Doesn’t it kind of seem like Barack Obama has been President of the United States forever? And yet it’s only been 10 days.

I’m having this weird cognitive dissonance. I keep wondering why he’s never given a State of the Union address or gone on a foreign trip as president or celebrated Christmas in the White House like all of our other presidents. And then I remember, oh yeah, he’s only been there for 10 days. He hasn’t even seen the calendar turn to a new month yet.

I guess it’s because it seems like so much has happened in the last 10 days — he already seems to have worn out the carpet in the East Room with all the speeches he’s given there. And he had a high profile during the transition — he seemed in charge, because nobody else did.

I’m already getting used to seeing photos of him in the Oval Office or the Cabinet Room or, again, the East Room. But every so often I have to stop and pinch myself and appreciate the fact that this is all real.