Off again.

For the next 15 weeks I will be living in Washington, D.C.  It hasn't quite hit me yet, and I don't know if it will ever actually sink in.  Everything in life feels so temporary right now.  And although December seems like far away, I know that I will be finished and home and moving back to Provo before I can even blink.

However, this post is mainly for people who do not know why I am going to D.C.  (Or that didn't even know that I was going.)

{Small disclosure--all of these posts are typically addressed to my sweet mother.  (If you couldn't already tell by the title of this blog.)  She is the reason why I (and all of my siblings) am who/where/what I am today,  so it is only fitting that she gets a full documentation of my experiences.  Also, her ultimate dream is to be a fly on the wall around each of her children, so this is the closest I can get to that for her.  That being said, if I ever write something that doesn't make sense, it's probably just because I'm addressing a conversation that mom and I had.}

Here are the few reasons why I am going to Washington this fall:

• I love adventures.
• I will be interning in Senator Mike Lee's office.
• Autumn is my favorite season, and I've heard that it is magnificent back East.
• I want to better understand how the government functions.
• I have never been to D.C., let alone anywhere in the U.S. east of Ohio (minus Disneyworld when I was 4).
• I love fall.
• I hear that it's a lot easier to run in D.C. due to the massive amount of oxygen in the air.
• I love learning through experience.
• Carli Schneider told me I'd be an idiot not to go.
• I have heard nothing but wonderful things about D.C.
• I cannot wait to go to all of the free museums and events.
• Did I mention that I love this season?
• Oh yeah, and there will be this little thing going on called the Presidential Election. 

Although I am sad to see the end of a wonderful summer, and although it feels really weird to not be returning to Provo . . . I am ridiculously excited.  It is going to be an amazing experience.  A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  And I'm planning on making every day an adventure.  So, if you are at all interested in hearing how things go (and seeing a lot of pictures of the trees) then just follow along this cute little blog.  

{happy to have you.}