Peregrine

This week, I’m again in Alexandria, Virginia. I arrived yesterday afternoon, flying in at Ronald Reagan National Airport. I took the Metro train into Old Town Alexandria where my hotel is.

The work this week is to teach one of Linux courses for (and at) the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. I’ve been here once before, as some of you may recall.

My hotel is only about a 4 block walk from the Patent Office. Following the first day’s class, I started back only to find that it was just starting to rain. As I completed the first block, I reached a point where I could see farther away between the buildings and knew I had to hurry if I didn’t want to get drenched.

I just love the rain. I normally don’t mind getting caught in it, either. But today, I was wearing a silk tie that my wife recently gave me (no, it wasn’t for Father’s Day, it was a few months ago).

Sitting here working on my notebook for the past couple of hours, I have been listening to Frank Sinatra and a lot of strange sounding thunder. Looking out the window, I can see the rain coming down in droves, pounding the cobbled streets, but I can’t hear it. I think the thick windows are mutating the sound of the thunder. It’s almost like some one is playing it through giant, blown speakers. It’s rather tinny. Weird.

Oh, but I am loving it. :)