Well hello everyone! So where did I last leave
off?
Work-wise, I've been involved in some pretty
cool lobbying assignments in the areas of ageing and disability-particularly
with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-we're
trying to get the Senate to ratify it so that the United States can be involved
in the steering committee. After work, I headed out to the monthly NYU
Alumni Happy Hour-it was a lot of fun meeting friendly faces from my undergrad
years.
On Wednesday, I had the honor of being asked to present the AAPD mission
statement in American Sign Language for their website. Afterwards, I went with
another intern to an open captioned indie film called "Ultrasonic".
It was a psychological thriller that had me thinking pretty hard afterwards.
After work on Thursday, I met up with a good friend from my undergraduate years
and bumped into someone I knew from my time in the United Kingdom. D.C. really
is a small world. On Friday I took the train home to New Jersey and got to
see my family, and my very adorable Schnauzer. Did I mention there was free
food? We celebrated Father’s Day with yummy Fajitas and Mojitos. Got home late
last night and headed into work today a bit tired. But I perked up when I
realized I was heading to the Rayburn Building (House of Representatives-for
those in the know) and had the privilege of meeting some incredible people in
the industry. I also heard a little more about US-Middle East relations and listened
to leading analysts describe its implications for the 2012 Presidential
elections. Cool beans!
And now I’m home-doing laundry and hopefully going to catch up on my
sleep before another whirlwind week! Cheers and ‘bis nächste Woche’.
Rachel
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