The 5-Sided Puzzle Palace

So this week, the only actually exciting part of this week was Wednesday. We went to the Pentagon and in the afternoon heard from an Army colonel who was in the Pentagon on 9/11. The Pentagon was pretty cool... we walked around (apparently 1.5 miles) and my tour was 9 people, 8 from my group and 1 random dude, with one tour guide, a Marine Pfc. in the honor guard. We visited the 9/11 memorial chapel and the memorial inside the Pentagon. They are pretty nice. We didn't actually go into the chapel because they were having a service. The outdoor memorial seems nice but we didn't have a chance to go outside.

The guy in the afternoon was pretty good too. His office was down the hall from where the plane hit. He spoke a bit about how he was feeling immediately after it happened and some people didn't agree with what he said. Unfortunately, instead of voicing their opinions, these people just got up and left. Now, I have a few problems with this: first, he prefaced his statements with a disclaimer that they WERE his opinions; second, they could've said something; third, does it really matter? You might say: Yes, yes it does. And I would say: one guy? that you had to listen to for an hour? Does it really affect your life? He did refer to the Pentagon as "the 5-sided puzzle palace," definitely the best part.

Whatever. It's a little irksome but overall, it was a good experience. I do not have any pictures because we were not allowed to bring phones or cameras into the Pentagon.

Work this week was not too bad. I found out I have President's day off, so that's happy.