week 3

well, another work week is finally coming to a close.

monday & tuesday were honestly awful days at work. i had nothing to do and was entirely bored all day. however, tuesday after work i went down to the hill and had dinner with Matthew taylor and Mary Lamar Washburne. She's been interning since school got out and is leaving today so it was great to get to see her, especially because she'll be in Florence all fall semester :(

I rushed home Tuesday night to watch Pretty Little Liars with the roommates and our friend Gheremey who is a VIEW participant and lives on our floor. We can' t help but love it for how awful of a show it is.

Wednesday was a better day at work. I've finished Arts & Health Month and the website should be launching in the very near future! it's a good sense of accomplishment. Now I'm working on planning the Ambassador's Dinner, which is a 500 person event for the many supporters of the arts in Congress, major organizations, and other arts related industries. It's been a lot of tedious work but it's cool to know I'm working on something that is important to the society.

it has been UNBEARABLY hot in DC this week. hotter than temps in Texas and other areas normally much hotter than DC. We actually set a record yesterday when the temperature hit 100. Walking a mile each way to and from work is miserable in business clothes but oh well!

Last night Evlyn (my supervisor/membership coordinator at the SAH) and I went straight from work to the VIEW Reception, which was held at the Vanderbilt Federal Relations Office, which is down by the hill and is where Jillian, my roommate works. It is a gorgeous building and was a networking style cocktail party for all of the VIEW students, our mentors, and employers. I met some really nice and interesting people- including a man who actually went to Trinity high school in Louisville and grew up on Hanover, which is within walking distance of our home in Louisville! He is going to get Jill and Katelyn and I into a criminal trial so we can watch what really goes on during a court case. Also, Professor Dalhouse, who oversees the program, flew in from Nashville and was at the reception. We got to talking and now I might be babysitting for he and his wife in the fall as they have two twin boys who are 3 (and they live on the Commons in East House!) It was a really nice evening but by the time it was over I was wiped out and my feet weren't too happy with me either. Since jill works at the host site of the event, we got to take home ALL of the gourmet leftovers! However, they weighed about 30 pounds and we had to lug them home via metro...THAT was an experience. We made a lot of friends on the ride home who wanted some of our delicious food. Now we wont have to go to the grocery for awhile!

Today my computer crashed at work (seeing as it is a 9 year old Dell, i am not surprised at all.) the old piece of crap freaks out on me daily and has been through a few too many interns to work much longer. Im on Anita, my boss's computer, since she is at a conference in Baltimore, while a repairman tries to salvage my computer. looks like i might be bringing in my macbook (yay! mac!!!) instead of working on the desktop for the rest of the summer.

Not sure of too many weekend plans yet, other than going to Eastern market tomorrow with the roommates and other VIEW people. It's supposed to be a wonderful open air farmers's market plus it has a lot of booths for jewelery, crafts, and other things. Can't wait!