Last Weekend in DC!!

Hello folks! The novelty of DC is wearing off and I am setting my sights on home. We are going to be the only interns that I know of still in Washington after this weekend. Why they keep us this long is puzzling to me...It is hard because all my friends have gone home and I am left to pick up all of their work. Recess can be a frustrating time for a lone intern. There are very few of us, and the people in the offices are too used to having interns to do their busy work. So, I am getting stuck doing the jobs and work of several people with very little help. This week, I was saddled with working the front desk, doing the Correspondence Manager's job, and trying to stay on top of my everyday intern duties. That, coupled with my temporary new intern coordinator (have you ever had a TA in college that was just starting grad school and wanted to prove how smart she is by making the class impossibly challenging for her students? Its very much like that), have been making my days pretty long. While my experience in Senator's Enzi's office has been incredible, let's just saying I'm getting tired of being the low man on the totem pole.
Not to sound all bummed though! The long days in the office only make my weekends more sweet. And my last weekend in DC has gone out with a bang! Friday night I went to the Washington Nationals baseball game because they were playing the Colorado Rockies. What luck, huh? I have heard that every DC intern should go to a Nationals game, and it was worth it to go see them play my home team! The weather was beautiful (despite a short drizzle) and I watch the Rockies beat the Nationals 4-3. I unabashedly cheered for the Rockies in the middle of the Nationals fans. Baseball fans aren't too rowdy, fortunately, so no one even gave us a dirty look.
On Saturday, I got myself up around six am to meet a bunch of people from my office for Wet Poke '08. Don't worry, it was a tubing trip down the Shenandoah River in Virginia. It was started by a few UW grads, hence the name (Isn't it interesting that the most fun times I've had have been organized by Wyoming folks?). We loaded up a bus, drove 2 1/2 hours into Virginia and floated for almost six hours down the river. It was long, but awesome! I lost my sunglasses though...I was yelling so hard at my friends not to tip me off my tube that I rolled over and accidently knocked myself in. Bah. But other than that, it was so nice to get out of the city and get some sun! I got a little too much, unfortunately, and am suffering with a pretty severe sunburn today.
Oh, and one more thing. This is Honey, the dog I am currently living with. When I got home last night, her owners weren't home yet so she was all clingy. While I was brushing my teeth, Honey went and crawled into my bed because she didn't want me to leave her by herself. Pretty darn cute, huh?