spent the 4th with my teammate mallory and some of her family. our day was spent on the national mall with the other several hundreds of picnickers and nappers who came out to spend america's birthday in the nation's capitol. we spent the night on the roof of a friend's office building watching fireworks, lighting sparklers, and creating glow-in-the-dark jewelry.
prior to FEMA corps, I had never been exposed much to the government side of things. and now, here I am, smack dab in the middle of it in my khakis and blue FEMA polo. it's a completely different environment living and working in dc. so much different than any environment I had been exposed to previously. external affairs is probably one of the most exciting departments to work in within FEMA because you get to see everything that comes through the agency. in the past week and a half, I've done everything from create slides for the director of external affairs to bring to a video teleconference in front of the directors of every department within FEMA to managing several affairs regarding senior leadership in the agency, such as creating appointments and managing schedules, to taking (and later sending out) the notes in meetings where the division directors within external affairs gather and discuss their current projects. I've been exposed to so many people and topics and discussions that I had never known about before. working in the nation's capitol is a fascinating experience. I've spent so much time and energy (prior to FEMA corps) not focusing on politics or government affairs at all and I feel thankful in a pleasantly-surprised-I-never-expected-to-ever-be-interested-in-the-government-let-alone-working-in-the-middle-of-the-government kind of way.
oh and the 4th of july was fun too. :)
um, i think you're missing a post about your special visitor.... ahem.
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