Q: What exactly are you doing in London this summer?

A: Being awesome. Just kidding, but really.

As many of you know, I was a super nerd and graduated from UC San Diego in three years, and just took a year off to figure out what exactly I am going to do for the rest of my life. Among several conditions my parents gave me, one of them was "you have to do something productive this summer". Didn't matter what it was or where it was, as long as it was working towards my future goals (aka something to do with Public Policy, since I am starting a Master's Program in that field this fall at the George Washington University).

Naturally, with all this free time not being a student, I had a LOT of time to look for something really awesome and different to do. I didn't really want to go to Washington DC, since I will be living there for the next couple of years. The best thing I found was a program through Syracuse University, which takes political science students to London over the summer and sets them up with internships in the Parliament. Pretty awesome if you ask me. To make the deal sweeter, Syracuse asked me to be a Teacher's Assistant for one of the undergraduate classes they are having there this summer, so I'm actually getting PAID for this gig (gasp!).

The downside? For all of you, I will be embarking on this adventure tomorrow, and will not be back until August 6th so I will be missing out on all graduations/summer shenanigans. The upside? For me, I'm going to walk away with a kickass resume, and have ten-ish weeks to live and frolick around the UK and Western Europe.

Due to popular demand from last year's blog, I have decided to create this blog to keep you all up to date on my life this summer. Unlike my residencia in Madrid last year, my apartment this year has limited internet usage per week... so no impromptu Skype calls/video chatting/extensive Facebook :( so this will act as a way for me to let you all know what's going on with me at the same time!

In the meantime, feel free to blow up my phone with calls/texts tonight so I feel loved before I take off tomorrow :)