Dear Paperlicious: So Close, Yet So Far Away.....

Sigh. Another day in the big city.

Mr. DP:  How was your day?

DP:  Fine, how was yours?

Mr. DP:  Fine.

3 HOURS LATER . . .

Mr. DP:  Hey, guess what I got today?

DP:  What?

Mr. DP:  An invitation to the inauguration.  Lunch and an inside seat on Pennsylvania Avenue.

DP:  *****Jumping Up and Down and Grabbing Invite from Mr. DP's hand*****

This is fabulous This is amazing I am so there I am so excited I can't believe we get to go This is history No one I know has this access I love you!!!! I love going!!!!  I'm going no matter what I can't believe we can do this I love living in Washington You rock My mom better not get sick as nothing is going to stop me I can't believe this This is the greatest ever I cannot believe how lucky we are This rocks ....

Mr. DP:  I can't accept the invitation.

DP:  WHAT???? ARE YOU NUTS?????   ASK THE ETHICS LAWYERS!!! WE ARE SO GOING.

Mr. DP:  No, we are not.  This law firm does business before my agency.  I am not accepting.

DP:  ASK THE ETHICS LAWYERS, JUST ASK, YOU DOPE HEAD!!!

Mr. DP:  I'm not even asking. Besides, you weren't invited. Just me.

DP:  Oh. 

Mr. DP:  This is going on the blog, isn't it?

DP:  Shoulda married the Governor of Illinois.............  

Comments

[Mint]

Awww, i'm so sorry for your disappointment. On the bright side, you cracked me up and made my day. again.

[Debby W.]

Joan, you crack me up! Thanks for the laughs!

[Brenda Z]

May want to reconsider the Gov. of IL since he was arrested today... Thanks for the laugh today!

[Allison]

Too funny...and yes, that Governor has quite the fancy do (save all those ethical lapses!).

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[Tracy]

oh my how funny!!!!

The last comment was hilARIOUS... LOVE it!

ANd of COURSE it was going on the blog --- silly silly man! hehehe

[Susan]

What a great laugh.....as a resident of Illinois....can you feel our pain? We've known for a very looooong time that this current Gov. would be the next Governor of Illinois to go in front of a judge, but who thought it would be during his tenure?!?!?!? Just goes to show that if you watch Illinois politics long enough, something will shock you! Sorry that you won't be attending the big event on Jan. 20th but what a great guy Mr. DP must be...to even just get the invitation!

[Gabriela Divine]

You know - I almost sent you a message yesterday and today because you hadn't posted in much too long. Then, after much deliberation, I decided the prudent thing to do was to just wait for your next post, albeit with baited breath. Good post, BTW - well worth the wait.

[Leea]

As a fellow Land of Lincoln'er I am with Susan,(except not shocked) but have to add, you are much too nice to be his wife, I mean you talk to people and are much too warm of a person;-)...Mr. DP call the lawyers, and ask if your wife can go in your place, as her blog readers want to "live the experience through her! "

[Brenda]

You crack me up! I would so love to be there and I can understand your excitement and you disappointment. Thank you for the laugh, sorry that you will have to settle for watching the inauguration on tv.

[JulieHRR]

Bummer, Joan. That would have been quite a historical event to be present at. Well, at least you can preserve the invitation in a scrapbook . . . LOL! *hugs* JulieHRR

[denise:)]

Aaaaghhh!!!!!! That would have been so awesome!! Today I heard that 5 million people were expected... and that the amount of space per person at the mall was estimated to be 1 cubic foot. Yikes!

[Eileen M]

You do crack me up! I would love to "go" to the inauguration vicariously, so have Mr DP call those lawyers to see if you can go.
Thanks for brightening my day!

[Kathy D]

I think you should disguise yourself as Mr. DP and go to the Inaguaration on his invitation!

[Lindastamps]

Oh my gosh I sooo feel your disapointment!

[Kate Hart-Sampson]

What a bummer!!!! Hopefully to ease the pain.......you'll see it better on TV.

