Orientation & Ben's Chili Bowl

Busy, busy day.  Woke up at 7 this morning, and was rewarded with hot water in the shower!  Dressed up in my grey suit and teal? colored shirt and tie that Karissa picked out for me, and it received many compliments throughout the day.  We had our orientation today that started at 9:00 at a very nice reception hall about five stops on the Metro away from my residence.  The highlight of the day thus far was a stop at Ben's Chili Bowl for lunch.  Then President-Elect Obama dined there, and it is full of images of the owner with figures like a young Denzel Washington, Tavis Smiley, and a painting with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and other historical figures in the African-American community.  I ordered Bill Cosby's favorite, and it actually is his favorite, The Original Chili Half-Smoke.  I also attended a meeting about 'Power Greetings' where we went over the proper ways to introduce yourself professionally, and I signed up to be a part of the Veterans portion of our Civic Engagement part of my responsibilities to TWC (more on that later).