We all felt a certain awkwardness and couldn't find it in us to overcome it. However, Elise and I were happy enough with our new house to think much a...out it. Instead we thought of the impending move and all the turmoil that would bring. Sorting, packing up, loading, unloading, change of address, the thousands of things, big and small, to be taken care of.We managed. Our children came to help, the moving company was well organised, there were no unsurmountable obstacles. At night time, now up. I promise that everything will work out just fine.”Jennifer still looked dubious as Air Force Two landed at Andrews. By the time we were buckled in and Marine Two took off, she was too busy sight-seeing to worry about petty and jealous employees who might gossip about her. Something told me that Polly had made the rounds and gotten support from her D.C. social set, making Jennifer’s introduction as simple and gentle as it could possibly be.When our motorcade pulled up in front of the Residence,. Talk about weird. It was like I was attached to my body by a bunji cord. No, more like I was wrapped around it and could expand. I felt myself hit, then it was like my body was pushing the water away from it, making a hole. That hole splashed out all around me like the biggest cannonball by the fattest kid you can imagine. I felt the backpack slam into me and that's when it felt like I bounced up so I became bigger than my body. I don't think I was out even a second before I slammed back.I was. When we got there We found a table near the back of the room and I left my bottles of wine there and went to help set up the table with the eats . It had been requested that everyone bring some thing so I had a couple of plates of savoury snacks which I laid out and help some of the other women lay out the tables. I did go and get myself a glass of wine to help me feel better. The room had filled up quickly and some people were already picking up the munchies so I got a couple of plates with.