The end is near...

Exactly one week from today, I will be returning to the Midwest. It's hard to believe my time in DC is coming to an end. The past 3 and half months have flown by, even though I've done so many things since many of you last saw me.

Last week at work was different without Joe, but it went by fairly fast. The afternoons did get a little long, and I was forced to conduct my chat sessions with staffers. They didn't seem to mind! We were talking about our intern performance that finally happened late Thursday afternoon. I was a tad nervous that it was going to be a total disaster, especially since the other three interns who were doing it with me were "less than enthused" (and that's putting it lightly) about the whole thing, but it turned out well in the end. We had a rap throwdown with Lauren as the host and the other three of us as competitors. Anne played the ditzy blonde who thought we were doing a poetry slam, David did his rap to the tune of Ice Ice Baby, and I did mine to the theme song from Fresh Prince (shout out to you Rach!). Since a majority of the people who came to watch were leg. staff from upstairs, I heard I was the winner more often than not. Even if they are partial, I'm still claiming victory as best intern :)

This week marks my last week in the Senate...a bittersweet thought to say the least. I am really excited about shadowing the Senator for the afternoon on Tuesday. I'm not sure what other work will keep me busy, but I'm sure there will be something.

We gave our final presentations in media class on Monday and took our final exam for Doug on Friday. After doing our exam, we had our farewell dinner and all went to the Nationals game Friday night. It was a blast, but it's sad to think we are doing everything for the last time together...at least in DC. I'm sure I'll be seeing more than one of my friends from out here, especially since quite a few of them will be within driving distance of me in Omaha this summer. My plans for staying there are indefinite, and I hope to find a job that I am really interested in to begin my life as an adult. But I'm putting that off for at least a few more weeks.

For all of my college friends, I'll be returning to Indianola on Tuesday the 13th and staying through commencement on Saturday. For everyone else, I hope to see you as soon as possible!

*All my love from DC*