I'll be OK

I took my last snapshots of Washington, D.C., from the roof of the Freedom Forum today, feeling a tiny bit of sadness in leaving a place I’ve come to love. Sure, all my postcards complain about the cold, but the city and friends I’ve made will stick with me. The workshops and seminars have whupped me upside the head with the practical knowledge I’ll need in my new internship. From learning how not to alienate a source and the best organizational practices, to singing “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister to relieve stress, I just I just might do OK.

-- Giselle Velazquez, San Francisco State University, Ventura County (Calif.) Star