Back to Work, Back to Work

Well for the first time since February 4th I have to wake up before 8:00. The two separate winter blasts kept the government closed Monday through Thursday of last week. I eventually went into work last Friday afternoon, the first time in a week. In addition, I didn’t have to go into work today due to President’s Day. So to sum everything up, I really haven’t worked/had to do anything in a long while. This also means I don’t have anything substantial to report. Despite the time off the winter weather kept us cooped up in the Washington Center. To put things in perspective, my friends and I on Thursday watched the final 22 episodes of Arrested Development, and there are only 53 episodes in the series. Though we did continue to go to the gym and made it out to dinner at a Mexican and Thai place on separate nights, I spent most of my time indoors.
Saturday was a big exception as some friends and I went shopping/exploring in Georgetown for most of the day. Georgetown has a wide variety of shops (we went into Urban Outfitters, Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Adidas…), but I only bought a new book from Barnes and Noble. I finished my second book on Afghanistan Sunday and started reading Three Cups of Tea today.
I also went to a Starbucks today to work on some of my school work. It’s really hard doing homework at the BU Center due to a lack of motivation. This is why you typically find me doing homework at Carrier Library on campus than back at my apartment in Sunchase. Though I was able to get some work accomplished Starbucks charges you for internet and I wasn’t going to pay 3.99 plus tax for it so work was somewhat limited.
Speaking of work, when I did return to the Center last Friday afternoon I discussed with my boss what assignments are coming up and it looks like I’ll be given some more substantive work. We are beginning research for a supplement to our report which will include updated NATO commitments since Jan 1st. I will get to conduct most of the research looking for announcements of increased aid/troops from NATO and ISAF countries. It will be a welcome change from finding expert addresses two weeks ago.
Like I said, outside of this, I don’t have too much else to report. It will be my birthday in one month, my 21st birthday, which is obviously exciting, but other than that I can’t think of any big events that I know of. So that’s going to have to do it for now. Thanks for reading.