The Life of a Nomad
Trip Start
Jan 09, 2008
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Trip End
May 02, 2008
Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States
Saturday, May 17, 2008
First, as has become normal, let me apologize for the many weeks since I last wrote. The semester wrapped up, I went home for...5 days and have been adjusting to life as a working girl.
I am back here in DC for the summer and have few big adventures to report. The end of the semester was pure chaos. I decided to work full time as well as pack, say good bye to friends, and write 3 papers- not my wisest decision. It lead to very few minutes of sleep (45mins my last night before flying out for many reasons).
Now here in DC I go to work... work about 10 hours a day and then go to my current residence (the studio apartment of a co-worker who is so kind as to let me use her futon). I really don't know what to do with myself on a spend no money budget when the only people I know in the area are my co-workers. My boss loves me because I have nothing to do but work- I am hoping to enhance my existence some...
So far I have been working every day which leaves little room for exploring but I hope to check out some more smithsonians and possibly mt. vernon.... I am sorry for such a boring update. I will do my best to spice up my life for y'all.
I will end with my thought of the past week. Some people are soooo generous. This comes from my mother's day experience. For those who don't know my job is at a nonprofit whose biggest program is a furniture program. We pick-up donations and then clients who can not afford furniture and are often sleeping on the floor can come get furniture free of charge. I am the donor relations coordinator there and arrange all that entails. Soooo the Thursday I got back in town this lady called and had all her mother's furniture (her mom passed away). She wanted the furniture to go to a good cause cuz her mom had worked for years (55) at a non-profit and dedicated all her resources to helping those in need. The catch was she needed this stuff out faster then we could schedule a pick-up. She said she could rent a truck but would need help loading it... So I volunteered and a co-worker came along and we loaded up the stuff and took it to our storage facility. It turned out the ladies dad had been a holocaust survivor and her mom sounded like an incredible lady and they didn't want usable things to go to waste. She grew up in the storage room of a store, that her family owned, so they knew what it was like to have nothing. Not only were the husband and wife the sweetest people they took us out to lunch and she found out I was sleeping on someone's couch and offered that I come stay with her and her family where they had a spare bedroom with its own bathroom. I graciously declined but was stunned by the generosity of a complete stranger. She was so impressed that my coworker and I would volunteer to help on a sunday just to get some items for those in need. Moral of the story, never underestimate the goodness of people. Though at times the world seems cruel there are always folks like this who still would lend a cup of sugar to their neighbor.
Well enough gooshy, bleeding heart, optimism :) I am off to respond to some of your emails... Sorry I have fallen behind on that. I really only have internet at work sooo I need to set aside an hour to do my own emails.
Have a splendid day! Hope to see many of you when I am home in June :)
Kb
Comments
you're alive!
hey! so my blog kind of went black for a month and a half as well, so i totally understand. anyway, you told me once you wish you could know when i've updated my blog and have a reminder, so here is a reminder just for you. (the address is danislondonadventures.blogspot.com)
when do you come back to oregon? i will have to wait many more months to see you seems like.
love, dani