HALFWAY THERE?!

EW! I refuse to believe that my semester here in the GLORIOUS nation’s capital is halfway finished! Where has the time gone? The weeks by this point have blurred together into one large blob. I have definitely been enjoying the experience of living, working, taking class, and exploring down here in the DC area..

This week, our President’s Lecture Series, or PLS as I commonly refer to it, was referred to as a Career Boot Camp. We were able to choose from a plethora of workshops to attend and participate in that were created with the mission of assisting us interns with life once we graduate college. Even though I don’t graduate until next year, I am still glad that I could get a piece of the “real world” before it is so rudely thrust upon me! The first of my workshops was “Getting a Job in the Federal Government,” which provided lots of insight into programs such as STEP, SCEP, & FCIP. It also gave lots of tips and pointers into using the website USAJOBS, which is where basically all federal jobs are posted. It was pretty interesting. My second workshop was “From Questions to Clarity: Deciding Whether Graduate, Law or Business School is in your Future.” I didn’t find it as informative as the first but it was still insightful. I am glad that TWC put together an event like this for us, so props to them!

On Thursday, I got to visit the District of Maryland with the other US Marshals interns. It was pretty similar to headquarters. They have lots of offices, lots of people working IN the offices, etc. Everyone who worked there was extremely nice and happy to answer questions and tell us about themselves, which we appreciated. It was a hike from the city to Baltimore, but it was a GORGEOUS day so we were definitely glad to be out. We even got to have lunch at the Inner Harbor on the water. It was nice to get a change of scenery for just a day..