Home Sweet Home

So I’m officially home and definitely loving it. There will be a multitude of things I miss in DC and a few things I wont, but I’m so fortunate to have had this experience. In my final week I attended the TWC Spring Commencement, where we received our certificates and listened to great speakers. We received a great book about life after this  experience, which I found really helpful since I wasn’t returning to college like many of the other students were. Afterwards, the other bloggers and I met with Sara and caught up. I look forward to getting to know them and their experiences through reading their blogs now that we’ve finished.

I continued work throughout the week and was able to complete the work on CCC that I was doing while also taking on another de-framing job, which was really nice to do again. I also did more computer work with the Scurlock collection, which was bittersweet because I couldn’t finish it. I plan to visit everyone sometime this summer with my family.
       
On friday everyone met after lunch to say goodbye and give me my card, which was really nice. 

The cover is a photocopied image of the first CCC Camp Roosevelt and (because I worked on that collection) and then everyone signed it, which was really nice.

This entire experience has been really rewarding and I couldn’t be happier that I had so much fun and have a clear direction to head into afterwards. I absolutely think being in DC was worth the time and energy and I’m looking forward to Graduate school and beginning my career.
       
As for those of you who are about to start this journey, as a postgraduate, I suggest you absolutely take part in as much as possible. Hopefully, the added course will give you more access to others in your program. I do think that because the postgrads weren’t really forced to do anything together, I didn’t have the same connection that some of the current students did with their classmates, fellow program members, or even internship coworkers. Memorize the Metro system (or get the app). Make friends and connections.

This ends my journey with TWC, but it’s only the beginning of sorting out my future. Please feel free to ask questions.

‘Til then
~K

Last full week...

So work has been awesome. I feel I’ve accomplished something because I completed one small part of a huge project myself. I finished editing an over 1,600 page container listing! Sounds tedious I know, but it's no small feat. Now I’m putting on the final touches for these last few days.

I finally made it to the Arlington National Cemetery. On my last trip, I was 13 and it was miserable. This time was a much nicer trip weather wise, but what I didn’t remember is how exceptionally powerful and moving the place truly is. I took many pictures this time.

I visited all three Kennedy graves:

JFK

Robert Kennedy

and now of course, Edward Kennedy

I also went up to the Arlington House, at the top of the hill in the cemetery, and the house was in the families of both George Washington and Robert E. Lee. The view from the top towards DC was unbelievably breathtaking

They also have the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is guarded around the clock all the time. I was able to catch probably the last public Changing of the Guard for the public to see that day, and it’s also really moving:

It’s really overwhelming how large the cemetery is.

 On a happier note, this weekend I went to my third baseball game, first time legal, in Baltimore to see the Sox/Orioles game. We lost…but Sabrina and I had amazing seats:

  
So this post is jam packed with pictures for you!

Next time...the final post and reflection

‘Til then,

~K