What I Did Last Summer, Part 2

Most of our summer has been spent in DC. I had an internship with the Office of the Historian at the State Department (and yes, there is an Office of the Historian! Most people have no clue that they exist, but you can read more about what they do here). And Sam has also had an internship this summer and has learned a lot about block chain (which, I still don't really know how that works, but Sam has a better idea now, so all interested parties can ask him).

Overall, I think that coming to DC this summer was good for us. It was good to be close to Sam's family (his parents moved here this summer), it was nice to see friends, and it was fun getting to visit different museums and national parks. Trying to balance the internship + PhD stuff + wanting to have fun + uncertainty about next steps for Sam and me with jobs/PhD/life/all the things meant that it was not always smooth sailing here, but is it smooth sailing anywhere?

In lieu of more philosophizing, please enjoy this photo montage of summer times in DC:

[National Gallery]

[At the National Cathedral

[Great Falls]

[Tiny Desk Concert at NPR]

[Old Town Alexandria]

[And short hair.]

[50th anniversary of the moon landing]

[So many stamps]

[And half a dozen donuts.]

[A Nats game]

[Jefferson Rock at Harper's Ferry]

[Freaky picture of John Brown--which also hangs on the capitol building in Topeka, Kansas]

[Freaky wax museum, complete with an animatronic John Brown.]

[And a reminder for next semester.]