A Patriot’s Occasion

Mon petit blog de francais.

2010-09-01T14:24:00.003-06:00

C'est mon petit blog de français. Je vais ecretie en français. Voila!

World GDP Article

2009-11-24T07:17:00.001-07:00

I found this on Greg Mankiw's blog. It shows percent share of world GDP. It's very interesting!

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/11/changing-world-economy.html

Holiday Feelings!

2009-11-05T18:15:00.004-07:00

This week has me feeling a little festive for the holidays! After the Halloween party, I pulled out my Christmas lights (LED Christmas lights to be specific :) ) and plugged them in. It was really a good feeling. I think I'm going to put them in my room, have the Christmas tree and garland with lights (white lights on both, probably warm LED lights to be specific :) ).

Also, I decdied to cook a pecan pie last night. I had to make my own crust and used my Mom's famous recipe. After about an hour worth of work, I baked it. The pie came out so beautiful -- nice and golden brown, with that wonderful sweet custard filling.

Unfortunately, the middle didn't set in the pie. So now I have pie soup. It still takes really good, but it was an epic failure. I'll have to try again when I finish this one.

Halloween

2009-11-01T19:39:00.003-07:00

Halloween was fun! While I didn't dress up, I invited my parents over to have a little party. My mom absolutly loves Halloween, and beings they live on a farm, they never have trick-or-treaters. I thought that maybe we would have some at my apartment. I was wrong. I have some awesome friends - thanks Kelsi and Teish - but no little kids in awesome costumes asking for candy. I even decorated my porch (lights, dry ice, freaky fabic, jack-o-lantern, the whole nine yards).

Oh well.. it's on to the rest of the holidays. I'll keep you posted.

Taking a Turn

2009-10-28T18:22:00.002-06:00

So... I have decided that I need to have a place to expresses some interesting things I have learn, done, or seen, have an occasional rant and rave, and just to have a little fun. I do preface the content one here: be forewarned -- these are things that make excited (economics, girls, politics, airplanes, trains, sci-fi, geeky things), or angry (dumb policies, politicians, crazy drivers, things like that).

Thats my story!

Here is a link I found exciting seeing I'm going to be an economist and all.

http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/five-favorite-economists/

I'm Home!

2009-06-27T13:05:00.003-06:00

**BREAKING NEWS!**

You thought I was going to say Michael Jackson died. He did. But more importantly, I made it back home!

It was quite eventful on the trip back -- wrong trains, power outages, extra customs screening, and a delyed flights -- I got back about 8:00pm MST (or daylight, whatever we are on now).

I'll be posting pictures and content later.

It's good to be back!!

Day 11 -- Brussels, Belgium

2009-06-23T00:33:00.007-06:00

Brussels is an awesome place. From my short time here, this city is much more friendly than Paris. Yesterday, I met with Kelly Stange, who works for the FAS at the US Mission to the EU. We talked about the FAS, EU politics and peculiarities, and about Brussels in general. She told me about how the EU saw the US, how the two different viewpoints merge and how they differ. I saw a book before I left for my trip called Around Brussels in 80 Brews. I thought it was interesting. Long story short, Kelly's husband wrote it. It's a really small world.

After my meeting with Kelly, Teri Schultz picked me up from the Embassy. Teri is an Aggie also; she lives and works in Brussels as a Foreign Correspondent for the Global Post and NPR. Teri has a truly awesome family, and they adopted me for the day! I took a tour of NATO Headquarters and had lunch there with her and her husband JR. The inside NATO looks much like the Pentagon. We got to walk around the Press/Visitors section of the compound (read: the unclassified section). We ate lunch, and surprisingly gormet lunch, in the cafeteria. Throughout the entire cafeteria and press area, huge poster were hung stating "Do not discuss classified material here". Evidently, security was very lax, thus people would hold long and rigorous conversations about classified things while in an insecure environment. Teri said that two spies were thrown out of NATO just last month.

During lunch, Teri told me I had to do something I hadn't signed up for. Her family is house-hunting, and they had a very rare chance to tour a property for sale: a part of the Wezembeek-Oppem Castle was for rent. So, yes, I went to Belgium and got to tour a castle! The pictures do not do it justice, but it is an amazing house, with a moat, a lake, a forest, and a lot of geese. Teri and JR took me out to dinner last night. I had mussels with creme, French fries (which are actually Belgian), and Krick (a sparkling, cherry flavored staple in Brussels). For desert, I had Belgian waffle. They are amazing good! Today began the Green Week Conference.

