Evie is a senior CCPA major working at Global Witness. This non-governmental organization is working to break the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption.

And here we are, the final week, the last stretch till we all board our plans back to Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, California ... Wherever we are going, we are all leaving behind a city that has changed us. We are leaving with experiences that will last our entire lifetime. We are changed, we are different, and it was all for the better.

I started my last weekend with my friends at the famous Absolute Ice Bar in London (they have these all over the world). We enjoyed drinking out of ice cubes and sitting on blocks of ice with cushions on them. I then spent my Saturday enjoying the sun on the beach in a little town in the south of England called Rye.

I went with my two friends, Katie Rose and Grace, and enjoyed going back in time to a cobble-stone, 15th-century world of fishermen, smugglers and pubs. It was surreal. I thought every step through this little village was like jumping into the Pirates of the Caribbean. I imagined wearing a big hoop skirt and walking to the market, to church, to the pier to wish well to the fishermen. It was extraordinary.

It was nice to get back to London, though. As much as I love the countryside and escaping the hustle and bustle of the city, I missed it. I missed my park, my little pub, my overcrowded tube (well, maybe not that much).

Before I left for the weekend, I enjoyed going to work and getting away from the ordinary. At work, I have helped proofread the Annual Report as it hits its final stages. I cannot wait to see the final product. Of course, it will be long after I've returned to the States, but my supervisor promises to send me a copy. Since we are close to the end of the Annual Report, my supervisor handed me off to one of her colleagues who needed help with some phone calls.

Not exactly what I had in mind, but if I was needed, I was there to help. We had a few volunteers, but the one working with this colleague went home because of family issues. So Ellie, my supervisor's colleague, asked for my help.

When I met with her, I soon learned I would not just be making some ordinary phone calls. My organization is filled with employees who travel the world to gather the information they need to write their reports and bring to the surface these corrupt and violent conflicts. Ellie would be traveling overseas to one of our conflict countries in order to gather more information. My job was to help set up her company, logo, website, email, post address, etc. I was going to help create an alias and help, in the long run, a country get closer to a less corrupt and more free life.

I cannot believe this is my last week at work. I am not ready to leave my job, and I want to stay and see the results of my work. But I know that would mean being here for years. I never knew how rewarding work could be, and how I would be unaware of how long I was working for something. Time really flies when I am at work. I plan to stay in touch with my colleagues and stay abreast in their efforts to "break the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption."