I walked down the stairs this morning, heading for work. I held out my arm to push the door open while walking, never slowing down for a second. Before I knew it, my elbow came back and smashed into my stomach. As I lay on the floor gasping for a full breath of air, I reminded myself that I’ve lived here for about two and a half months. You pull the door open.

Some work days are better than others. On a good day, I couldn’t be more friendly or happy. On a bad day I’m ready to pack myself into a cardboard box and have someone ship me back to Virginia. Yesterday was a bit of a bad day. But today absolutely made up for it.

Walking out of the studio just before show time, I saw Sarah Silverman and Elvis Costello talking to each other. Faced with the problem of having to figure out who to make out with first, I did everything I could not to stare.

The second highlight of the day was a subtle one that would only be noticed by a few people - former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was a guest on the show and sat in the same chair that Flavor Flav did just a couple weeks ago.

It’s the little things, really.