Week 2...

At times, I find myself forgetting to breathe. That would be the best way to describe my second week here in the nation’s capital. The sights, the sounds, the smells (good and bad) and the like have been like an overload on my senses and my head. This week in particular has been pretty hectic. At my internship I have started working on a project which really involves people all over the US. It’s interesting to contact people and places all over, most that I haven’t even heard of. I really enjoy my department, Human Resources, and all of the people I work with and my fellow interns on the floor. It really feels like we have some sort of weird family formation going on.

This past weekend it snowed down here in Alexandria and all over the Metro area. It was extremely pretty to see, as the whole area seems to practically hush and become silent instantly. It made our night out a little bit slushier (and messier), but it was definitely nice!

A group of us managed to make it out to Hawk N Dove on Pennsylvania Ave in the city. It’s an 18+ place that caters to everyone. They have a bar, restaurant, and even a dance floor upstairs. On the particular night that we went, the upstairs was rented out by a local school’s fraternity party... So needless to say, we came back downstairs pretty quickly. No offense to any who may have been there, but we all just kind of felt a little “old” for the scene.

Sunday, our RA’s here decided to sponsor a trip to the Melting Pot. Of course, me being the dummy I am, I forgot my camera!!! We just did the appetizer fondue and dessert fondue, but that was enough food to fill me for three days. For appetizer, we chose spinach and artichoke fondue, cheddar with bacon, and a fiesta fondue. We received bread, vegetables, apples, and tortilla chips to dip in the pots. It was so good, and I guess if I had to choose a favorite I would go with the fiesta. It was almost like a hot queso dip, mmm! For dessert, we chose the plain milk chocolate, a chocolate with caramel and pecans, and a bananas foster fondue. The bananas foster was easily the best. For dipping, we got cheesecake, fruit, marshmallows, cake, etc. All in all it was really awesome to see our food “cooked” before us and was good to go out and see some of the city.

This week we had a special speaker from the Secret Service as part of our Law and Criminal Justice programming. He was really a nice guy, and from what he talked to us about it seems like he has really seen a lot of the world. I had never considered Secret Service as a possible career, but from what he said it really seems like a possibility. He even took questions from us, and I had a chance to ask him one. All in all, it was pretty informative and awesome to hear from someone who has actually lived some of the history we have read about. Kudos to TWC for selecting him!

We also had classes cancelled for TWC on Tuesday because of the potential snow. We did get more snow, and it was even more gorgeous the second time around. Now we are all anticipating anywhere from 5-36 inches this weekend, YIKES! It seems pretty convenient that all of this snow just happens to come every weekend. Hopefully it doesn’t interfere too much this weekend...