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Here’s to an exciting and fast paced last week

Friday, May 1st, 2009

The past two weeks at AVMA-GRD have been a whirlwind tour!
It seems bittersweet that we have only one week to go until the end of our four-week externship. I am happy to see family soon but am sad to leave because I finally feel like I have a good understanding for the issues I am [...]

First Week… in Review

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Monday 4/6/09…
In junior high, my group of friends and I pretended we were superheroes with unique powers. Mine was that I could flood a room with my back perspiration in 2 seconds. I was reminded of this fact as I reached for a wad of napkins from a bagel shop to wipe my brow. It’s [...]

Week 2 in Washington

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

“The upsetting thing is…” I began, “…That our government’s run by 23-year-olds?” interjected my landlord-for-the-month. That wasn’t my original message, but it resonated. This past week for the first time, I scheduled and ran my own meetings with House and Senate staff, few very much older than me. It struck me as a useful system [...]

Four weeks in a flash

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Its hard to believe our externship is almost over! Erin and I have a meeting at FDA out in Rockville, MD, on Friday before we both head back to school. I will be jumping into Small Animal Anesthesia, and Erin will be preg-checking cows in Nebraska. Our last week has flown by with meetings here [...]

Do You Remember?

Friday, September 12th, 2008

As much as I hate to jump on the bandwagon, it’s hard to escape that question when you are in DC on the seventh anniversary of 9/11. News reports here are full of the dedication of the new Pentagon Memorial, as well as the services held in New York City, Pennsylvania, and across the country. [...]