I thought I was going to make a better habit out of blogging about DC but... alas here I am a week later. It's hard to believe I've been here almost a month, and again, I can't believe a month is already over!!

I get asked quite frequently of people back home, and other friends abroad, "How's D.C?" Well, like I simply tell everyone, I'm loving it. It's hard to go into more depth then that, but I'm having an amazing time. I was nervous I'd regret not doing international for my study abroad semester, but coming to D.C. has continuously been the best decision I've made in awhile.

The people here are great. I love being surrounded by so many diverse international students as well as Americans. Upon returning to Lasell, I know I'm going to miss the German and Norwegian accents following me around. I think I wrote about this last time, but its so cool being surrounded by people with the same passions and interests as me. Despite my serious lack of national political knowledge, its great to be surrounded by people who do. Hearing my friends who work on "the Hill" talk about their senators and congressmen is so refreshing.

Being in D.C. I've really gotten into something I never thought I'd take an interest in; slam poetry. I went a few weeks ago with a friend for the first time.. and LOVED IT. We went to a chain restaurant/bookstore/meeting place called Bus Boys & Poets. I was blown away. The poems were so emotional, raw, and intellectually stimulating that I went two weeks after. The amazing nachos I had there just recently will definitely influence me to keep on returning for some poetry.

Oh yeah I also absolutely, LOVE my internship. At first I was so jealous of my friends who got internships on "the Hill," but was soon to realize the amazing experience I'm getting out of mine. Working for Fairtrade America has already proven itself to be so fun. I've been the last two weeks helping to design graphics for "Fair Trade Month" in October. The first thing I made were stickers!! I made 5 different ones and all together, they're printing off around 10,000 of them. How crazy is that. 10,000 stickers that I designed! I've also put together a Facebook banner, a twitter back ground and a "lock-up"/small graphic for to promote the month. All the materials I designed are fully complete and should be up on the website soon! I can't wait to post the link and show all my friends and family. I'm so annoying proud and in love with my internship!

But yeah so basically I am having a GREAT time here in good old D.C. (despite the tragic shootings that occurred yesterday).