what i've been up to

so after posting 3 times in 3 days i disappear for the next 2.5 weeks! but welcome to my life in the summer. i just finished my second and last session and it was a great 10 days. i didn't just survive it like i did the first one i rocked it. i had a blast this time - i knew what to do and i was much more confident in my decision making, problem solving and i actually got to hang out with my staff and i was in bed before 12:30 almost every day! yay! so it was a great last few days, granted it was crazy but i was happy with it and i really enjoyed it!

so here's what i've done in the month of july so far!

had 2 great days home in jersey!

celebrated the 4th of july with 300 hs students at gravely point in dc

yay 4th of july! it rained for about 3 minutes.

 

a little black cat roulette with ellie and friends

relaxed poolside the day before the conference started

a large and very scary windy storm hit us at fdr/tj when i was there with 332 hs students.

another fabulous capital hill day. where we were early and i got to speak for 15 minutes on the HOUSE FLOOR about the history of the building and congress. pretty awesome. i also finally got a gallery pass from my congressman (whom i really dislike) and went and watched some congress in action

took 332 hs students to nats stadium to watch members of congress play baseball. it was pretty hilarious!

dinner danced my way down the potomac with 332 hs students

and now i'm back to a regular lifestyle. not working 95 hour weeks and dealing with some of the crazy i've seen. i'm happy i took this challenge and pc'd for the summer but it is nice to know i can go to dinner and happy hours with friends and not be worried about getting a phone call at 3am so i can actually get  a nights sleep without being panicked. 

so i woke up this morning to a fun surprise - a facebook friend request from a girl i worked with the summe of 2006 and since then i've added a few other coworkers from that summer. i worked at a summer academic camp at a boarding school in winston-salem, nc. so that has been fun to catch up with a few coworkers from long ago who we had a great 6 weeks with and some fabulous memories!

and now i'm enjoying my day off and planning for some adventures and trying to get my life organized as i kinda was living in a bubble the last 10 days. 

how are you? how is your july treating you?