The Apartment and Internship

At long last I am posting some pictures of my apartment in Alexandria.  I am less than a block from the Braddock metro station stop--on both the blue and yellow line in Northern Virginia. I have three roommates: Amy and Kristina share one room and Dylan and I share another. 

This is Dylan's and my room-believe it or not, the clean half is mine

Here is my half of the closet, which leads into our bathroom

Here is our living room and straight forward our sun room. Off to the left is the 

beginning of the kitchen.

Here is Kristina in our Kitchen-she's making easy mac for dinner

Internship:

So I am interning with the Department of Defense (DoD) in the Military Community and Family Policy Department. Within that, I am more specifically working with Military OneSource, which provides many different resources for military personnel and their immediate family. Several of their programs include 'Troop Tube' which is similar to YouTube but allows deployed military to safely send messages back and forth with family, helping families with all sorts of moving issues, counseling for life stress and the list goes on and on. They even have a 24/7 phone line that is always answered by a trained professional and can help connect families with every other service. I split my work time between an office in the Pentagon and an office just a few stops further away. The Pentagon is an amazing building to work in...half the time it seems like a typical large office, but the heavily armed guards and security remind you where you are. I really like the layout of the Pentagon, the plan makes sense, and there are displays spread out all over of flags, military personnel, military gear and all sorts of things. Like one of my bosses said, 'its like a museum'. My other office is in a very nice part of town in Northern Virginia past Arlington. We are up on the 6th floor, and until I get a cubicle--me an another intern are sitting in an empty corner office with a beautiful view. I've been working on several different items-writing meeting agendas, putting together a concept paper for a symposium and getting to sit in on a few meetings. Everyone I've met has been friendly and helpful; I think I will really enjoy my summer internship. I can't take any pictures in or around the pentagon, but I will try to take a picture of my work spaces soon.

Thanks for reading!