Terri and I went to the round panel discussion where private European businesses had the opportunity to respond to the proposed legislation regarding climate change. The conversation soon switched to that of energy production and carbon tax credits. Following the discussion, we went to the exhibit show. Many companies, businesses, NGOs, and governments were they showcasing how they were helping the environment. I spoke with several agricultureal companies and organizations -- a few were pushing organic farming for changing climate and others showed how there product was better for the environment then another. It was an exciting conference -- much better than walking around the town.

Me at NATO

Terri and I -- Aggies in the Old World!

The Castle!

Mussels in Brussels!

Meeting with exhibitors at Green Week

Day 10 -- Thaylis 9308 to Brussels

2009-06-22T00:14:00.003-06:00

Me on the train!

Today has been an interesting day to say the least. I'm on the Thaylis Train to Brussels. It's a uber-high speed train, and believe me when I say it, we are hauling some serious train. It is supposed to reach speeds of 300km/h, or for us American folks, about 186 m/h. I have a meeting with Kelly Stange at the US Mission to the EU today. I'm cutting my appointment close: My train arrives at 9:17am and my appointment is at 10:00am, with a hotel check-in betwixt the two (and I'm not entirely sure I don't have to go through Customs control when I get to Brussels-Midi).

An accident occurred on the Paris RER System this morning as I was trying to get to the station. (The RER is Paris' high-speed metro; Paris has two systems -- the RER and the Metro.) Evidently, two people got onto the rails at the St. Michel Station and were killed. I had left my Paris apartment two hours early to make sure I had enough time -- Thank Goodness! The trains weren't moving, and service was supposed to resume at 8:00am. My train was leaving at 7:55am. In short, I hired a taxi and got to Paris-Gare du Nord with time to spare. A little stressful I admit, but I made it, and quite frankly (and humbly), I'm proud of myself.

A few of you have been reporting problems when you access my blog. I will try to remove some of the things I added to it. If you are still having problems, please email me and I can see what I can do. I don't have a problem when I open it.

Best to all, and I'll be posting pictures and the like later today.

Day 5 -- La Garrigue, near Morlhon, France

2009-06-18T05:59:00.007-06:00

"I ain't seen nothing yet!" That was what I said to myself when I was leaving London.

I left London yesterday, 17 June, from the London Stansted Airport to little town of Rodez, FR. I flew on Ryanair, a low cost, Ireland airline, much like our Southwest. I have to say, the more I fly on these low-cost airlines, the more I like them. Ryanair took me from the busy streets of London, across the English Channel, through the cost of Normandy and the French countryside, along the northern part of France, and finally into Rodez. The Boeing 737-800 was brilliant; it landed and had to turn around on the runway to get back to the arrival tarmac.

My host family, the Horrieres, are very nice and welcoming. I couldn't have asked for a better host! Dan picked me up from the airport and took me to his house, where I was properly fed, wined, and educated in French eating habits. The short list is as follows: 1. Bread goes on the table; 2. Wine is consumed as water; 3. Cheese follows the meal and is served with bread.

This morning, I had an appointment with Mr. Fonatell, the Ayervon county ag agent. We discussed alot: the changing dynamics of the area's agriculture, subsidies and farmers interests. We then took a trip to the open-air farmers market. It was huge! There were more items then I have seen at one place. After the market, we went to a local dairy. They have about 40 head of the good, old-fashioned black-and-white milk cows. It was very different from our I-25 dairies.

Later today, I'm going to go and visit a duck farm.

Here are a few of my pictures!

Big Ben and aerial London from the London Eye. This is looking towards the west-northwest.

A panorama of East London. I took it myself :)

My visit to Chambre d'Agriculture in Villefranche.

Villefranche is a mid-evil town that dates back to the 13th century. The streets are so narrow, I can touch both sides. The street is named Rue Etrotie, which means, very concisely, Narrow Street.

The Thrusday Morning Market in Villefranche. It is a farmers market on 'roids. Everything from cheese to sausages to live fish to dried herbs to clothes. It was a large as Fat Daddy's Flea Market back home, only more food and cleaner.

The view from the Horriere Farm.

