6/6/12
Today, I woke up at 7:05 am, my new wake-up call for the rest of the summer. Welcome to the real world I guess. After a semester of 10am and 9:25 classes--where I woke up at 9:15 and 8:40 respectively--this is just a wee bit earlier then what I would prefer. heehee.
I am really starting to get used to riding the Metro. It is quite the experience. People from all walks of life ride the metro. My stops are in fairly safe neighborhoods, which makes me feel quite safe. However, I have not ventured out at night on the Metro. I'm sure the first time I do, you'll hear from me!
After arriving at CKI we went over some more HR and other trainings. We are almost done, with only next Monday left for the "training" part, and then it will just be the Tuesday Seminar days, while the rest of the week will be the actual intern work. I'm quite excited. I've enjoyed the days up to this point, but I am ready to really dive into my work with the Institute!
Today was a half-day. We finished up around 12:45. Since today we were on our own for lunch, a few of us decided to go adventuring. We deemed Dupont Circle as our target. We jumped on the orange line, road to Metro Center, jumped on the Red line, and before you knew it, we were at Dupont Circle. After walking around for about a block, we decided to try a little restaurant that was in a blue-and white little building. The architecture of Dupont is really quite neat. The streets are narrow, winding, and confusing. The buildings are older, build side-by-side and only a few stories high, but well maintained. Old and new intertwined. A historic feel in a modern society--much like the rest of DC.
I will say, the escalator coming out form the Dupont metro station was HUGE! I'm spoiled here at Vienna/Fairfax with an above-ground station and just a short little walk down our short escalator. But, I digress.
The little restaurant was interesting. I think I would enjoy Greek food more if I liked vegetables more. I'm really working on it, but it's quite the uphill battle! I've come to the conclusion I HATE shredded lettuce. I can stomach lettuce in leaf/salad form, but the shredded variety just is too "yuck" for me.
I tried a Greeksub burger. I thought I'd start off simple. Didn't want to dive into anything too radical. I kept the lettuce on, but asked for no mayo or tomato. (One step at a time, I'll work my way up!) The burger was interesting, not a patty so much as smaller pieces of meat that had seasoning and such rolled into them. The bread was really good, but it was difficult to down the shredded lettuce. Oh well! Luckily, I wasn't all that hungry.
After we all finished our lunch, it was time to head back. We have assigned readings for each week, with time allotted for designated reading, so that is why we were getting the afternoon off. Right at Dupont we lost one member of our group and Metro Center saw me depart the other 2 guys. Jumping back on the Orange line gave me time to read a solid 20 pages before walking home.
I'm not entirely sure why, but I had a terrible time falling asleep/staying asleep last night. I'm pretty sure sometime around 3 am I was jerked from my sleep by Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me, Maybe. Since I live in the basement of a townhouse, I have the unfortunate luck of being able to hear the two floors above me, along with the noises of the next door neighbors. I'm not entirely sure where the music was coming from--upstairs or next door--but I was unhappy with being ripped out of my slumber! The point is, I'll be throwing in the towel early tonight--especially since I am up-to-date on these posts and have finished close to have of my reading for Monday!
I'm quite excited to begin my actual duties tomorrow. Tomorrow is the day. My first day as an actual intern. My Beginning.
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