Monday, July 1, 2019
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We're halfway done!
This week has been the most uneventful week so far, probably because we're all getting very comfortable here. Traveling to work doesn't feel like a field trip anymore, and being in DC is starting to feel like home. I traveled for one event this week, but it was a 10 minute walk from our dorm, so I was actually home way earlier than usual. I went to a conference on space weather at the Department of the Interior which was interesting!
I'll spare you the other details of my week given that it was mostly office work and writing as usual. The only new type of work that I did was writing some tweets for the FYI Twitter. Side note: it's useful to remember that tweets have a max of 280 characters BEFORE fully drafting all of them. I ended up having to rewrite a lot of them becuase my character count was way over.
Earlier in the week, I also co-authored a bulletin with Adria on sexual harassment in science. Here's the link to check it out! :
https://www.aip.org/fyi/2019/science-committee-approves-bill-combat-sexual-harassment
On Friday, my sister came to visit, and a group of us checked out some food in Georgetown. We went to a delicious pizza place called Pizzeria Paradiso, and we got some cupcakes at Baked and Wired for dessert. The cupcakes were AMAZING.
On Saturday, I went to a baseball game with Terry, our two professors that I've previously mentioned, and their children. Terry already cleared this up in his last blog post, but I'm now going to officially say on my end that Terry and I have been dating for the past two years. I'm very grateful to be spending the summer with him, especially given that I'm not going to see him as frequently when I move to Pennsylvania. Terry and our professor Nate have the same favorite baseball game, the Cleveland Indians, so we were able to get tickets to see them play in Baltimore! It was a great time.
Well, the game itself was a great time. Towards the end of the night, my throat started to feel scratchy, and my head started to hurt. I ended up spending all day Sunday with cold symptoms and a fever, and I didn't go to work the next day (which is why I am writing this blog post late). I went to a nearby urgent care on Monday, and it turns out I have an ear infection too. Reminder: when you're in a city, wash your hands frequently and take extra precautions to keep germs away! I haven't felt this sick in a long time, and it's probably because I haven't been in such a crowded area in a while. I should be back to work tomorrow for a short two days before the Fourth of July long weekend :)
Samantha Staskiewicz