Today it was supposed to rain. I bought rain boots last night at Target, but as it turns out, I bought 6's that I thought were 9's. It wasn't raining this morning so I decided to just chance it and try to get a ride home from work if it did rain.
The walk from TMH to the Rayburn building is phenomenal. Right past the Library of Congress, Supreme Court, and one of the State Senate Houses. Oh yeah, and THE CAPITOL. Which is gorgeous. Be jealous.
When I got to the Rayburn building, I realized that I had no clue as to where I was going. I texted Leslie and she told me the floor number but as I got closer to getting inside I realized that would only be about 1/6 of the equation. That building is MASSIVE. I went through security, wandered around, went up an elevator, down an elevator, then finally back to security to ask them where I needed to go. She told me to go back up the elevator I just came down. So off I went...again. I finally found the office (thank goodness) and got started on my paperwork. Thank goodness for Leslie - she told me everything I needed to do. We had issues with getting info from my bank (nobody had mentioned bringing a blank check for direct deposits) but I think we finally got it figured out. Tomorrow I should get my official intern badge. Woohoo!
I got my official intern binder from Caroline and we sat in Mr. Hall's office while she gave me the run down on how everything works. For the most part, the office is pretty chill. Everyone is really nice so far, and I get my own desk. I sat in with Janet, the head honcho today because they hadn't gotten my desk and computer set up. Caroline had me folding letters and stuffing envelopes, Spencer (another intern) took me through the bowels of the buildings (I'll still get lost if I go by myself), and I was able to find the caf' by myself at lunch time. Tomorrow there is a scheduled tour of the Capitol, and I will be shadowing Spencer on that to learn the ropes. I'm really excited about doing tours.
When it was time to go home it was raining and nobody offered me a ride, so I didn't ask. I opened my crappy Target umbrella, put on my gloves and earmuffs with the earbuds, and talked to my B (my "Bestie" Josh) all the way back to TMH. When I got to my room we talked some more as I dried off all of my things (seriously, crappy umbrella) and then I decided to venture to the dining hall to eat dinner. It was scary and intimidating, but other girls were sitting alone so I got my salad from the salad bar and sat at my own table and ate it. I know that's not a good way to meet people, but it's hard when you're exhausted and overwhelmed (in good ways but still!). I did talk about pudding to one girl and then said "Sorry?" when I didn't hear what she said and she responded with, "Oh, sorry, I thought YOU had said something!" I said, "Haha, nope!" and that was the end of that encounter. So see? I guess I DID talk to someone! I had a stuffed pepper and spinach for dinner. The spinach was alright but the stuffed pepper was really good. It was some kind of cheesy, chicken, wild rice mix in a green bell pepper. Yum.
Now, I'm in my typing this so I can be caught up on blogging. Hopefully the internet will be working quickly enough to email it to my phone so I can upload it to blogger that way. For whatever reason the iPad won't let me. It's probably because I haven't updated it in over a year. I keep trying but it just won't do it! Don't judge me.
I think I'll end the night with some Hulu and/or Netflix. Wooh!
*Until Next Time!*
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