After brainstorming ideas this weekend, I came into the office with a list of questions/favors for my co-workers. I pushed my limit on favors from Cory, especially considering it was before 9:15 on Monday morning, but he assured me that I still have one favor left for the remainder of the week. Four favors are better than three wishes from a genie...according to him at least.
Routine office work kept me quite busy throughout the morning. This was a very good thing, because it prevented me from over-anticipating lunch with the senator & his wife. I met a handful of other interns that I had no idea even existed. They work in another office, so it's not such a horrible thing, because they had no idea about me either. In any case, they all either have or are working on law degrees and masters programs in tax after having completed law school, and I felt quite inadequate having the same title as them. Fortunately, the other half of the interns that I do know are all in the same boat as me. The Senator was just as interested to hear from all of us.
I was last in line to take my formal picture, which then made me the lucky one who got to sit next to the Senator for lunch. We had some great conversation and I passed him quite a few Sweet & Lows for the not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR cups of coffee he had at lunch. Whatever gets him through the day, I guess!
We ate in the official Senator's restaurant in the Capitol. I ordered an omelet de jour...fancy for a very tasty omelet with ricotta cheese inside that was served with a cup of fruit and french fries. An odd combination, but the fries were delicious, so I can't complain. And for dessert, I had the chocolate mousse. In one word, HEAVENLY.
After lunch, we went to the Senator's hideaway office. It wasn't anything like his chamber in the private office, but it was cool to see his non-public office. Not just anyone is allowed into these places, and I felt like a real member of the staff. My intern responsibilities that awaited me in the office after lunch reminded me that I'm still on the bottom rung of the work ladder, but I've continued to enjoy my work thus far and am in no way complaining about my job.
A few of us went to a reception after work, which meant my second, very appetizing, free meal of the day. I was still a little full from lunch, but I ate anyway! Then I had to rush off to class, which I would still rather do without on Monday nights. This 9am to 9pm schedule is quite intense, and I'm just not accustomed to it yet. Although we had interesting discussion and some heated debates, our professors need to criticize our contributions continues to bother my roommates and me about this class. However, I couldn't be more thrilled about not being in Middle Eastern Politics.
Tomorrow will bring another day with new and exciting tasks, I'm sure. In order to maintain my energy without relying on caffeine from, let's say, four cups of java, I best be off to bed :)
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