Day 3 -- London

2009-06-16T07:36:00.019-06:00

Wow. What an amazing city! London is by far the most internationalized city I have ever seen. Apart from the fact they drive on the wrong side of the road, which incidentally trips me out (you should try crossing the street -- the crosswalks are marked with "<-- LOOK LEFT" and "LOOK RIGHT -->" so the rest of the world doesn't kill themselves), there are more people, more languages, and more tourists then I would have guessed. It's the little things that I chuckle at. The Brits don't use "DANGER: LOW CEILING" they prefer to use "MIND YOUR HEAD". I've enjoined listening to people talk and it has been more a challenge than I would care to admit to understand a few of them.

I have taken in a handful of sights: The London Eye (which I'm planning on riding tomorrow morning), Big Ben, Westminster Abby, Buckingham Place, and London Tower. The Underground is the best way to get around; it is much more frequent than the DC metro. Londoners are busy people, not rude, but down-to-busniess and professional. Everyone (especially around my age group) is fit, and they have to be -- you walk everywhere.

I took a stroll along Oxford Street to see the shopping centre of London. It's definitely a high-end town. I've been sticking to the busy places, and in contrast to DC, there isn't a visible homeless population. I took a look at a high-end food store in Selfridges, a major shopping outlet. They have everything from Italian grass fed steaks for £25/lbs (there was no U.S. beef) to POST Lucky Charm cereal and Coca Cola (made with real sugar, not HFCS). I was too embarrassed to take pictures of the store -- I think it would have given me away as an American tourist.

On Monday (15 June), I met with a former NMSU alum who works for the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. His name is Rod McSherry and he was raised, down the road from us, in Deming, NM. It was nice to meet another Aggie! We went to a Starbucks near the American embassy and talked about UK, EU, and US agriculture. He gave me much insight into the environment I'm looking to study. He will be coming back to the States in August to give a presentation to NMSU. We can all look forward to that.

Tomorrow I leave to Rodez, FR and meet with Dan. This should prove to be the most exciting and enriching part of travel yet both educationally and culturally.

Finally a big HELLO to everyone back at the states. Here are few pictures from the travel so far. I'll post some videos when I can. PS -- There are quite a few people reading the Twilight series here :). Cheers!

Buckingham Palace

The London Eye

Big Ben

King's Cross Platform 9 3/4 -- Sorry NMSU, see you guys next year, I'm going to Hogwarts!

London Tower

First Stop: London!

2009-06-14T07:05:00.003-06:00

I officially made it to London! What an experience! The flight to the little island was much longer than I was anticipating. It lasted nine hours and it was uncomfortable being cramped in that little seat. However, the food was (surprisingly) good, and my row buddy was a woman from Dallas who was traveling to Norway. We made it through the trip, and together we figured out how to work our little entertainment monitors. Unfortunately, I was unable to take a photo of the airplane when it was at its gate at DFW. It was spectacular -- a Boeing 777.

After I deplaned, I headed onto Heathrow Airport Customs. I got there just in time; I got a respectable middle-of-the-infinite-serpentine-barrier position, and after 15 minutes, the line filled up the rest of the barriers and extended up the stairs towards the gate. So it is official now: I have a Visa in my passport!!

Transportation out of the airport was fun and interesting. I took the Heathrow Connect to London Paddington Station where I connected with the Circle Underground line and got off at Victoria Station. I found my hotel and got settled in. Britian is very interesting. On the way to my hotel, I heard at least four different languages. It was a lot of fun.

My hotel doesn't have internet, so I'll have to use internet cafés and learn how to use my laptop in them. Incidentally, I'll post pictures when I can.

Cheers!

The Layover

2009-06-13T12:27:00.004-06:00

I made it to DFW in one piece. So far my trip is looking really good. I'm getting excited about the flight to London; it looks like it is on time and it is a Boeing 777!

Just a short update -- I'll make sure to post when I get to London.

Morgan

A Trip: Personal and Professional

2009-06-11T11:16:00.000-06:00

The Rebirth

Welcome to my blog! For those of you who followed this blog during my internship in Washington, DC, welcome back; if you have found it for the first time, thanks for stopping by. Once again, this blog will be used to capture and record my learning experiences while I travel.

This coming Saturday, 13 June, I will traveling to Europe under the Aggies Go Global Program. I am going to explore agricultural policy and gain an understanding of European farms. For the two weeks I will be abroad, I will travel to London, Rodez FR, Paris and Brussels.

