All right, where we last left our heroine, she was despondent over not being a stellar reporter at the D.C. Contract Appeals Board. Now she (oh, okay, me) was faced with the decision of whether to jump back in the next day or not. If I didn't go back the next day, I wouldn't be able to go on an internship job for at least 2 weeks, between David's schedule and my work schedule (this was taking place before the start of the school term, and I'd accepted some additional projects at work because I was not in school, before I knew about this opportunity).
I decided I didn't want this hanging over my head as my last memory, and I picked myself up and went back.
This time -- well, it went better. I had long stretches where I felt in control. Part of it, I'm sure, was that I was simply more familiar with the people, the procedures, and the terms. Another part was that I no longer expected that I'd get everything, so if something went by me I didn't fixate on it so much.
During the second half of the day, there was a very speedy witness! But that didn't bother me so much, because I had expected that there would be witnesses who were too fast for me to take down. And, of course, it was the end of the day. Six hours of writing was still a strain!
Lessons Learned:I came up with new briefs, using the old brief KR-T for "contract", for "subcontract" (SKR-T), "contractor" (KR-RT) and "subcontractor" (SKR-RT).
Tomorrow might be a better day.
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