. Last night I got to bed at midnight and I was out the door at 6:30 in order to get to the DuPont Circle Starbucks by 7, to make sure that there was a table for the meeting of 5 people.

Let me tell you, 6:30 is early. 7:30 still felt early, even though I was already half way through a Venti Pumpkin Spice Soy Latte—a kind of drink that one can only find at Starbucks, and probably only in America.

It was great.

So was the meeting—I managed to keep the meeting on the agenda and we went through it in record time, allowing us to finish with a spare 15 minutes that was productively used to discuss more ‘meta’ issues.

After that I was herded into a meeting, which I stayed at for awhile before having an impromptu discussion about an unpleasant problem—not so unpleasant for me, but potentially unpleasant for other people. I am glad that I only am tangentially involved with something that has the potential for needing legal advice.

Later I had lunch with a friend, did some shopping, and then grabbed a nap so that I could be functional during tonight’s dinner.

Tomorrow I’m off to The City.