My first stop is London. I'll post pictures and videos when I get there. I have a meeting planed this the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Agricultural Attaché Rod McSherry. Rod is an NMSU alum.

Until then,
Morgan

Who is counting down?

2008-06-30T14:25:00.000-06:00

I am!! It's only two days until I head home! The internship has been fun, but I'm ready to head back to New Mexico, my home.

Now... I'm sure that some readers might be disappointed with the quantity of my blogs. True, I have not posted anything for a while, the case of the matter happens to be that I have not had a great opportunity to take pictures of anything. Until now!

I have been doing some fun things. I got to take a tour of the East Wing of the White House. It was amazing, but I couldn't bring my camera. I toured the Pentagon, put again I wasn't allowed to take pictures. I took a tour of the West Wing of the White House, I brought my camera and, shazzam, I couldn't take picture... inside. So without further ado, here are some pictures from my West Wing Tour of the White House on Sunday afternoon.

White House Group Two

The view south from the Rose Garden

The Oval Office

The door the West Wing Lobby

Reporting for business

A Presidential Picture

The White House

On Monday, I tour the Departmetn of the Interior tour. They bus us around to all of the monuments and memorials and give you a guided tour.

World War II Memorial

WWI Memorial Stars remembering those of gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

View east from Lincoln Memorial

Morgan and Abe

Looking good... if I do say so myself

Korean War Memorial

There are 19 soldiers in the memorial, which double due to the reflective granite walls.

View west from Washington Monument

View south from Washington Monument

View east from Washington Monument

View north from Washington Monument

Time's Flying By!!

2008-06-17T18:34:00.000-06:00

Hello... Life has been really fun here. This week I'm interning in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. I got to watch and attend the committee hearing. It was interesting and a little boring. I wasn't on the C-SPAN TV -- but it was fun to be there.

Since I last posted a real blog, I've had my birthday, been to the Jefferson, been to the French Embassy, been to Gravelly Point, been to the Eastern Market, been to Teaisms, and been to the Smithsonian. It' s been eventful and haven't had a lot of time to make a blog post.

My birthday was really fun. Lindsay and Chelsea took me to Gordon Biersch, a restaurant and microbrewery. The girl's roommates Amanda and Courtney came, and Dustin, Aaron, and Josh attended. It was a lot of fun... I had my first beer... and had a really good piece of chocolate cake. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WISHED ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THANKS MOM FOR THE COOKIES AND DAD AND GARRETT FOR THE CARDS!!

Part of the gang at my birthday

Getting carded

Ta-da! It was okay... not my favorite drink. (Tea is better)

Some really good Birthday Cake!

The best friends of all time!

Checking out the brewery

On Wednesday night, I took a walk with Alyssa and Nathan to the Jefferson Memorial. It was a fun night... we walked about five miles around DC. The Memorial and the city itself look amazing at night. After Jefferson, we walked to the White House. While we went along, I totally flipped over some people wearing an FFA jacket. I saw one, three, and turned around and there were hundreds at the Lincoln Memorial. They were in town for the Washington Leadership Conference. I bragged about my American degree and EVERYONE we met was polite and nice.

Side of Jefferson Memorial

Front of Jefferson Memorial

The man himself -- Thomas Jefferson

Me and the White House

Friday the interns took a trip to the French Embassy. We ate there at the cafeteria -- the food was excellent. I had ham and cheese crepes (or really thin pancakes), new potatoes, garlic sauteed mushrooms, and creme brulle. We took a tour of the embassy and got a chance to talk with the number three French diplomat to the United States. He was very interesting and taught me a little about France. They are still socialists and not on my A-list, but the experience was priceless. So... when someone asks if I've been to France my response will be: "Well... I've been on French soil and funny, it looks a lot like Washington, DC!" I couldn't take any pictures there so I don't have any.

Later that night, Lindsay and Chelsea invited me over to their apartment for a birthday bar-be-que. It was fun and the food was great. Thanks ladies!

Saturday, I took a little trip in the morning. I went to Teaisms. It's a little tea shop just north of Dupont Circle in DC. Rachael Ray went there on her $40-A-Day show and I wanted to try it. I had a Chai Tea shake and their famous Ginger Scones. It was very good. And yes I did make it under $40-A-Day.

After breakfast I went to the Eastern Market. It's basically a farmer's market with the staples: fresh produce, ice cream, crafts, cheap jewelry, and a bunch of pictures of the area. It was exciting. I bought my dad a Fathers Day present there even. I didn't think to take any pictures of the Market. I might post one if I can head back there.

