Big Al

Hello people! Life is good right now! We are going into recess next week, so everyone is in a good mood. Since Congress won’t be in session, it means we can all dress down and relax. There will be a lot less work and a lot of people will be going back to Wyoming.
I have been having a blast, lately. This place is so full of random surprises...Last week, I got called over to Barasso(the other Wyoming Senator)’s office to help with a tour. They told me that had an experienced person leading the tour and I just had to go along and make sure everyone stayed together. I was a little anxious until I met up with the group and saw that the ‘experienced’ person was none other than Wyoming’s prominent former Senator Al Simpson! I had briefly met him before since I took many of his brother (Pete Simpson)’s classes at UW. I knew him to be a great and friendly person. He and his entourage (which included candidate for Congress Mark Gordon) were extremely nice and asked me about myself (most people in DC would not give a crap about getting to know interns). It was harder than I thought to keep the group together because Al has no problem going into restricted areas. At various points, we all walked into the background of an interview with a Representative and barged into the Vice President’s office. Al stopped to talk with just about everybody, and told us all kinds of interesting stories. I had a great time and all of them shook my hand and thanked me for accompanying them. That is what I love about Wyoming people, they are so friendly and take the time to get to know people. More often than not, you have some connection to the people you meet. Most of them, for example, were big CJ Box fans.