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| This has nothing to do with this post but what a good-looking man, am I right? This is my DC crush for sure. |
Happy last day of July! I am pretty sure I mean it when I say it's a happy day. This summer has flown by, and I think that has to do with the fact that it wasn't a typical summer at all. August means that school is starting and I just don't know if I'm ready for that yet. Yesterday was National Cheesecake Day so of course we had to make an appearance at the Cheesecake Factory where all of their cheesecake was half off. What a deal! Yesterday was also the Commencement Ceremony at the Washington Center. I was hoping for a cap and gown which didn't happen but there ended up being something even better. I was sitting in the back and honestly I was not paying attention at all because I was so excited about the cheesecake when they started announcing awards. Let me remind you that there are hundreds of Washington Center interns. The Washington Center has three pillars that it outlines in its mission: leadership, professional achievement, and civic engagement. So do the math, an award for each means that there is only three awards for three out of hundreds of students. Well all of a sudden they call my name. I have no idea why I was given the Professional Achievement Award because at this point I was so in shock that the only thing I could do was awkwardly stand up and head to the podium to receive my certificate. Everyone at work told me congratulations because they got an email from a corporate member who was at the ceremony and she told them all about it. It's funny the way news will travel. It really is an exciting thing to receive especially when I think back to what I was doing last summer..waitressing in little ole Jeff City. And to think my faculty advisor had told me that I used the word "like" too much which made me sound unprofessional. I guess I'm more professional than everyone thought. Even me. Today was the other intern's last day. I now have an office all to myself which means I get to play any music I want without wearing headphones. Whoohoo! We all went to Happy Hour after work to celebrate her last day. We had a table right by the window and guess who just casually strolls on by. None other than Colin Powell. (The 65th Secretary of State for all those political failures out there like myself). Everyone I work with got really excited when they saw him. I, of course, played along although I didn't recognize him at all. I think living in DC works the same way as studying in a foreign country. You go to Spain to be immersed in the Spanish language and you come to DC to be surrounded by political language, most of which I did not understand when I first got here but it makes a little more sense now. By no means will I become President someday, but I will hopefully be informed enough to have a serious political conversation with someone someday..maybe. Also today, it is confirmed. I have train tickets to North Carolina for the weekend. Just when you thought I was done traveling..tsk tsk you should know me better than that. Now that I have had a taste of this world, I am addicted. The question is: Where should I go next?
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