Good evening everyone! I hope that this week has been going well for all of you. Anyway, there's a few first times that I would like to highlight that have happened within the first week...
My first Sunday, the 18th, brought many firsts. For the first time ever, I went to a church where to be Caucasian was to be in the minority and also this church was located inside a hotel. The church I went to was just about a 10 minute walk from where I live. Like the church I attend when I'm at Gustavus, Two Rivers Vineyard Church, they played contemporary music, have kind people, and are blessed with a good preacher. After the service, I was introduced to the first Minnesotan that I've come across since I first started my semester. We both laughed a bit about how people tend overreact to a little bit of snow. From there we went to a Vietnamese restaurant (unfortunately I can't remember the name, but I do remember that I can't pronounce it), which was another new experience for me. I can tell you that the food was yummy!
Martin Luther King Jr. Day had its own set first time adventures. One of my roommates along with 3 other fellow interns and I all went to the Kennedy Center. We sat in the second tier of seats in the Millennium Stage, and the section of seats we sat in were formatted in such a way where there was only one seat per row, so we all sat in a row, only it was vertical instead of horizontal. We Natalie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole, perform along with the Georgetown University's Let Freedom Ring Choir for this FREE concert. The music was fantastic and it's hard to pick an absolute favorite piece, but I really liked the duet that Natalie Cole did with footage of her late father for the song "Unforgettable". After this concert, we found a little pub called Lindy's Red Lion, and I can testify that the food was delicious and it was at a reasonable price (as in Midwestern reasonable, which means it was tasty and cheap, with the exception of the 10% sales tax).
The next day, the 20th, was the first day of classes, including my first-ever 3 hour long class. However, both classes got done in about half the time it would normally take, so that meant we got done early. I don't think that will be the case next week, but I'm looking forward to the fact that one of my classes will have a different speaker (or 2) each week on a different topic.
Wednesday the 21st was the first day of my internship. I found out that I am one out of three interns for the particular place I'm interning at, and I can say that the other two interns are nice people. The most intimidating task of my first day was answering phone calls since I wasn't expecting the phone at my desk to ring at all.
Yesterday, the 22nd, had a first that I wasn't expecting so soon. A bunch of high school students who came for the March for Life boarded the bus I was taking back to the apartment. When we all got to the final stop of the bus, I gave them some advice on which Metro to take in order to get to their destination and to make sure that their Metrocard had enough money so that it wouldn't go less than a dollar in the negative. It felt good to be in a position where I could help other travelers even though I've only been in the area for a little over a week.
Today my supervisor at my internship treated all three of us interns to shakes at BTS, which is short for Burgers, Taps, and Shakes. While my supervisor got the peanut butter shake, all three of us got the cookies and cream shake, and we agree that it was yummy!
Well, I think that's enough writing for one week since I know I can write quite a bit, I don't want to write so much that I bore people to tears. Have a great weekend and stay tuned for next week!
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