Long and deleted entry....

Sometimes I hate technology. I have started this long and detailed entry about my final week twice now, and I save it to finish later only to be lost somewhere is cyber space! To say the least, I'm not taking the time to rewrite it again! Here's a recap of my last days in Washington D.C....

Wednesday night after work I met up with Rob (my friend from Adam's Morgan). We had dinner at Mimi's Restaurant, one of the places I had been wanting to try. They are known for their 'singing servers'. Well, I was a bit disappointed. The servers didn't sing at your table, they just take turns singing cheesy songs along with a piano player. It was still a nice evening though. After dinner and drinks, we went in search of a bar that made frozen drinks because Rob and I were yet to have our traditional Strawberry Daquari when we are together. It's usually virgin because I've never been 21, but we celebrated the end of my summer in D.C. with a real daquari this time now that I am legal. Later that night I spent some time packing things up and intend on doing some sleeping (I needed it!!) but ended up talking with John in the courtyard until almost 1am.

Thursday was a busy day. I went into work early so I could get things done. Oh course things never go as planned, buses are delayed, and distractions are promimnent. Tori (the other intern) and I went to Starbucks for one final time (it became a weekly or more frequent thing of ours to leave work for a bit and grab one. We no more than got back and decided we were hungry for bagels, so we killed that craving from the cafe downstairs in the office building. Shortly after it was time for lunch. Lori and I walked to Corner Bakery to get something (she said I could pick anywhere and she was buying for my last day). We took it back to the office and they had an all-staff lunch and fond farwell party. They also had a huge chocolate cake for me. I could barely finish my piece. Later that afternoon Lori and I sat down to go over where I was leaving off on the Residents' Rights Week Packet and she insisted I have another piece with her. I got out of the office around 7pm, with my bag loaded with stuff I had accumulated and things I need to continue to work on the next few weeks from home. I was already late for my last class and had about had it with waiting for the bus so gave in and took a cab home. After class, I did some more packing and tying up loose ends. John and I went for one last walk later that night into Georgetown so I could get some ice cream. When we returned we ran into a group of people wanting to play some cards so I joined in the somewhat violent seeming games of cards for a few hours, thus making another late evening.

It seems I hadn't gone to bed until around 3am Friday but sure enough was up by 9am. I met up with Erica, or should I say long lost Erica! We served on the NYAC together for 3 or 4 years, had numerous phone conversations and emails, but we never able to meet in person. We finally managed to meet up for about 45 mintues on Friday morning and have tea and this neat little tea house in Dupont Circle. Then I rushed off to meet up with the internship program gang on Capitol Hill for a very nice closing luncheon at The Monocle. We had a extravegant full course meal and beverages. Most of us said our goodbyes at this point because people were starting to leave Friday afternoon and evening. There were tons of pictures, but those will be in another post. probably.

After lunch I met up with Mom and Cheryl at their hotel and we went to my apartment and moved everything out and checked out. After getting cleaned up, I headed downtown to work for our Summer drop-in celebration. It was a fun-filled evening, lots of networking, and lots of goodbyes to all of the wonderful people I have met in the last 8 weeks. Following the event I let Cheryl experience her first metro bus ride as we headed up to Adam's Morgan. I took them bar hopping for a few hours which was fun. It was pretty early to be out on a Friday night (10pm) but it was still fun. I got to have a few last Jello Shots from Millie Al's, see Gary the bartender for one last Stephanie's special creation, and see my pizza man and get some free pizza. That's right Jenny- I finally got free pizza out of him! :) haha...And I can't forget about the guy who want his picture with m because he considered me a "local". Fun times will forever be remembered in that Neighborhood.

Pictures will follow soon- I promise!