sorry for delay, I'm trying to understand semiotics and my exam is on Monday. Reviews please!

The State Dinner

Bow-ties sitting on a tree...

Remember I was not thinking anymore about the office closeness issue? Yeah, that ship has absolutely sailed. I mean, are you kidding me with the whole bow tie thing? I know, I've done it many times before, and it's always been a kind of sweet moment. But I swear I've never given it much thought until Carol brought all her "insight" into the picture.

We were having our regular breakfast at the mess, with Margaret and Ginger also there, talking about the excitement of having a State Dinner. Ginger was clever enough to make a comment on how she enjoys seeing Sam in a tux (we all do, honestly, but we still had to tease her about it). But then, I was the suicidal by saying I hated when they had to dress up because it meant I had to help Josh with the tie.

Fine, I'll admit that statement wasn't even in the least believable, but they didn't have to make a whole case out of it. After behaving like schoolgirls making fun about how much I supposedly enjoyed it, Carol told everyone else one of her favorite "Bartlet for America" stories. It's the one about how adorable she found it that sometime during the final months of the campaign,on a formal fund-raiser, I did the bow-tie routine for the first time as if I had done it many times before. According to her narration, I just grabbed Josh's hands and stopped him from nearly choking himself with the tie, to carefully arrange it myself; all this, without missing a beat in some discussion about some nonsense. That was it, but Margaret and Ginger seemed touched by the anecdote, though I don't get why. I was also confused by Carol's final comment before we all went back to work: "The moment I saw that exchange between the two of you I became intrigued. I'm positive it must have left some butterflies going nuts in your stomach".

Ok, Carol is wrong. Sorry, but no. First of all, it was just 41 days after I began working with Josh, not months. (what? I count!). Second, the discussion was about an e-mail from his mother regarding his hair cut (ok, so I have a good memory…). And finally, I had no butterfly ideas at the time. The only thing I recall going through my head once the bow-tie was done relates to my job description. I remember thinking it was weird I refused to get coffee for my boss but automatically jumped in to help him get dressed. I realized it sounded ridiculous even in my mind, but I also noticed that it felt perfectly natural. And even if I had just known the man for 41 days, I got a glimpse of how our relationship would work if I was lucky enough to get the long-term job. But that was as far as my analysis got.

I find it amazing how a thought coming from someone else's mouth can change a whole perspective. Now I'm kind ofanxious as to how I will feel next timeI see my boss and help him get ready.It reminds me of 7th grade and the whole Matt fiasco. Remember that? Best friends, everything was great, then Kelly B. starts singing songs about sitting in trees and it all became weird and awkward and pretty much went to hell. But I digress, it's just that I hope that won't happen here.

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Ok, had nothing to worry about. Or maybe I should have been worrying about "Indonesian" instead of bow-ties. Still,the interaction was not awkward at all, but rather nice, banterish, and light. And I even managed to use it in my own defense the first time Josh seemed about to strangle me. I refuse to think more into it, but when I came closer and fixed his tie he immediately calmed down.

That's something I'm so not sharing with Carol!