Murphys Law Gone Right

I’m writing my blog in what I find to be one of the best places to cure writer’s block: on the train.  I’m actually on my way back to Baltimore after a brief stint at home during this week off for spring break.  To be perfectly honest, this break has been rather exhausting.  Rather than [...]

2009 will forever be known as the year that I became an expatriate. I so easily forget that the majority of this year (from January until the end of August) was spent outside of the country. I rode a bike to the market every other day and went to classes in historic buildings such as [...]

I am back in my second home, the Netherlands, where I will reside for the rest of the summer. My boss picked me up at the airport and dropped me off at my new home in Wassenaar.  2 days later, I retrieved my bike in Amsterdam, and I am now back in the swing of things.  It’s [...]

One week. I leave in one week. I have to keep reminding myself of this minute detail.  I will be leaving the country, leaving America, for 7 months. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and somewhat in denial which probably attributes to the fact that I have not begun to pack.  I have been taking care of last minute errands, but [...]

The holiday season is underway and after a busy couple of days, I finally feel that I am able to relax.  Finals season was very taxing and I worked all the way up to the bitter end, until December 19th at midnight.  Because I’m going abroad, I had to pack up all of my stuff and [...]

Well, I am once again on the train, on my way back from my stay at home. I love going home, but I always feel like the time is too short. My life has been pretty hectic lately with midterms, my birthday, and even planning other people’s birthdays. This weekend was a nice vacation from [...]

I’m not saying goodbye to Washington DC just yet, but it most certainly feels like it.  A lot of people from work are leaving for the rest of the summer, including one of my fellow Major Gifts interns, Rachel.  I’m sad there won’t be anyone to take 4:00 pm snack breaks with me anymore. Oh [...]

So, after a ridiculously relaxing 2 weeks at home where I hung out with my best friends from CT, I had to pack up all of my stuff for my move to DC.  I can’t remember if I mentioned this last time, but while my time at home was relaxing, I actually ended up getting [...]

I hope everyone watched the Red Sox game last night!!! At first, I was mildly depressed because Lester really didn’t have an amazing start, but in the end, we pulled through.  Unfortunately, I do not pay for the MLB package, so I am unable to watch all the games like I do when I’m home.  [...]

For the second part of our trip, we took a train to Vienna which was only 4 hours away from beautiful Prague.  We arrived in late afternoon and because the hotel didn’t have our rooms ready, we stored our luggage and went out to see some sights.  We purchased a three day metro pass and [...]