Where have I been?

I know it's been kind of a long time since I updated the blog, but if you were me you'd understand. Things have been...crazy is the right word since the last time I wrote. Since then, we moved into our residence, spent two weeks with no internet, oh, and you know, done that whole internship thing for like four weeks. I am liking my internship, even though there are times when there is nothing to do but code mail and you never want to even think about the proposed budget ever again. But those times are made up for by the cool times when the whole office is running around after the Senator trying to deliver things and find him - as our chief of staff said, he's like the Senatorial Vortex and we all get sucked in.

Not too much to report on the touristy side - we haven't done much because we had a) no internet and then b) a big schoolwork push last week. We did manage to take advantage of 75 DEGREE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY that occurred last Friday to visit the zoo. It was awesome. I wore a dress.

Lion family, whom we spent like 40 minutes admiring and quoting the Lion King to.

Anteater, ant eating.

Anytime is dinner time for the Pandas.

Then, on Monday (for the long weekend) we made the trek down to Mount Vernon which only took an hour and a half, for George Washington's 279th Birthday Party. It was quite the fiesta, except freezing cold and crowded with mothers all trying to get photos of their little children with the man himself. So we watched his birthday celebrations and then we booked it for the next bus and our other 1 1/2 hour commute. The trip cost us like $5 on the metro, but on the bright side Mount Vernon was free.

Probably the most crowded Mount Vernon gets all year long

Oh hey fife and drum band

Getting some birthday presents

What else is new in my life? I've officially started the process of getting my post-college stuff together and applying for jobs. Not sure where I'll end up - Boston, DC, the lovely Pacific NW? Stay tuned - with any luck I'll be able to answer that question at some point.