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Well, I haven't updated in a while and I"m pretty sure I don't want to go past the deadline again, so I guess a little prevention is necessary.
*Edited: countdown of days removed*
THe internship is almost over, which is kind of sad to me. I mean, I know it's going to have to end sooner or later. And I also realize that I'm not very happy with it or how things are going. I mean, it's going ok. It's just a lot different than I thought it was going to be. Is that a bad thing? I think not. I gained some valuable insights into my life this summer. Would you like to know them? Here goes.
1) I miss Eric. A lot. More than I ever thought I could ever miss someone in my life.
2) I don't think I want to work directly for the government. Well, maybe. It depends. I think it would be great if you were an upper-level scientist who had guaranteed work for the rest of the year. That would be awesome. You'd get oodles of money for your project and get to say stuff like "Who cares about the money! Just buy it!" or "You need to get prices out of your head. Get whatever we need." or "Let's buy you new boots because we were planning on it anyways." Yeah. That'd be sweet. On the other hand, you'd have to deal with the beaurocracy of "It takes us two months to get your housing reimbursement figured out. We know we promised you $1200 but we're only actually allowed to give you $800 because of that thing called taxes. Whoops! Our bad."
3)I realized that there is a lot more to do with a normal bio major than I previously thought. I was under the impression that bio majors had to get at least a masters to do anything worthwhile. While that's partially true, I could get a job here right after graduation and work my way up the ladder. It's totally been done before. I would just have to deal with the aforementioned situations.
4)I can live on my own and not spend money. amazing.
5) I miss Eric more than I ever thought humanly possible.
Thus concludes my insights for the summer.
*Edited: countdown of days removed*
THe internship is almost over, which is kind of sad to me. I mean, I know it's going to have to end sooner or later. And I also realize that I'm not very happy with it or how things are going. I mean, it's going ok. It's just a lot different than I thought it was going to be. Is that a bad thing? I think not. I gained some valuable insights into my life this summer. Would you like to know them? Here goes.
1) I miss Eric. A lot. More than I ever thought I could ever miss someone in my life.
2) I don't think I want to work directly for the government. Well, maybe. It depends. I think it would be great if you were an upper-level scientist who had guaranteed work for the rest of the year. That would be awesome. You'd get oodles of money for your project and get to say stuff like "Who cares about the money! Just buy it!" or "You need to get prices out of your head. Get whatever we need." or "Let's buy you new boots because we were planning on it anyways." Yeah. That'd be sweet. On the other hand, you'd have to deal with the beaurocracy of "It takes us two months to get your housing reimbursement figured out. We know we promised you $1200 but we're only actually allowed to give you $800 because of that thing called taxes. Whoops! Our bad."
3)I realized that there is a lot more to do with a normal bio major than I previously thought. I was under the impression that bio majors had to get at least a masters to do anything worthwhile. While that's partially true, I could get a job here right after graduation and work my way up the ladder. It's totally been done before. I would just have to deal with the aforementioned situations.
4)I can live on my own and not spend money. amazing.
5) I miss Eric more than I ever thought humanly possible.
Thus concludes my insights for the summer.