"Welcome [deputy] Prime Minister. How are you feeling?" "Powerful."

A lot has happened the past few days and I wanted to give ya'll a quick update before I head out of town for the Royal Wedding!!!!

Saturday I headed out to work fairly early for a busy day of deliveries.  If there is one thing I've learned about Scottish Politics its that there is always a never-ending supply of leaflets to go out.  I truly feel like I've climbed every staircase in Edinburgh, but every time I enter the campaign office there's a new pile of envelopes waiting to go out.  The good news is that I'm going to have great calves after this experience considering the daily workout I get.  Saturday night Lindsey and I went out for hamburgers which was the perfect end to a long day at work. I don't think there's anything that cheers me up as much as a hamburger does.  Something to remember guys ;)

I had Sunday and Monday off so I spent most of the day working on my paper.  I was actually able to get a lot done on both Sunday and Monday and I'm starting to feel pretty good about my work.  The paper is currently 20 pages and 5000 words long so besides a bit of editing and some citing left to do the whole thing should be pretty much done before my mom and dad get here on May 8th.  Sunday night after a busy day of work in the library I headed over to Noah's for a fun night out.  We ended up at Brewdog which is fast becoming my favorite pub in Edinburgh.  I met a really cool bartender from Athens (Georgia) there Sunday which was super exciting for both of us, although I do think I made her neglect her job a bit since I was so eager to talk to her. 

Tuesday morning I spent the day manning the campaign office.  The office manning was more exciting than usual because my old boss Robert Brown stopped in to do some work for Alex and catch up.  I hadn't seen Robert for a while so it was so great just catching up and hearing how things are going with him in Glasgow.  After work I went back to my room for a short nap then headed back to the office for an evening of deliveries.  The deliveries went better tonight because I was walking in my new favorite part of Edinburgh.  The village is called Dean and its an adorable suburban area with a lot of complexes hidden in the woods and a little stream with a bridge running through the whole thing.  Very cute.

beautiful day in the meadows

Wednesday was one of the nicest days in Edinburgh yet (we're talking above fifty degrees here people!) so Rachel and I headed to this big grassy park right by campus called the meadows for an afternoon sun-fest.  I brought my laptop and managed to get a little work done before I succumbed to the sun and just laid out for a few hours trying my best to cure the epic pastiness that has occurred since my arrival in Edinburgh. Unfortunately I had to go to work Wednesday evening so I didn't get to spend as long as I wanted in the meadows, but still a very fun day.

Now today was the most exciting day yet.  I woke up really early this morning (like actually early, 7am!) to go to New Town to meet Alex and UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg!!! For those of you who don't know the UK deputy prime minister is basically the equivalent of the vice president.  In addition, since the UK currently has a coalition government Clegg is also the de facto leader of the Liberal Democrats one of the two parties in power in the UK.  Clegg came to town to campaign for Alex and a few other Scottish candidates and Alex insisted that he meet all of us hard working interns.  I only got to speak with Clegg for like two seconds but he was really nice and I think I may have ended up on the news so that's kind of exciting...

Tonight we also had our reception for our program since the official end date is April 29th.  Some of my friends are leaving this weekend which is really sad but I'll be here for another two weeks so I'm trying not to think of that inevitability.  The reception was super fun.Our professors all gave speeches and we got a chance to catch up as a group so all in all a great evening :)

The Group at the reception!

Tonight I'm headed to London for the royal wedding so I'll be sure to update ya'll when I get back!!!!