Ties on Friday???

Well, it is finally Friday. However it is not going to be the usual easy, casual day. We have the Japanese delegation here today conducting their exit meeting with us. This will be the day we finalize discussions about reopening Japan to American beef. This is a big deal. Unfortunately, it means I had to wear business attire not the casual day comfy stuff.

I guess I have gotten spoiled by the relaxed dress code for analysts since we just hide in the cube farm most of the time. Recently however, we have been front and center to present critical data to the Undersecretary, Congress, consumer groups....and now the Japanese government delegation.

Well, it is off to the cubes to hide as long as possible. I just hope we don't have to actually present anything...I think that I am the only one scheduled to work on Analyst Row today.