We're Half Way There...

It's hard to believe another 4th of July has come and gone. When I was younger I always hated when the 4th of July rolled around. I loved the celebrations, but beneath the fireworks and picnics was the dooming fact that summer was half over. After the 4th of July, summer is gone in the blink of an eye and it's back to school we go. These days I don't hate the end of summer quite as much as I used to... probably because I don't get to lay around by the pool all day anymore. That ended sometime in high school, gotta feed that bank account.

The 4th of July this summer does signal my half-way point in D.C. Only 5 more weeks to go. It has been flying by so fast. Last week was a fun work week for me. My supervising attorney let me tag along with her to a court hearing on Wednesday. I got to sit in the Judge's Chamber for a meeting between the judge and opposing counsels. I really wish there was no such thing as privileged information because this case we are working on is probably the most entertaining thing in the world. People can't write fiction this good. You know what they say, there's nothing stranger than people. We will be returning for another court hearing this Friday so that should be interesting. Other than attending court, I have been working on getting some documents together for some other cases. I've also been trying to hunt down a doctor who may or may not have run away to the Caribbean... I wouldn't mind taking a trip and hunting him down in person - expenses paid by the firm, of course :)


As for the 4th of July Celebrations that I had mentioned earlier, I did have a fun weekend celebrating Independence Day in the nation's capitol. My boyfriend and I went to the parade in the morning and then went paddle boating around the Jefferson Memorial (view pictured on the right.)

At night everyone gathers at the National Mall (and I mean everyone, it was definitely crowded) and they shoot fireworks from the Lincoln Memorial. We watched from towards the back so we could have a quit exit and beat the crowds... and by that I mean my boyfriend pulling my arm out of its socket while he dragged me through a crowd for over six blocks to the transfer metro station. It did pay off though, we beat the crowd so mission accomplished.


I hope everyone had a fun holiday weekend. For everyone who was unable to watch fireworks in the nation's capitol here is a little recap of them for you.