Leaving the District

It's hard to believe, but the semester is done! The last few days were a lot of fun-getting in last minute adventures and talking with people-but we also had projects to finish and packing to do. One afternoon a few of us went to ride paddle boats on the tidal basin at the Jefferson Memorial. We also had our final progressive dinner on our floor which ended with improvisational competitive rapping by some people on my floor. Thursday night we had a banquet to celebrate the end of our semester. We dressed up, ate great food, and each took a turn being verbally affirmed by the others in the program. There was also a talent/entertainment portion of the evening including a guitar trio, an entertaining but not highly convincing magic show, and a movie I made about how our apartment had secretly stolen and held for ransom our friend John's life size cardboard cut out of Hillary Clinton (ask me for more details). We might be biased but we thought our video was probably the highlight of the night.


Yesterday morning it all concluded. The flight Eli and I were taking left at 9 am and we decided to have a cab pick us up at 7:00. Unfortunately, Eli's alarm didn't go off and I woke her up at 6:40-an hour and a half later than she wanted-and she had to get ready and finish her packing. The cab also came early and the driver seemed frustrated (possibly about the amount of luggage we had). Needless to say it was a little stressful! But once we got to the airport everything went smoothly, and by early afternoon we had landed in Omaha again.

It's been good being home so far, but I have already been noticing little things that I enjoyed about the city that Iowa doesn't offer. I'm sure it will take some adjusting. I've talked with several people so far who want to know about my semester, and it's definitely hard to describe in short. I have learned so much, experienced so much, and I think grown a lot too! I guess this signals the end of my blog-thanks for reading, and thanks for your prayers and support during the past four months!