Blog Post 3
Sydney G Alexander
It's week three and I feel like I'm finally getting my groundings in D.C. With my constant rides on metro's and buses and from my own walks around, I'm starting to remember street names and the quickest routes to get places. Which I know should come naturally but I'm not the best with directions, so it makes me feel a little proud. Work is going great, which is also the same response that I give to every person that asks me about it. It's going so great to the point it's actually gotten a little boring. Which I know isn't something I should complain about, but jobs like these really make me realize that I couldn't have a career that makes me sit in a office all day. The constant sitting down and staring at a computer drives me a little crazy, and also feels... kind of "unnatural". I don't know how to describe it, but sometimes I feel like I should be physically doing something. On the bright side I did find out that I will be attending two events this weekend; one workshop and one event that I will be tabling at, so that'll be different. I will admit that I have gotten slightly homesick. Not in an emotional way, but I do miss going to my favorite places to eat, walk, hang out, ect. I know it's good to break out your comfort zone, but the feeling of being "lost" doesn't sit too well with me. I do hope that the more I explore of the city, this feeling will start to fade. And today, well a couple of minutes ago actually, all of the interns sans Lucas went to visit the Supreme Court House building. It definitely wasn't a monumental experience since we see it 24/7 out of our windows and on our ways to work, but it was nice to actually look around inside. We toured around a bit, and I wondered off down a certain section of the museum where it showcased a model sized supreme court house in the center of the room, painted all white and inside of a class encasing. And I almost had sort of an out of body experience. I could actually remember the exact moment of me walking down this same hallway on my class trip to D.C in 5th grade. I remembered seeing the same glass ceasing of the 3-d model with my class, and walking down the similar hall of the previous supreme court judges portraits. And it was like a weird case of nostalgia mixed with dejavu. We plan on seeing more of the city together, and I actually look forward to more of those dejavu moments,
It's week three and I feel like I'm finally getting my groundings in D.C. With my constant rides on metro's and buses and from my own walks around, I'm starting to remember street names and the quickest routes to get places. Which I know should come naturally but I'm not the best with directions, so it makes me feel a little proud. Work is going great, which is also the same response that I give to every person that asks me about it. It's going so great to the point it's actually gotten a little boring. Which I know isn't something I should complain about, but jobs like these really make me realize that I couldn't have a career that makes me sit in a office all day. The constant sitting down and staring at a computer drives me a little crazy, and also feels... kind of "unnatural". I don't know how to describe it, but sometimes I feel like I should be physically doing something. On the bright side I did find out that I will be attending two events this weekend; one workshop and one event that I will be tabling at, so that'll be different. I will admit that I have gotten slightly homesick. Not in an emotional way, but I do miss going to my favorite places to eat, walk, hang out, ect. I know it's good to break out your comfort zone, but the feeling of being "lost" doesn't sit too well with me. I do hope that the more I explore of the city, this feeling will start to fade. And today, well a couple of minutes ago actually, all of the interns sans Lucas went to visit the Supreme Court House building. It definitely wasn't a monumental experience since we see it 24/7 out of our windows and on our ways to work, but it was nice to actually look around inside. We toured around a bit, and I wondered off down a certain section of the museum where it showcased a model sized supreme court house in the center of the room, painted all white and inside of a class encasing. And I almost had sort of an out of body experience. I could actually remember the exact moment of me walking down this same hallway on my class trip to D.C in 5th grade. I remembered seeing the same glass ceasing of the 3-d model with my class, and walking down the similar hall of the previous supreme court judges portraits. And it was like a weird case of nostalgia mixed with dejavu. We plan on seeing more of the city together, and I actually look forward to more of those dejavu moments,
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