A Week Recap

I apologize to all of my faithful readers for being absent for so long. I'll pick up where I left off and try to give you a quick recap of my last week.

Thursday
Our tour with the intern coordinator was postponed, but we did finally get that accomplished. Only a month and a half after we began our internships...we didn't want to rush into anything!

The best part about Thursday was getting to watch *vote-a-rama* on the Senate Floor. This is a procedure they use in order to get through a lot of votes in a short amount of time. Because they were working on the FY '09 budget, they needed to vote on a ton of amendments. It was fun to watch ALL of the senators interacting on the floor. I even got to see presidential hopefuls--Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain in action :)

Friday
After class, several of us went to get tickets for the Capitols (NHL hockey) game before heading to the Holocaust museum. The museum gave a very realistic portrayal of Hitler's actions toward Jewish people, and it was a sombering experience. I'm glad to have gone, but I wouldn't go as far as saying that I enjoyed myself.

Kristine and I had a date at Armand's Pizza before going to the hockey game. It was gorgeous weather, so we ate outside on the patio. Cute, I know! We're hoping to have the opportunity to things like that more often. The weather should be consistently warm soon enough!

The hockey game was a ton of fun. Ten of the roommates and one of Luke's friends went. We sat in the same row we did for the Georgetown basketball game. Even though it was the back row of the section, we weren't too high and we were nearly at center ice. The Caps dominated the Atlanta Thrashers and are currently fighting for a spot in post-season play. We hope to attend at least one more game before the season ends.

Saturday
I went to breakfast with David and his dad in MD. We discussed possible activities for my trip to New York next weekend, as David's dad grew up in the area. It went well. I think he liked me well enough to approve of David and me dating. Yes, I did say dating :)

Saturday night we went to a few Irish pub's in DC to celebrate St. Patrick's Day early. Everyone got decked out in green with festive accessories. Kristine and I had flashing necklaces that everyone seemed to love. The pubs were extremely crowded and we were uncomfortable being hit on by middle-aged (sometimes married), drunk men, so several of us went to our home bar-Union Pub for the remainder of the night. It was a less-than-impressive holiday celebration, but we still had some fun.

Sunday
Other than church and some phone calls, I just relaxed. Even I need some down time from time to time!

Monday-Thursday
A lot of schools are on spring break, so we had tons of people coming through for tours this past week. Lauren said she needed *help* with a tour Monday morning, so I thought I was just going to help her get a few extra people through security (one staff member is limited to take 15 visitors through security into the Capitol). Much to my surprise, I was actually being recruited to give my own tour to half of the group. That was just the beginning of my week of giving tours. After I had the first few under my belt, I'd like to think I got pretty good at giving these tours. I've heard positive feedback from almost all of my groups, so I'd say that's a plus! One family on Thursday even offered to buy me lunch, but I was unable to accept due to ethics codes. How cool is that?!?