Friday, June 8, 2018
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End of week 1, and what a time to be alive! To live in DC on the night the Caps win the Stanley Cup at home, to be working at the American Center for Physics with Danielle and Brad, to hang out at the Einstein memorial with a bunch of physics nerds; I would say I am thriving.
Let's talk commute. As exciting as the metro is (I’m serious! I’m not a big city girl!), I was even more excited once I started biking to work. Full disclosure, I was skeptical about navigating a real city via bike, but luckily for me Kristen also brought her bike, and she helped me “pull the trigger” and actually commit to the commute by going together. I think a lot of things go that way. So, I really appreciate those people who give me the tools and support to help me do what I want to do. And it seems that I’m surrounded by those kinds of people with this internship, from the roommates and interns to the SPS staff themselves. I can’t say I know just how much back end work was done by our mentors and many others at ACP to prepare for our arrival, but I can tell you that I (and I think other interns agree) feel welcomed, supported, and truly part of the team.
To keep on track these next 9 weeks… my priorities are to connect with the interns and others in the physics community, to get some exciting demos up on the webpage, conquering various adobe/software applications, to do the kind of outreach that I would want to see done, and overall to experience and exhalt in and soak in this short, sweet, and unique time in DC — see if I can come up with just a handful of words to remember the city by.
Amanda Williams