[Heather Fullerton (Retired Heather)]

You break me up with your dialogue. Give your husband a shake for me please...go.
Happy HOlidays
Heather

[Anne]

Too funny! Hope you can sitll find a way to go!!!!!!!! That would be SO awesome to be about to "participate" in history being made!!!!!!!!!!

[Juanita]

What!! He 'forgot' about it for 3 hours?

[Nance in Reno]

Joan, what an ethical man with whom you married! What a tribute to him that he was invited and what a tribute to his ethics that he said no. I just wish we had a world that was full of people as ethical as he! I sure to empathize with your disappointment, but the TV coverage will be a lot more comprehensive than what any one person would see and your living room will be a lot warmer (plus you can stamp during the breaks!) Give him a big hug for me!
Nance in Reno

[Lora]

That invite is a gold mine! You can't just GIVE it away!!

I'm bummed for you in a big way, too!!

[Barb F]

Oh, man.... what a bummer! Did the 'Dopehead' ask the ethics lawyers yet??! :)

BTW: we've missed you!

[Rose Ann]

I hope somehow it works out for you to go...but if not...what a keepsake!!

[marciad]

My DH was like Mike, an ethical lawyer. I am still proud of that and was sure to tell him so. Give Mike a hug for me.

[sheri4l]

LOL This is just too funny!

[inkerbelle]

Hahahaha, you guys (you and your husband) just crack me up!

[Carole (TruCarMa)]

Hee! Oh well. Easy come, easy go, right DP?! Thanks for the giggle, and have fun visiting Mr. Right in the pokey... :)

[Renée K]

Hi Joan! Thanks for my day's giggle!

R.

[Mary G.]

oooooooooh, that's a good one! Give your husband a hug for being so ethical! Too bad you weren't part of the invite; I would definitely have him ask the ethics lawyers for an opinion if you did have a chance to go.

On the other hand, it is going to be an absolute zoo downtown that day (you really should share some of the local parade of horrible stories that are popping up, like where to park a zillion tour busses, etc.). I for one am not going to watch it on a jumbotron on the mall. I'll be warm and happy watching it at home from just a few miles away. I went to the second Clinton swearing-in wearing long undies under layers of clothing, froze, hardly saw a thing even with binoculars, then walked the entire parade route and could not find a single place to stand and see the parade, so I went home and caught the parade on TV. And they say this one is going to be much worse. So, sad to say, you are probably better off at home that day, if you want to actually see and hear anything.

[Ellen]

Thanks for my only laugh of the day. I can always count on your blog to get a smile. Hope you can at least frame the invite. I congratulate Mr. DP.

[tkaiser]

Okay, I don't get it... how is it unethical?

[diane mcvey]

Ah, shucks, sure wish it could have worked out for you both to go...but "what will be, will be" I guess!
It was surely exciting for Mr. D.P. to get the invitation, though! How fun! My Grandmother got an invitation to Charles and Diana's wedding (as a member of the Magna Charta Dames) and the housekeeper threw it away...AUGH! I did get to see it though, and that was quite memorable!

[Elizabeth Ecsy]

If you were the wife of the Governor of Illinois, apparently that conversation would have sounded like it came out of a trucker's mouth rather than a woman with three small kids at home! aah... the joys of living in Illinois. We get to produce the next great president and the worst governor in history.. all in one year! :)

thanks for sharing! Liz

[Michelle R]

Arrrrrhhhhh! I love it! The governor of Illinois doesn't deserve you....nor anyone else with any dignity. What a jerk!

[Michelle R]

Arrrrrhhhhh! I love it! The governor of Illinois doesn't deserve you....nor anyone else with any dignity. What a jerk!

[Leslie Miller]

Oh, the prestige! The history! The ethics... so sorry about those darn ethics.

[Sharon in NE]

Okay, I know I am way behind in reading my posts, but I could NOT let this one go by...
smack to the forehead...he waited 3 hours before mentioning this type of news?

[karen santoro]

Joan, I authorize your attendance. Happy New Year!