"Are you cops? No mam' we're musicians."

This is the end of another busy week, and its hard to believe its already April 18th.  I leave Europe on May 20th and Edinburgh on May 13th, so this means that I have less than a month left in Edinburgh and only a month and two days left in Europe! It's just so surreal how fast this entire semester has gone by and I cant believe in four short weeks I'll be back home in America...

This week was pretty much all about work, with some fun nights thrown in.  Tuesday, after Ryan left, I spent the day catching up on some work and getting myself organized for the week.  Then Tuesday night I headed out to Calton Hill for a photoshoot with Alex.  Calton Hill is a large hill right in the middle of Edinburgh with the national monument, observatory and some other cool places on top.  Surprisingly, I hadnt been to Calton Hill yet, and the weather was beautiful so I was really excited to be up there.  We were just taking a few pictures of Alex and the other candidates to send out in some campaign literature so I basically got to stand in the background and stare at some beautiful views of Edinburgh for an afternoon.  Not too bad for a day of work.  That night was Clark's 21st birthday so Lindsey and I made some guacamole (some very well-received guacamole I might add) as a present and then we all headed out to celebrate his birthday! 

Some beautiful shots of Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Wednesday and Thursday was all about work.  I went on deliveries, canvassed, worked in the office, and actually started doing some outside interviews and research on my paper which was a huge achievement.  Thursday night Lindsey's sister was in town so I went to dinner with them at a local pub which was very fun.  I tried traditional "scotch eggs" for the first time which were very interesting.  They were basically hardboiled eggs wrapped in bread and sausage.  I cant say I enjoyed them that much but still an interesting experience.  After dinner we all just headed over to Noah's to relax and listen to music which was very fun and definitely helped me recover from my long week of work.

Friday I had the day off work so I was able to meet up with Natasha for lunch in Edinburgh!! Tash has been in Paris all year so it's been a really long time since I've seen her.  It was great to just catch up, hear about her adventures and fill her in on mine.  She seems to be really loving Paris (who can blame her?) and gave me all sorts of advice on how to make sure the French dont get too mad at me when I go to Paris in May. However, considering that most of that advice consisted of speaking French I have a feeling that the Parisians arent exactly going to warm up to me when im there....

Saturday I had to work during the day, but it ended up being quite fun.  I was able to talk to Kevin (the campaign manager) more about some of the research for my paper, and I got a chance to see Alex in full force out on the campaign. It never ceases to amaze me how much energy Alex, Kevin and all the other full-time campaigners have.  They never seem to get tired and are always in a good mood.  It really makes for a great place to work and makes even the most boring days fun.  After work on Saturday I met up with Noah, Ross and Tasha to watch Blues Brothers.  Blues Brothers is apparently Noah's favorite movie and when he found out I hadnt seen it I think his sole mission in life was to make sure I did.  The movie was actually a lot better than I expected with great music, cameo's and one-liners (one of which made it to the title of this blog).  Definitely John Belushi at his prime, although I think I still prefer Animal House.

Literally the only one on my train to work, creepy much?

Sunday was once again another long day in the office labeling and organizing election material.  It was a little depressing being stuck inside on such a nice day in Edinburgh, but I did get to take a short break to take Alex's adorable son Finn out for a walk.  After spending thirty minutes with me Finn now wants to be a superhero and move to America, oops?

This week has been super busy, and I know that next week will be even more so with only 16 days left until election day.  However, I'm really starting to realize just how useful and meaningful this entire internship has been and considering how fast time is flying by, I'm sure pretty soon I'll be counting those ballots and hopefully hearing Alex announced the winner of Edinburgh Central!!!