The Longest Day

Well, I traveled to Washington yesterday to give my cardiology lecture to the new crop of ALJs. There were about 75 of them in a very poorly arranged classroom. Fortunately, the Power Point presentation worked well. For a group of attorneys, they were pretty well behaved. I was able to get through about 95% of my lecture before I had to stop for time. I think it was well received. The hardest part of the entire day was getting there. Actually, the directions to the location itself weren't bad. Once I arrived, it was hard to figure out which building to go into. I finally knew I was in the right place when I saw that all of the guards were busy texting, and no one checked the contents of my briefcase as I walked in. It was a federal building after all. Drive back to Baltimore was horrendous. Dealing with Washington traffic is always a nightmare. Got home exhausted at 5:30 then had to be in the theater at 6:30 for final dress rehearsal of The Pirates of Penzance with orchestra and an audience. Yes, we did it 5 years ago and were supposed to do Iolanthe this summer, but given the economy, they decided to go with a bigger draw show. Things went well. The orchestra sounded terrific. It didn't take me very long to fall asleep last night. Formal opening is Saturday night.

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