don't get carried away now Brussels......

Back in Brussels... living the life of a government functionary... Not a bad life really. Went to a giant blow out party for Barack Obama given by democrats abroad last night. Bit of a mistake. Crowd huge. Tickets expensive. Food more so. Horrible crowd control. The whole thing was way too crowded and popular and degenerated quickly dashing everyone's hopes. Hopefully not a symbol for the upcoming Obama presidency.... Everyone here is in absolute raptures about him. Not that I'm not. Nonetheless, I do worry about expectation management. For now though, it's fun to go crazy with everyone and hoot and holler around town about it.

Also today, the progress reports were released!! This is partially what I've been working on, at least in tangent, for the time I've been here. So, this was an enormously exciting period for the politically minded in Brussels today. Even if parsing the difference between "very serious corruption" and "serious corruption" can't quite compare to the second coming...