So, after many months of anticipation, I have finally made it to DC and have moved in! Let me tell you, it was a bit of an ordeal getting here, but definitely well worth it. Jarred and I left Columbia a little before noon on Sunday and after multiple hour long stops (that may or may not have included a treck through the boonies of Florence and a bit of time at the outlet malls) we made it to Georgetown around 9. Now I was expecting it to be pretty quiet, it being a Sunday night, but I guess I have been living in the Bible Belt for too long because it was booming! We checked into the hotel (where we discovered that the room we got upgraded to normally costs $800 a night, which I obviously did not pay on my college student budget) and then went exploring. Walking around the area for an hour or so made me seriously question why I decided not to go to Georgetown for undergrad -- oh wait that would probably be because I would have $200,000 in student loans right now, plus be seriously in debt due to the proximity of the shopping district.
This morning we woke up really early (7:30) so that we could catch an early breakfast before the day go started. We were expecting there to be multiple cute breakfast options as there were bistros open for supper, but it was not so. Apparently no one is up at 8am in DC, that is except for the billions of joggers, so we ended up eating at Starbucks...great DC culture for ya.
Now, when I had spoken to the women from WISH, the housing people here in DC, she said that I could check in to the house at 9am. Naturally when I arrived a little after 9 they were not open. Jarred and I pondered what we should do while we were waiting for the office to open and realized that we are in the nation's capital and we should probably drive to all of the national monuments, so that is what we did. We may or may not have accidentally ended up at Arlington National Cemetary due to uncharacteristically poor directional skills. Anyway, so we made it back to the house and I checked in, moved in, and quickly realized that I desperately needed to go to Target. I used my handy-dandy blackberry gps and found one pretty close by. My favorite part of the whole experience was that they had an escalator for your cart! Soooo cool!
I am all unpacked and my room is great! Fortunately the people who lived in my room before me left two garment racks so my roomie and I have tons of extra space for hanging our fancy DC business clothes.
I went to supper with Jeet and his family in Georgetown and that was really delicious -- though I am pretty sad that I ate veal there, I usually steer clear of baby animals. Now, I am sitting with my roomies, arguing about whose school is better... can it get any better? I don't think so.
Tomorrow we are exploring some more and I will be sure to update as much as I can!
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Alina,
As awesome as this all sounds, you upset me that you didn't say bye to me before you left. Georgetown is pretty awesome isn't it? Kind of like Columbia, only not. Keep me updated and have a great time.
Devon
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