So, it has been a few weeks since we all started working this whole intern life, and I was sitting in the over priced yet well decorated Daily Grind outside of Dupont Circle. One month I've been going at this, and I must admit, I am in need of a break. I mean, as an intern, I work hard and play harder. The middle of the week or the weekend, it doesn't matter. Between brown bag lunches, conferences, meetings with supervisors, staff meetings, and regular social hour, I have not found enough time rest. Whatever your pleasure. But, I am wearing thin, as I imagine many of us all are. We are working on research, grut work and trying to find our space. We are coming in early, leaving late and taking abbreviated lunches for the sake of progress, politics and the future of our resumes. 

I am gathering my strength as I look to the next two months to finish out this assignment. Now is not the time to slack off. We are interns. Yes, everyone makes mistakes, even your boss or the president of your company because you watched them make do it. But as interns, we are pretty much at the bottom of the crate. We don't get to make mistakes; not visible ones we can't correct anyway. We are challenged to adjust to an office operating system and adhere to office politics that others generally have months to get used too. And even though we are not on the payroll, we are expected to get it together in no time flat, and stay in character for the duration of the assignment. So, fellow interns, let's meet the challenge, answer the call. We've got just weeks to keep this up, and if we can, this opportunity may be able to change your career. So draw upon all strengths that you can find. Draw upon your family or community. Draw upon the people that you plan to fight for. Pull from your past as you launch into your future. Remember those who stod in your way and the obstacles you had to overcome to progress and advance to this place. You can do it! ( I know that last line was a bit corny, but it's true and you get the idea). Keep up the work and make it happen folks. Grind on!