This weekend I celebrated my first Thanksgiving away from home. As my roommates can attest, I had a slight panic attack when I realized that for my favorite holiday I would not be home with my family. However, I was able to celebrate it with my new WII family at the Paramount. While some people went home some of us got together for a potluck Thanksgiving. I brought cranberry sauce to the dinner and not the cranberry sauce in a can I made cranberry sauce from frozen cranberries (from the recipe on the back of the bag of course).
After Thanksgiving I did not participate in the Black Friday shopping because I have decided to give everyone back home DC souvenirs. So I do not have any pictures of people mobbing the stores to share with you all today. I feel refreshed after the long weekend and ready to conquer my last two weeks in DC. Sadly, I only have two weeks left here and so many more things to do! My goals for my remainder of my time here are: 1) Visit the top ten coffee shops in DC 2) Holocaust Museum I know only two things left on my list!! I can hardly believe it. I hope that the last two weeks do not fly by as quickly as the past 3 months. I did not realize how much I am going to regret going back to the ice and snow of upstate New York to be hidden in the snow and blankets. I am truly thankful for this opportunity to study in DC because it has shown me all of the challenges I can handle on my own and the opportunities that are available if I do not leave a stone unturned.
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Denise
12/3/2013 11:16:37 am
I think it's really great that you have truly connected enough with the WII students and faculty to the point were you can even call them your family! After looking through your blog I can see that you have really used your time here in DC to get to acclimate yourself with not only the people around you but your environment as well, that's amazing keep up the good work.
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AuthorMy name is Shannon McCullough. I have Political Science and Legal Studies degree at Nazareth College of Rochester. I have previously interned at the Office of the Attorney General for DC. Currently, I am studying my Masters degree in International Relations at Shandong University in Jinan, China. Archives
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