Let the snow begin.

I woke up this morning and opened the blinds to see this: some wet thing called snow.
Rumors of snow have been spreading among town, leaving me shaking in my shouldn't-have-bought-in-California boots. And sure enough, snow prevailed three days before my internship starts.

I'm crossing my fingers that the snow melts in time for my trek to work, at least before I'm sent out in the storm to cover a story. It doesn't look too likely for now but I didn't let the snow ruin my relaxing Saturday. The morning was spent getting bundled up and taking many pictures on the way to Eastern market for a bag of oranges and bananas (I told you I'm obsessed with this market). Later I made a batch of peanut butter cookies-as you should on any chilly day-and spent the night watching Disturbia.

But as for this week, here's a couple of highlights: 1. I turned in my first blog assignment! Our program hosts a blog called InkTank that provides commentaries on news and D.C. life. For my class, we must post a certain amount of blogs throughout the semester regarding news or the D.C. experience. Take a read. 2. I served at Martha's Table again, a food kitchen for the homeless in D.C. We served meals at the same location but this time I was able to speak with some of locals and hear their stories. It's amazing how powerful a warm cup of a soup maybe on a cold night. 3. I visited the newsroom of the Washington Examiner where I will be working for the next three months. The environment is pretty intimidating, to be honest. Very professional, very serious journalism, very "business suit"...but all the more exciting. I have a desk by a window and the editor is a great guy who misses mexican food as much as I do. I'm going to learn so much there! 4. I discovered the wonderful Capitol Hill Bookstore where stacks of books line the walls and floors. This place is packed, many books stuffed into tall bookcases. I knocked over half of section "B" unfortunately but did manage to find a book amid the chaos. I got Lovely Bones for $4, quite a find. 5. I received advice for my internship. Okay so maybe this isn't as much of a highlight, especially when we heard that all student have an emotional breakdown at least once. But the discussion did clear up a couple of my fears for this whole experience which I still can't believe has yet to begin.

The last two weeks (already!) have been somewhat of a honeymoon period and now as I enter what I came here to do, I'm getting nervous. How am I going to come up with story ideas in a town I've only lived in for two weeks? How am I going to write an article a day on deadline? How am I going to feel confident in the newsroom? A lot of questions are passing through my mind but after much encouragement and prayer, I'm ready to take on the internship with humility and a willingness to be stretched.

Goodbye relaxing two weeks, you have been swell. Here's one last thing to leave you with: the video result from my scavenger hunt challenge. We ended up in last place for the competition but still had a great time and good workout (much walking). The hunt took three days but placed me in some very exciting places. (Note: Music didn't work when placed on site)

Thanks for reading, more to come.