The Time the Metro Tried to Eat Me

Today, the metro tried to eat me. AKA the train was way overcrowded (DC does not know how to deal with snow at all -- the city and metro slow down like CRAZY.. it is actually pretty amusing) and I really had to make the train to get to work so I made a run for it into the train car-- and OOF the doors closed on me, but with my very own "eeeeee" I pushed my way in. Some angry woman was not very happy about it... but I thought it was a great metro experience. And extremely funny.

Today was a great day at work. I worked on my research project on Best Practices and then attended an awesome conference at the Capital in the afternoon, and got up the courage to exchange some cards and network a little. We had a speaker (a Dickinson alum actually) come speak to the TWC interns yesterday and he really put in perspective how important confidence is and how it is so important not to act like a lowly intern, even if you are feeling like one. It has only been a month since I've started my internship and I think I have learned a lot more than I'm giving myself credit for. If anything I am more confused about what I want to do with my life, and I'm still struggling to figure out my purpose in this political arena, but the struggle is always part of the experience... isn't it? And it is always the part you take for granted because generally, it is never fun. With only a month behind me I see the next few weeks as extremely unpredictable, but packed with potential. I'm realizing that it is up to me, I need to make this the experience I want. The speaker also spoke of how your 20's are not an easy time and recommended some books as guides to the "quarter life crisis." I'll try to post the titles another time. But that crisis is inevitable for most of us, and I always love when people empathize with the fact that sometimes we just need to embrace our different and crazy emotional journies. Because as most of you know, I relate to that crazy emotional thing pretty damn well. The speaker was also hating on Twitter a little bit, I did not approve. Twitter is my current guilty pleasure. I can't shake it!

I can always tell when it is my stop on the way home because the train goes out of the tunnel, the streets and cars looked very peaceful covered in snow :) Some of you are in Europe and who knows where else enjoying the warmer weather, but the snow here made me quite content today.

Intern tip of the week (I just made that up): Put business cards in your pocket before any event you can network at, it makes for an easy/un-awkward exchange.
Also, expect for your feet to suffer when you enter the real world. Or at least never expect to break in Payless shoes. Ever. You may think that you finally broke them in, but then you have round 2, 3, and sometimes 4 of blisters. So much for my $9 bargain? Aka trying to be cheap? Who knows, but my feet hurt.

Shoutout to Kaitlin -- I tried Zorba's greek restaurant in Dupont Circle-- YUM. And a serious bar recommendation for anyone ever in DC: My Brothers Place -- $1 beers at 5pm every Friday and they go up .25 cents every half hour or something like that. Convenient for college budget... and RIGHT on the Hill. Fun :)