Good food, good music, lots of sun, a beach, wild ponies, and a few friends. Wow, I had a pretty sweet weekend.

Before I get into this weekend, I completely forgot to write about the best part of last weekend. See-yin, Lauren, and I were invited to the Ambassador of Slovakia's house for a barbecue. There were only seven of us there in total including the Ambassador and his wife, all thanks to Lauren's uncle, Tom. The Ambassador was a very kind gentleman with children that are a little older than me. It was exciting to find out that he is well acquainted with the Czech community in Cedar Rapids. Also, the entire time I was taking mental notes on "how to become a diplomat".

This weekend See-yin and I went to Assateague Island. It's about a three hour drive there and two hours back (go figure). Since this was my last real weekend in DC we thought we would mix things up a bit. In other words, it was a nice change to get out of the city and just have a day of relaxation. I finished my book, Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride.

See-yin and I made it back to College Park in time to go to a house party that my fellow interns were attending. In a way it was our last hurrah and a chance to say goodbyes in good fashion.

Currently I am working on my essays for my Peace Corps application. I'll be sending them to friends in the next day or so for review; I'm inching closer and closer to completing it.

I am absolutely stunned that tomorrow I will be starting my final week of work. My parents are arriving Thursday. I will certainly be glad to see them! I am still not sure of how many stops I will be making on my way back to Kansas. I know that I will definitely be stopping in Mt. Vernon, but we'll see how much energy I have for travel.

Well, it's time for me to get back to work: I have quite a lot on my plate in the next few weeks :).