Please come to Boston in the Springtime.

I just took three minutes to think about the way I seem to often begin my blogs, and have realized that the reason I no longer post every week is that I enjoy apologizing? So once again, sorry for the delay, but I will run you through the last ten days as educationally as possible, including an exciting trip through eight states!
The second and third of the month were far from special, filled predominantly by frantic notetaking and exciting interviews for our foreign policy presentation. We got in a few days of lifting before our four day weekend began Thursday morning, and enjoyed a few filling college meals as well. Wednesday we made another trip to the two senate buildings (Russell and the other one), raking in 6 personal interviews with LAs and LCs to Obama, Clinton, Lieberman, Harkin (Iowa), Murray (WA), and a Colorado one. Feeling a bit accomplished, we left for our rooms to get a quick bite before class, which was super exciting (I think that was sarcastic this time?). Following class, we purchased a few bus tickets, packed our backpacks, and stole some solid shut-eye.
We woke at literally the break of dawn to catch our morning bus enroute to Boston, with a few stops along the way. We drove north through Baltimore, into Pennsylvania to Philly, dropped off a few people, snagged a picture or two and left for New York (through Delaware and New Jersey first). In New York we hit Chinatown and walked to two blocks to our new bus, which was conveniently located next to a 1/4 lb. $0.92 jumbo hot dog shop, claiming to have the best weiners in NYC! We graciously accepted the offer, and have now tried the best hot dogs and the best pizza in New York.
Our second bus was a bit nicer than the first, and more time-efficient... We drove over the Manhattan bridge, through Queens, along the coastline into Connecticut, and north into Boston, where we caught the "T" at South Station. A general note about Boston: beautiful city, great skyscrapers and architecture (and history), clean, easy-to-understand subway, and friendly people. Well we took off for a friends house (member of ASP), where we stayed the night after checking out the Atlantic for a bit.
The next morning we awoke and hit the city, seeing the Garden, capitol, Cheers, graveyard w/ Hancock among others buried, Quincy market, and a bunch of other visuals. I met up with my friend AJ from the navy (currently stationed in Connecticut) and he joined us for that day and the next. It was a great time as we rested by the harbor, then left for a different view of the Atlantic. It made me realize how lucky we "coasters" are to have the ocean RIGHT THERE! I'm going to be taking a little greater advantage of that come summer!
Well we stayed the night at this friend's sister's house in New Hamphire, adding to our list. In the morning we went downtown to Kitty O'Shea's pub to watch the DC united soccer game. We were given a private area where we could have the volume up... as not to annoy the regulars I presume - I guess there was an exciting Masters on? The night ended with a drive around, another stop at the ocean, and a late night crash. Oh, and we had a GREAT homecooked lunch in Northern Mass Saturday!
We summed up the trip with an 8:00 Easter service which was excellent, then an amazing brunch before we caught the bus back home. Monday and Tuesday were awful days filled with lots and lots of homework, preparing for today's presentation which went EXCELLENT. Ask Sean or I what the US policy in Iraq should be and we'll have the best answer, slightly tainted to the interests of Jordan :).
Well, now it's time for a bit of sleep to prepare for our second presentation Friday. Our "senior members" enjoy doing this to us. As I will to any students I may ever be in charge of... so help them. Take care and thanks for the replies. I'll make a deal and say if I receive 5 replies by Sunday night I'll write again then. It's up to you... and I'm not even sure if that many people read this still! Night.