Welcome Aboard

"Welcome aboard!"

The last time I heard these words I was boarding a ship.

Now I'm walking around my new office meeting people.

I could say that I like the first sentence a lot better than the second. Secretly, I do. But I'm going to take the positive route and make a connection between the two:

Both are learning experiences

Both give me the opportunity to find out what I like/dislike & what I'm good and not so good at

Both allow me to meet new people

Both enhance my resume

Both teach me something new (almost) everyday

Both will allow me to look back on them and realize how much I grew from the experience

And to both I replied "Thank you!"

I was settled at my desk after meeting the ~20 employees and got started being "the intern". It's nice to have a connection at the company, not for perks or anything like that, but simply because I automatically feel ten times more comfortable than if I were to not know anyone at all.

In the first week I experienced a general meeting, web/phone conference and getting used to the corporate work environment in general. It's...interesting I can tell you that much. I had a break down at one point realizing that I go 8 hours a day without even seeing the outside world. I have no idea if it's raining, sunny, cloudy, hot, humid. Heck, there could be a tornado coming and I'd have no idea! I then realized that I would be doing this for the rest of my life. Ummm NO! Gross. Who does that?! Can I go back to the ship? Does anyone have a recipe to freeze life in it's place, or better yet, a Benjamin Button treatment? Count me in if you do. I'm not quite so sure about this whole growing up, on my own, putting on my "big girl pants" this summer. Where's the playground?! (No worries I've scoped that out already....there's one right near my building...the monkeybars look fantastic!) When is snacktime? (Oh that's at 9:30 in the morning when everyone stops to have some chips and there's endless amounts of soda in the fridge with about 10 different flavors to choose from) Ok. So maybe this internship isn't THAT bad. Maybe after I dip my feet in for a while I might like some aspects of it. We'll just have to wait and see.