It’s been nearly two weeks since the Biden administration moved into the White House.
“It’s surreal … but it’s comfortable.
We were here for eight years, just not in this part of the residence.
Spent a lot of time in the Cabinet Room and the Oval with the president.
“The residence staff has been so great, trying to make it feel like home for us.
“The excitement was palpable.
And they worked like [a] devil to get here, too.
They felt good about it.”
There was no other place I would have rather been than with the kids” (viaPeople).
“I think [the first time] was forValentine’s Dayand it’s just a tradition.
He surprised me with it.
The first lady or “Dr B.”
continues to teach English albeit via Zoom at the Northern Virginia Community College (viaPeople).
As Dr. Biden tells it, she couldn’t imagine giving up her work in education.
“I teach writing.
I taught all eight years that I was second lady.
That’s my passion, that’s my life.”
The president added: “The thing that surprises me is how much energy Jill gets from her students.
It’s an inspiration.
It’s energy for Jill, but it’s a lot of work.”
“Sometimes, you have to be 70/30,” he says.
Biden also feels that seeing the first lady continue on with her career is a blessing.
It’s really important that she’s an educator…
It’s important that she has the things that she cares a great deal about, her independence.
And yet we share each other’s dreams.”
Of course they do.
