The past week.....

This past week has been quite a handful. Things are moving a long at the internship, I'm knee deep in a grant right now that I am working on (fingers crossed, it is accepted!!) I am also finally finding my way at the museum. The older volunteers, many of whom have been at the museum since it has opened, are including me in their little family which is awesome. This weekend I am going to a Nat's game and a DC United game! and for anyone who knows me - I LOVE live sports, especially soccer!! I will definitely be posting pictures of that :) I attended a fulbright info session last week as well. Getting excited, but I will admit it was a little intimidating to see the other people applying, they seemed pretty intense. I am doing research this week at the Library of Congress (which will be awesome) and I have begun emailing professors over in Israel.

But as I said this past week was very difficult. A very good friend of mine passed away last Monday. For those reading my blog who knew Carissa, I know that we are sharing this pain. Carissa was one of the most positive, vibrant people I have ever met. We became close in high school and although I hadn't seen her in a few years, since I moved away, we stayed in contact through facebook. Unknown to even her closest friends, Carissa had been struggling with depression for quite a while, and one day she decided she couldn't do it anymore. Unfortunately, Carissa didn't pull through. I have had just about every thought go through my head: How? Why? Was there anything any of us could have done? I can't imagine what her family is going through. I had just commented on a note of hers on facebook about how awesome her energy was, little did I know she was struggling. Carissa will be missed by many more people than I think she will ever know.