Week one on the Hill

Sorry I haven’t updated in a while it has been a whirlwind. I am really enjoying DC and really enjoying the people I am here with, Tech has some good interns up here. I am so blessed to have this opportunity and am so happy I am doing this. Work has been slow this past week, but I am happy that I got my first week out of the way and am getting adapted to the life on the hill. Congress is in recess till Sept. 14th so it will be pretty uneventful until they get back, but none the less things are still happening. I am manning the front desk with the other intern at work and me and one of my roommates went for a run the other night and went past the Capitol, the Washington Monument, Reflecting Pool, and the White House. It was amazing to be able to see all of the sites after dark, and surprisingly there were still a lot of tourists out there. The buildings are so pretty all lit up. It is also awesome to think that we live within running/walking distance of all of those. We are all trying to plan sometime to go sight seeing after dark to take pictures. Hopefully, I will be able to put some of those up soon. Another thing we do a lot of is watch a ton of movies we probably watch one every night. It is relaxing just to hang out and do nothing with all the roommates on the couch. Tonight, the Tech house will be out of power from 9pm to 6am, they are working on something, so it should be a fun night in the dark. We are hopefully going to at least have some candles, but 17 people with no form of entertainment (besides candles or walking around), no hot showers, and no air-condition could be interesting. I will let you know how that goes!  I miss everyone at home and at Tech but I am having a blast up here in DC. I will try to update more often, but until next time…