You may have noticed that I have not posted in a few days and if you haven't, well that's ok too!
I have not been posting daily for a couple of reasons: 1) I have been extremely busy with my internship and 2) the day to day operations, while thrilling to me, may not seem too thrilling to my readers.
That being said, I'll try to highlight all of the fun things (that are also interesting to my readers) I participated in over the past week.
Monday and Tuesday were additional days of training for the program. We worked on wrapping up all final aspects of business training and the mission of the organization. It was quite entertaining. We did some hands on training by working with group simulations. It was quite entertaining.
Through all of our simulations, it was interesting to feel the hands on (on a small scale) application of the topics that drive our economy.
Wednesday brought direction and guidance for the summer. I finally had projects for the summer on my desk and things I needed to do on a daily basis--I wasn't just sitting at a desk.
Thursday resulted in a change of scenery after work. I went to a Leadership Institute and American Future Foundation public speaking workshop with a friend of mine. The workshop was interesting (however, I ended up with homework. It's a two part workshop [which I didn't know] and part two involves giving a speech. Oh well). Garrett and I found our way to CEI and enjoyed the downtown life during rush hour.
Did I mention there was free food at the event? The food was good and the speaker was as well. The workshop was quite helpful. The downsides: After the workshop (it ended at 9:30-9:40 ish) I had to wait for 20 minutes for the train and the ride home took forever. I get spoiled by only having to ride 20 minutes to work, so the hour ride home was a bit much.
Friday yielded the start of another adventure weekend. Garrett and I were able to get off work early and head into the City to explore. Believe it or not, it's hard to look at and enjoy museums with a large group (no offense to going out with large groups of people).
So, Garrett and I ended up at the American History Museum. We meandered through a few exhibits and then realized we were hungry. Neither one of us had had lunch (we skipped it to leave work early) and so we departed the museum to find food. We ended up at an Elephant & Castle (which is a British Style pub restaurant). The food was good and we had two waiters. One that looked like Chum from Pawn Stars.
After dinner, we wandered the streets of DC. We walked by the White House, the Treasury, the EPA building (I took pictures for Jena. That's her favorite government agency), and we ended up at the Old Post Office building. It has a glass elevator you take to the 9th floor and then another one you take to the 12th (which is the top of the tower). You can look out and see DC and Arlington, including the monuments and important buildings (and to identify them, at the top of the tower is a picture with the buildings labeled).
Riding up the elevator we met a lady from Texas. She had a "Bergstrum,"--a picture of a goofy guy that is similar to a Flat Stanley. After taking pictures for her, I had to have a picture of her and Bergstrum as well. It was humorous.
When we got back to the bottom of the elevator and back in the post office, we went to a little souvenir shop that had 50% posted all over the place. I didn't plan on buying anything, but (to quote Garrett) the people were "incredibly pushy." While I wouldn't have paid what they were asking for any of the items, they were incredibly flexible. I effectively bartered down every item I bought. I fully plan on going back and buying more souvenirs.
So, upon reflecting on my posting, I realized this is a little out of order, but that's ok. It's factual, just out of order.
That evening I made it back home (after another long metro ride that was a plethora of sudden, unplanned stops) and indulged in my guilty pleasure before skyping my friend Jena. Sadly, skyping Jena involves a drastic time difference. So, this time she woke up early and I stayed up late (as opposed to her staying up late and me getting up early). After a skype conversation, it was time to call it a night. A group of KIPs were headed to Eastern Market and no body likes a tired Intern!
Through all of our simulations, it was interesting to feel the hands on (on a small scale) application of the topics that drive our economy.
Wednesday brought direction and guidance for the summer. I finally had projects for the summer on my desk and things I needed to do on a daily basis--I wasn't just sitting at a desk.
Thursday resulted in a change of scenery after work. I went to a Leadership Institute and American Future Foundation public speaking workshop with a friend of mine. The workshop was interesting (however, I ended up with homework. It's a two part workshop [which I didn't know] and part two involves giving a speech. Oh well). Garrett and I found our way to CEI and enjoyed the downtown life during rush hour.
Did I mention there was free food at the event? The food was good and the speaker was as well. The workshop was quite helpful. The downsides: After the workshop (it ended at 9:30-9:40 ish) I had to wait for 20 minutes for the train and the ride home took forever. I get spoiled by only having to ride 20 minutes to work, so the hour ride home was a bit much.
Friday yielded the start of another adventure weekend. Garrett and I were able to get off work early and head into the City to explore. Believe it or not, it's hard to look at and enjoy museums with a large group (no offense to going out with large groups of people).
So, Garrett and I ended up at the American History Museum. We meandered through a few exhibits and then realized we were hungry. Neither one of us had had lunch (we skipped it to leave work early) and so we departed the museum to find food. We ended up at an Elephant & Castle (which is a British Style pub restaurant). The food was good and we had two waiters. One that looked like Chum from Pawn Stars.
After dinner, we wandered the streets of DC. We walked by the White House, the Treasury, the EPA building (I took pictures for Jena. That's her favorite government agency), and we ended up at the Old Post Office building. It has a glass elevator you take to the 9th floor and then another one you take to the 12th (which is the top of the tower). You can look out and see DC and Arlington, including the monuments and important buildings (and to identify them, at the top of the tower is a picture with the buildings labeled).
Riding up the elevator we met a lady from Texas. She had a "Bergstrum,"--a picture of a goofy guy that is similar to a Flat Stanley. After taking pictures for her, I had to have a picture of her and Bergstrum as well. It was humorous.
When we got back to the bottom of the elevator and back in the post office, we went to a little souvenir shop that had 50% posted all over the place. I didn't plan on buying anything, but (to quote Garrett) the people were "incredibly pushy." While I wouldn't have paid what they were asking for any of the items, they were incredibly flexible. I effectively bartered down every item I bought. I fully plan on going back and buying more souvenirs.
So, upon reflecting on my posting, I realized this is a little out of order, but that's ok. It's factual, just out of order.
That evening I made it back home (after another long metro ride that was a plethora of sudden, unplanned stops) and indulged in my guilty pleasure before skyping my friend Jena. Sadly, skyping Jena involves a drastic time difference. So, this time she woke up early and I stayed up late (as opposed to her staying up late and me getting up early). After a skype conversation, it was time to call it a night. A group of KIPs were headed to Eastern Market and no body likes a tired Intern!
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