Friend of the princess

This week marks the official celebration of the Cherry Blossom Festival. One of my fellow CHIPmates is Nebraska's princess, and a friend of mine from Simpson is Iowa's princess. So yesterday and today, I attended receptions for each of them. Although the whole thing seems a little cheesy (especially the requirement about wearing pastels all week), they are getting to do some really exciting things. I'm happy for them.

Monday's work entailed reading several excerpts from the Federalist Papers for a member of our judiciary staff. Each one of my co-workers who walked by my desk commented about having to take a class on the Federalist Papers. Ironic, because I had only ever encountered two or three of the excerpts in passing. I'm not sure I was the best person for the job, but I did feel a lot smarter after reading (and understanding, for the most part) the book.

Our mock press conferences in class Monday night went a lot better than I had expected. I was extremely comfortable representing Senator G., as opposed to one of the presidential candidates, and I actually enjoyed learning about H-1B visas. Some of my classmates still got quite nervous when they had to speak in front of the whole class (mind you, there are only 9 of us), which was almost unheard of for me. I guess I truly am ready to graduate from college.

This morning I interviewed our chief of staff for a class project we have. We enhanced our chummy relationship, and I learned a little along the way. This afternoon, I worked on writing a memo for the Senator regarding industrial loan companies (ILCs)...I was so lost, and told myself several times that I wished I were smart enough to understand what I was reading. Luckily, I was able to comprehend things well enough to complete my task, but I had a strenuous afternoon. However, I am very grateful that the people I work under have enough confidence in me to give me work of this nature.