After the market, I met up with Lindsay and Chelsea. We went to the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum and the Air and Space Museum. It was a lot of fun:

A T-Rex skeleton

"Look! I'm holding a penguin!"

The Hope Diamond

A Jet

Another Jet

On Sunday, Alyssa and I took a walk to Gravelly Point. It is a park on an island on the edge of Virgina side of the Potomac River. It is about 300 yards from Reagan National Airport. It is totally awesome... you get to see planes take off... like they fly 50ft above you. It was really really cool:

Taking off!

Fly Over!

Scratch it's belly!

Going, Going, Gone!

All in all, it has been eventful. I'm going to do community service this week, attend a College Republican State Chair training, and have some more fun. Keep in touch!!

Where Am I?!?!?!

2008-06-16T05:21:00.000-06:00

So... I know I haven't posted anything in a while -- I'm sorry. It's been busy, but I'm going to get something posted this evening. Thanks for being patient.

Washington Nationals and Mt. Vernon

2008-06-08T18:56:00.000-06:00

It's been a fun week. Work is going well, I'm getting used to the city, and tomorrow is my birthday! The weather has been a little uncooperative – it has gotten really hot and it’s very humid. Other than that, everything is going well.

Dustin’s uncle hooked us up with some Washington Nationals tickets. So… Thursday after work, we changed our clothes, met up with Aaron and we headed out to the ball game. We had to pick up the tickets from Dustin’s uncle at his office and then we walked to the stadium. It wasn’t too long; thank goodness it was downhill. After the bouncer made us throw away Dustin’s coffee mug, we heading up to our primo seats and met Will there too. Our tickets were for a second story balcony skybox – right behind home base! Very awesome! Thanks Jim!

It was my first baseball game and I had a lot of fun. The stadium is sweet! And the Nats won in extra innings. They are now my baseball team. Here are the pics:

The Washington Nationals (The Nats) New Stadium
Notice our really, really good seats?

The Nats' JumboTron -- totally awesome!

Marquee around the field. The lights we sooo cool!

Dustin and me at the Nats game

On Saturday, I went to Mt. Vernon to see George Washington’s estate. I went with Lindsay, Chelsea, Ty (another intern from work, a friend) and Ty’s roommate John. The five of us took the Spirit of Mount Vernon from DC to Mt. Vernon. It’s a large tour boat (I call it a yacht) to and from. It was foggy in the morning and the ride to Mt. Vernon was kind boring. Ty and John were tired from the night before and Lindsay, Chelsea, and I were downright bored.

After we arrived at Mt. Vernon, things got better. The fog began to burn off. Our first stop was to see George Washington’s tomb. We moved on to the mansion. It was really cool and has an awesome view of the Potomac River. We talked to a man dressed in character… He gave me a hard time for coming to a swamp as part of an advanced investment team for the government to invest in the future site of Washington, DC. (I told him I was in DC working for the government. He informed me that the government was in Philadelphia and I that nothing exciting was in DC. Remember he was in character.)

We ate lunch, bought some good stuff at the gift shop and boarded the boat to come home.

Erie boats through the fog

An almost Titanicesque picture.

A cool little sail boat on the Potomac River. They waved to us.

George Washington's Tomb

Mt. Vernon Mansion

The group with a character lady.

The view from the back porch.

The kitchen -- it's not attached to the house and I could take a picutre of it. I would like to see Rachael Ray cook in here.

Slave Quarters

The Spirit of Mount Vernon as it arrived to pick us up.

The interns and their friends.

A view of the estate from the river.

The Woodrow Wilson Bridge (it didn't have to open for us)

A HUGE house on the river

You can see the Capitol dome through the haze.

A Bunch of "Capitol" Photos

2008-06-02T18:42:00.000-06:00

I PASSED MY TEST!! Friday I took the test and I made an 81%, which isn't passing (85%). Today I retook it and i passed. I was able to give my first tour, it was really fun.

On Friday we walked by the Supreme Court. The interns ate lunch at the Library of Congress. Then we went to Arlington.

