Howdy!

For those of you who don’t know, after several interviews in December I was chosen to go to Washington, D.C. for an internship in a Texas congressman’s office.  I moved up here January 12, and will move back to Texas May 12.  I am living in Arlington (Crystal City), Virginia in an apartment with five other girls from A&M who are doing internships.  There are 13 other Aggies in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy (ANRP) Internship Program with me, and then another nine in our sister program, the Public Policy Internship Program (PPIP) that are all living in this apartment complex.

This Monday will be the first day of my fifth week in D.C.  Work is going great; I’m not making NEARLY as much coffee as I thought I would!  I’m becoming an expert at sorting every kind of mail imaginable instead!  Thankfully mail sorting has proven to be far more educational than the coffee making.  It’s great to get to read what people write about because I learn about a broad range of issues every day.  One of the hotter topics in our office right now is one you might of heard of: the Rangel Rule.  The congressman I work for, John Carter introduced that legislation!  We’ve been getting calls from all over the country about it.

This past week I went to capitol tour training to learn what to say and where to go when I take constituents on tours of the capitol.  The only bad thing about it is that I have to study the materials they gave us–difficult when registered for 12 hours with A&M this semester along with working full-time and sightseeing!

But enough of plain words for now.  Here are some pictures so you can see what I’ve been up to!