I spent this summer in Madison, WI working for Grassroots Campaigns, which is a fundraising organization. The first half of the summer I spent working for the Democratic National Committee going door-to-door and the second half was for the ACLU on the street. I usually worked 40+ a week and the organization was a more than a tad, well, unorganized, but all in all it worked out very well. I learned a ton, got to use my brain and talk politics all day long, plus I got paid. So while it was certainly a frustrating job at times, it was totally worth it.
Other than that, I had a great summer in Madison. Erica found me a great apartment on Langdon Street just a few blocks from the Union with my own bedroom and a roommate who was hardly there at all, so I got to try living on my own for a while. Let's just say I ate a lot of Ramen and scrambled eggs and PB&J and perhaps the pile of dishes in the sink was a little large at times. Definitely a different experience from living in the dorms (I miss my roommate, Lynn!). I spent a little time with Erica and Monica, friends of mine from high school who live right down the block, though not nearly enough. And halfway through the summer I started dating Nate, who I met at GCI (so DEFINITELY worth it). We had a crazy fun three and a half weeks lindyhopping, doing crossword puzzles, hiking on Rock Island, shooting guns out at the farm, starwatching, and just plain hanging out, and now we're going to give it a shot long distance. I also spent a lot of time with my family--we went to the Boundary Waters again, as well as a wedding up in Northern Wisconsin and my grandparents' cottage on Lake Sylvia in Minnesota for my birthday weekend (aaah I'm no longer a teenager!). I was able to spend at least a little time with lots of different relatives, which was great, and plenty of time just hanging out, reading, sleeping, and making a rather weak attempt to teach myself Russian.
Which brings me to the point--I'm going to Moscow! Right now I'm in Racine preparing to go to the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week, where I'll be sharing a position as a page with my sister Greta (in short--we're two slaves for the price of one). Very shortly after my return from that trip I'm off for good to the Motherland on August 30 to do a Russian immersion program for three weeks before the quarter starts. This blog is for you, my friends and family, to know what's going on in my life, since we all know I'm TERRIBLE about responding to emails.
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