Supreme Court

The art at the apex of the Supreme Court

The fountain in front of the Supreme Court

Here are some pics of our Friday trip to Arlington National Cementary:

JFK Eternal Flame and Grave

The Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider

The changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider

Arlington National Cementary

On Saturday I went to the Zoo. Lets just say it rained. I had to walk back from the Foggy Bottom Metro stop in the rain. It look liked I had jumped into a pool on water -- bad deal. Lindsay, Chelsea, Dustin and I went back on Sunday. There were a lot of animals and it's a big zoo. We saw only about half of it after about an hour and a half. And... as you walk, it's down hill and you don't realize it until you try to go back -- it's the hill that never ends. It's worse than the horseshoe hill.

Morgan and the brass panda

Our National Bird: The Bald Eagle

Morgan and another brass bear

Morgan and an elephant (the republican animal)

Dustin and Morgan

Morgan goofying off and Lindsay picking the T-rex's nose

Seals the sun

Morgan riding a bear (what is up with all the bears?!?!)

A Panda on loan from China

A Otter that reminded me of Cody

Here are some pictures of the inside of the U.S. Capitol building:

The Apotheosis of Washington
Fresco in the top of the Rotunda

Part of the American History Frieze in the Rotunda

Painting on the wall of Rotunda

Washington Monument and WWII Memorial

2008-05-29T19:55:00.000-06:00

It has been busy! I have been assigned to my duties at work and have been enjoying it. It's very different from what I'm used to, but I'm really liking it.

Last night, our group went out to eat and take a look of some of the monuments. I took my camera, but I forgot it's memory card in my computer. So... I took all of three pictures before my internal memory was full. Here are the best two:

We also went to the Capitol:

The Frist Day

2008-05-26T18:33:00.001-06:00

I MADE IT!!! I made it to Washington, DC! I arrived yesterday at about 1:15pm EST (15 min ahead of schedule). My flights were good and my baggage came with me. My friends, Lindsay and Chelsea, both picked me up from the airport and we took the metro to the Marvin Center so I could check in. The line was long (about an hour), and after, Dustin and I met up and went to our room. That is when the fun started! I opened the door and it was TRASHED!!! Look and see what I mean:

It was terrible! Evidently, the student that was living here was in the process of being evicted. GWU deadbolted his door so he couldn't get in to clean his stuff. Thus, the cleaning people couldn't get in to clean it. After about two hours of phone calls, cussing, and exasperation, Dustin and I finally got a new room. It's very nice (we are already living in it!):

After the "FSK Incident", we picked up two new friends, and the six (Lindsay, Chelsea, Dustin, Will, Aaron, and myself) of us went to Tony Cheng's Chinese Food and had some awesome food. It was the best Chinese food I have ever had.

Today, Dustin and I went to the store and bought the essentials... coffee creamer and Rice Krispies.

Then we timed the Metro trip from our apartment to the office building were we are going to be working. It's going to take about 50 minutes to get there. The Metro should run every minute during rush hour, so we are going to leave about an hour and 15 minutes early and we should be fine.
Here are some pics of the Capitol. It really is HUGE!

So far I'm having fun. Dustin is cool, my friends are with me, and I start work tomorrow. I am worried about the Capitol Tour test though. It's an extremely difficult test over a LOT of material on the history, construction, and notable people of the U.S. Capitol.

We have to be at work tomorrow at 9! I'll keep you posted!

P.S.: Dustin made fun of me for bringing so many bags. But we have the stuff we need (thanks Mom)!

Getting Ready

2008-05-21T19:08:00.000-06:00

Hello! Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog. I appreciate it! Let me know that you came to see it by leaving a comment below. You just click on the the word "comment" in the sentence in the bottom border of this post.

I am in the process of packing and getting ready to leave. I've almost done all of the running around town that I need to do. I will be packed and ready to go for my early Sunday departure from El Paso International Airport. I should arrive in DC around 1:30 EST.

I have been studying a tour guide manual from the senator's office. All the interns are required to pass a test concerning the material covered in the manual. It's about 75 pages of history and unique facts about the Capitol and Senator Domenici. I have been faithfully reading over it and I hope I will be prepared for the test the second week of work.

So... Sunday is the big day. I'll let you know more then!

The First Post

2008-04-18T13:03:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone!

This is the first post in my first blog "A Patroit's Occasion." It will serve a record of my events and ramblings. It will start out with my internship in our nation's capital, Washington, DC. I will post pictures and exciting recaps of my experiences thought the summer. After my time there, I will use this blog to get thoughts off the top of my head. Check back later for updates as we near the end of May.

Thanks for looking!

-Morgan