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| Washington, D.C.- Labor Day 2011 |
So I really should be writing my first memo (
telling my fictional supervising partner about which jurisdiction he should sue Estee Lauder in) which is due on Sunday, but at the moment I'm feeling more inspired to write a long overdue blog post. I think what is particularly inspiring me at the moment is that my boyfriend Kevin left today for California where he will be living for the next 5 to 6 years getting his Ph.D. at Stanford. While we already had our big goodbye, I think this day has been a little hard for me because it feels like the official start of a new and very difficult phase in our relationship. I think his leaving is also really hard on me because it just compounds on the stress and anxiety I've been going through over these first 3 weeks of law school. But as he keeps telling me, the only thing I can do right now is focus on the positives and not let the sad and negative feelings bring me down, so I thought briefly recapping our last visit together might be a nice way to do that.
Over the long labor day weekend, Kevin came to D.C. to visit me. I think in total it took him about 12 hours to get here which in my book wins him the boyfriend of the year award (12 hours on greyhound=yuck).
On Saturday we had a pretty exciting day because we got to watch our first Notre Dame football game as alumni! The whole experience actually wasn't as weird as I thought it was going to be. I thought I was going to get super depressed and emotional about watching my first Notre Dame game as a bystander but it actually felt more like watching an away game. We went to a bar called
The Exchange where the ND Alumni Club of D.C. hosts an official gamewatch. The bar was absolutely swarmed with ND fans which was a lot of fun and made for a really fun game-viewing experience. Anytime things went good or bad, the whole bar erupted in almost unbearably loud cheers or shouting. A really fun part was also drinking the specialty green beer which I'll include a picture of here:
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| Notre Dame v. Southern Florida |
While the game didn't go quite as expected (2 rain delays and no marching band half time show) I'm glad to say that the game watch was a lot of fun and really helped my transition from band member to spectator a lot easier!
So this post isn't too long, I'll say briefly that Sunday and Monday Kevin and I pretty much did every monument and tourist attraction in D.C (I will post the picture highlights below). We went to several of the Smithsonians and then did a huge walking loop of all the monuments. The whole week after I felt my legs were going to fall off- I think we had to have walked at least 4 or 5 miles in one day).
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| Kevin eating the "Mickey Roll" at a sushi place near my apartment |
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| I mean you have to .... |
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| Smithsonian Air & Space Museum |
Overall, the weekend was truly a beautiful experience. Kevin and I shared a lot about how we were feeling about the changes that were coming our way but ultimately recognized that there are so many things that we're both looking forward to doing together in the future. The mantra I keep telling myself (which I give full credit to Kevin for) is that at the end of the day, I am so lucky to be in a relationship with someone who truly loves and cares about the real me- and for that I wouldn't want my life, or long-distance relationship, to be any other way.
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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