Whacky day at the Senate

Yesterday was a lot of fun. It seemed to be a normal day like any other. I showed up to work, finished my responsibilities and went back to the office. At about the usual time, the Floor bell rang (a bell that alerts Senators and staff that Floor Session is about to start). All of the pages including myself made our way to Floor. It seemed to be a long session, but it didn't matter because everyone was having a ton of fun.

There were a few important bills that were voted on, a few of which involved women's contraceptives. It got serious for the first part of floor, but towards the end there was anarchy (maybe a slight exaggeration)! Senators and secretaries were consistently forgetting what to say or do in certain situations. There was a lot of confusion and all of the Senators seemed to be out of the groove. What was so funny about all this, was that everyone was okay with it. It wasn't a stressful situation, instead everyone was laughing about it and people were having a good time.

Everything just seemed backwards, thanks to a few unusual floor amendments that needed to be voted on. It stretched the session at least 40 minutes longer than it needed to be, but no one seemed bothered by it. What I found so great wasn't just the fact that things were a bit crazy and funny, but this instance showed that working in government doesn't have to be all serious all the time. No one is perfect and even the most experienced professionals are capable of being a little lost. I took solace in that and it reinforced my thinking that government isn't always so tense. It can be fun from time to time, I love that.