A forgotten overheard

Idaho bartender upon seeing my temporary, vertical, enhanced license: “Wtf is this.”
So I begin to explain. I get about four words in, “It’s a new enhanced,” and the bartender cuts me off. “Never mind. I don’t care.” He hands me my drink.

Overheard at CLR

I spent this weekend in Post Falls, Idaho at the Cougar Leadership Retreat. I got invited Wednesday afternoon and left Friday morning so it all happened pretty quickly. I didn’t have any weekend plans and thought it would be a good opportunity to network. It was your typical leadership camp, not particularly useful for anything except [...]

A smaller pink purse

I got a hot pink clutch for my birthday from Lisa’s relatives. I love it because my regular bag has begun feeling inappropriate for everyday occasions (even if it does usually match my outfits). Lisa has shared similar feelings. While I too like carrying everything I might need, it is kind of a hassle to drag my big bag around [...]

My final year in Pullman begins

It’s been a pretty busy last few days. I turned 21 and went from Spokane to Pullman to home to Pullman in five days. I arrived in Pullman for the second time yesterday and moved into my room.  I have unpacked some, but I hate unpacking because I know in less than a year I have to [...]

Out at Fernan Range*

I went to the shooting range with Bill on Monday. He felt bad that after living at his house all summer, I’d only watched him shoot and hadn’t had the opportunity myself. He took a few photos while I focused on the targets. They were placed out to 400 yards. I’m not great or even [...]

Losing more of my naïveté

Today was the last day of my summer internship. It just so happened to coincide with the day all the interns also finally got to meet with the congresswoman. It was an interesting discussion, and it was nice to finally be able to ask some of the questions I’ve been asked all summer.
The experience overall has [...]

Summer blog cleaning

I’ve been pretty good since Wednesday at keeping myself busy. Yesterday, I even finally went to the DOL to get my license renewed and a new enhanced one. Because I went before my birthday, I’m going to have a vertical license for another five years. I arrived at 1:30. The entire process took about ten [...]

Back to the cave and other updates

It was back to the intern cave, after a week at the front desk and a five-day weekend. I get to work beneath the charming smile of GW. I was happily oblivious to his portrait above my head for most of my internship, but noticed him a couple weeks ago. I escaped his gaze last [...]