...still rough

Wednesday morning I overslept, big time! I didn't make it to work until 9:30. Fortunately, it went by unnoticed because everyone was dealing with traffic congestion surrounding the Pope's visit to DC. A few of the girls got to go see him at the Basilica Wednesday afternoon, but it was shear madness from what I heard. We watched live footage on our computers throughout the day, and on Thursday as well.

I have been keeping busy at work, but I haven't done anything of extreme merit that's worth mentioning. I guess I've already experienced so many things for the first time that there isn't all too much left. However, we did find out this week that we are going to hear Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, speak to a group of Iowans on Tuesday. This is a big deal, as he very rarely gives public addresses. And we also found out that we will have an opportunity to shadow the Senator one afternoon before our internships are up.

As Joe is done with his internship next week, he gets to shadow this coming Tuesday. I'm sure I'll get to hear all about it the next day. Hopefully I will be even more excited about my chance to do the same after hearing about his experience.

Date night got postponed from Tuesday to Thursday this week. I haven't really had the chance to spend much time with David the past few weeks, so I was excited to go out to Silver Spring. My Coldstone was delicious, even though I had to eat it really fast in order to make it to the movie on time. 21 was better than I thought it was going to be, but it did get a bit long. David seemed to really enjoy it. However, neither of us enjoyed the argument that came after the movie.

I'm getting stressed about how much time I have left in DC. One of my roommates recently posted a countdown until our last day, and I got really upset about it. Here's why: I have a lot of scholarly work to finish, I still have a number of touristy things I want to do before I leave, and I don't have any idea of what I will be doing after graduation. All this in mind, the last thing I want to be doing is wasting some of my last few weeks fighting with David.