I love it, but I wouldn't want to live here.....

From 3:30 pm until 6:30 pm, those driving by themselves may not use I-66 (a major interstate connecting DC with Virginia). Only HOV (vehicles with 2 or more people) may use that road.

That doesn't even begin to describe how busy this city is.

My first two days in DC have been far too adventurous. At 5:30 pm on Sunday, I arrived at Cyrus Razmgar's house where I would spend the night. Around 7:00 pm that evening, Cyrus drove me to the Fairfax/Vienna metro station. I took that metro (the orange line) to Capitol South, hoping to arrive just steps away from either the Russell Senate Office Building (where I work) or my apartment. Both are located on Constitution Avenue. After a 7 block trek north, I found Constitution Avenue. As fate would have it, I walked 3 blocks west before realizing that I should be going east. Thanks be to the capitol police! They are EVERYWHERE and they are kind. Wherever I am, they see me. There's absolutely no chance I could get mugged.

I'm getting sidetracked. Sunday night I found my two buildings (Russell and my apartment), trying my hardest to decode the entirely too complicated map of DC. Our nation's capitol should be somewhere in the NW where the streets are straight. Instead, we're stuck where the streets are complicated (thanks L'Enfant!) and the weather is miserable.

I arrived back at Cyrus's abode around 11:00 pm. I hadn't eaten dinner, so his wonderful mother warmed up some spaghetti and toasted some bread—everything tasted so good!!! I drank two root beers with my dinner so I was burping well into the night. The night was rather short.

I woke up at 6:00 am, proceeding to take a shower and, as is my habit, go back to bed. I re-awoke around 7:00 am and got dressed. Mr. Razmgar, a man very kind and well-informed about the area, drove me to the metro which I took to Union Station (a metro stop closer to Russell). Union Station isn't as clean as it is in the movies (duh). In fact, the only fancy part about it is the outside. However, it's absolutely gigantic! I'll move on.

The "short" walk to my office building left me drenched in sweat, wondering why I couldn't wear a dark t-shirt and shorts to work. I arrived at SR-xxx, the front office 15 minutes early. I met the 5 other interns: Jacob Dawkins (my roommate; from Clemson), Eleanor (goes to USC), Thomas Rhodes (goes to Clemson), Will (goes to Brown U), and Eric (goes to Covenant and has one suit with him). They're all wonderful people.

I'll stop for now at 9:30 am on Monday morning. So much has happened since then. I'll attempt to finish out Monday (the longest day of my life) sometime tomorrow night. Today went by rather quickly. I'll have y'all caught up in no time.

Unfortunately, I do not have my camera cord for my computer which would allow me to put up pictures (sorry Phil!). The cord is getting mailed up to me, so I should have it by the end of the week.

Until tomorrow, have a good night, and God bless,
Tim