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Stacie just found out that she got the Benjamin Gilman Scholarship from the State Department for $8,000 dollars! We're both really excited about this.
We've both started our summer jobs. I'm at the Humphrey building in downtown DC, I work for HHS-ASPE-HP: that's the Health Policy division of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. I have three projects.
Stacie works* in the Parklawn Building in Rockville, MD north west of the district. She's working for the PCC- Poison Control Center.
*They haven't given her much to do, and the stuff she as received she has finished over and above their expectations in less time then they thought. She's trying her hardest to stretch the work she has over the whole week, but it's not an easy task and she often has nothing to do and nowhere to go.
They pay for our transportation costs (SWEET!), so we don't have to worry about commuting costs. We'll get paid our first paycheck this week, which is exciting.
On the horizon:
Folklife Festival - Huge tents of culture out on the national mall, this year: Texas, Bhutan, NASA
Emily arrives this weekend
4th of July - Stacie and I are planning to see the fireworks from capitol hill
July 13th - Stacie's birthday
July 18th - Beach vacation yay!
Monday, June 23, 2008
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