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     Well I am officially back in Iowa for the summer.  My last week I went and saw a bathtub in the tunnels of the Capitol that has been there since the 1800s. DC was one of the best experiences ever and I learned so much! I plan on going back someday to hopefully live out there but until then I will be here in the Midwest. 

Em

Baseball and Concerts

     Last week I went to a Nationals Baseball game. They played the LA Dodgers in DC but lost the game. It was still really fun to go to the weather was great. On Monday this week I went to a Lady Gaga concert! It was so much fun and it was amazing to live! I have given a couple more tours but otherwise work has not been super exciting. The weather in DC has been super warm- yesterday it got up to 92 degrees, which is almost too warm.

Em

Nationals Game

On the Speaker's Balcony at the Captiol

Lady Gaga

Happy May!!

     It is officially May!! The flowers in DC are blooming all over and it is so nice outside. Last week it rained for three days straight with some flood warnings. The past two weeks I have been writing letters to constituents, helping the Banking Committee do different things, and attending a House Ways and Means Committee about Medicare. I also toured the Botanical Garden last week.

     On Tuesday I will be going to a Nationals Baseball game and attending a hearing about tourism this week.

Em

Flowers on West side of Capitol

Botanical Garden

Garfield Circle

Me with the new Iowa Statue

Easter Weekend

     This past weekend my mom came to visit me for Easter! On Friday we went to Georgetown and toured an old house that use to belong to the granddaughter of Martha Washington. We also waited in line for an hour to get cupcakes from DC Cupcakes!!

     On Saturday we went to the Air and Space Museum and tried to go to the National Archives but the line was just too long. We also went down to the Tidal Basin and went paddle boating for an hour-it's a great workout. We ate at Hard Rock Cafe and went to the play "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at Ford's Theater. It was really funny and I would recommend it to anyone.

     Today we went to Easter service at the National Cathedral and went to brunch at IHOP. We also went to the Postal Museum and looked at all of the stamp collections.

Em

Georgetown Cupcake

Tudor Place

Ford's Theatre

Paddle Boating

Paddle boating

National Cathedral

Heat Heat Heat

     This past week I attended a Rules and Administration hearing about voter registration. There is a new program called Election Registration Information Center (ERIC) that is helping register voters online and make it easier for states to have updated information. The Capitol Rotunda is now shutdown for two weeks while they start working on the dome so we will be giving outdoor tours to constituents.

     This past weekend I participated in an event called the MP3 Experiment with some people from work. Hundreds of people gathered on the National Mall and we all listened to a music broadcast that gave us different instructions to do. Afterwards we walked to the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms. It has been 80-85 degrees all weekend.

Em

Click to watch the MP3 Experiment

MP3 Experiment

MP3 Experiment

MP3 Experiment

Cherry Blossoms

Interviewed about Pillows

     This week I attended a few Agriculture hearings but nothing too exciting. It has finally been nice out for an entire week! The memorials have water in them and the fountains are running now that it has been so nice. I have still been archiving and running errands for people. Starting next week the Capitol Rotunda will be shutdown for two weeks while they put up protective materials before they start redoing the dome. Today was National Pillow Fight Day and on the Washington Monument west lawn they had a giant pillow fight at 2:00. I just watched though and even got interviewed for the George Washington University newspaper about the event. :) I saw some guy walk away bleeding because a zipper on a pillow got him in the nose- it's a brutal event. Also the Cherry Blossoms are finally blooming which is making everyone around here so happy.

Em

Pillow Fight

Pillow Fight

World War II Memorial- finally has water in it

Finally spring time!

At the pillow fight

I Really Am Famous!

     National Ag Day was on Tuesday and I made it on television! I was on this week's episode of "This Week in AgriBusiness". I have given the link below- I appear at about minute 3:20. 

http://farmprogressamerica.com/video.aspx?vc=14

     I gave two tours this week and attended a judiciary hearing about satellite television as well as a health, education, labor, and pensions hearing on student loans. They talked about making the process easier for students to acquire loans rather than filling out so much paperwork. 

Em

This is me on TV!