Busy busy weekend
H'ok, so.
The Gala was Thursday night. That day, I got off work around 2 and headed out to the building to help with setup. Worked on that for 2 hours, then got changed for the gala itself. I wore a skirt, a nice knit top, and low heeled boots. BIG mistake. I hadn't known that the floors were either marble or concrete, but oh man. My feet could tell. Anyways. Worked registration for the event, and things went a bit haywire. Luckily we scrambled a bit and managed to get things taken care of, but I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off for a good portion of the evening. I eventually managed to get some food and sit down for a bit, and I did get to see the intro video to the program. But other than those two breaks, I was working steadily throughout the evening. Today when I went in, my mentor led everyone in thanking me for my hard work, which was very nice. She then thanked me twice more while I was in the office today, saying that I had been her right hand person, and she really appreciated everything I'd done. A really good feeling after working hard all week. So yay!
Friday I worked, but was sent home early. Basically, everyone could see how exhausted I was, there was plenty of coverage, and my manager said he would stay and do the count. I stayed at work until the paychecks arrived, then booked it home. Where I promptly fell asleep for four hours. I then got up and made myself go on a run (which I'd been avoiding). 5 minutes into the run, my phone decides to restart. So rather than wait for it to do so, and then restart that day's run, I just continued to run. Phone came back on, figured I had six more minutes for that interval, and then did the rest of them based off my phone's time rather than the Run Double app. But hey! Ran 16 minutes total, which I would NOT have been able to do 5 weeks ago, and I'm pretty sure I'll handle the 20 minute run tomorrow just fine. Again, yay!
Saturday was Ren Fest, which was the same as every year. Lots of delicious fatty foods, beer, and throwing sharp things. Also Johnny Fox. This year was a bit different, we had a friend with us who'd never been before, so it was fun seeing his reactions. Also managed to see everyone that I knew was going to be there, but hadn't made specific meetup plans with.
Sunday was the Redskins game. Despite my pessimism, the Skins won! It was pretty fantastic, if nerve-wracking. But by the time we got home, I was exhausted. Basically fell right into bed.
Today has been fine, even good. A customer knows the founder of the company I applied to recently, and he told me to send him an email with the job description and my qualifications, and he'd speak to the owner on my behalf. And then, while I was at my internship, I got an email from a company I'd applied to a month ago. The position I applied to has been filled, but they have another opening they think I'm qualified for. So I responded that yes, I am interested, and yes, I am available for a phone interview on Wednesday. Hooray!
And that's about it!
The Gala was Thursday night. That day, I got off work around 2 and headed out to the building to help with setup. Worked on that for 2 hours, then got changed for the gala itself. I wore a skirt, a nice knit top, and low heeled boots. BIG mistake. I hadn't known that the floors were either marble or concrete, but oh man. My feet could tell. Anyways. Worked registration for the event, and things went a bit haywire. Luckily we scrambled a bit and managed to get things taken care of, but I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off for a good portion of the evening. I eventually managed to get some food and sit down for a bit, and I did get to see the intro video to the program. But other than those two breaks, I was working steadily throughout the evening. Today when I went in, my mentor led everyone in thanking me for my hard work, which was very nice. She then thanked me twice more while I was in the office today, saying that I had been her right hand person, and she really appreciated everything I'd done. A really good feeling after working hard all week. So yay!
Friday I worked, but was sent home early. Basically, everyone could see how exhausted I was, there was plenty of coverage, and my manager said he would stay and do the count. I stayed at work until the paychecks arrived, then booked it home. Where I promptly fell asleep for four hours. I then got up and made myself go on a run (which I'd been avoiding). 5 minutes into the run, my phone decides to restart. So rather than wait for it to do so, and then restart that day's run, I just continued to run. Phone came back on, figured I had six more minutes for that interval, and then did the rest of them based off my phone's time rather than the Run Double app. But hey! Ran 16 minutes total, which I would NOT have been able to do 5 weeks ago, and I'm pretty sure I'll handle the 20 minute run tomorrow just fine. Again, yay!
Saturday was Ren Fest, which was the same as every year. Lots of delicious fatty foods, beer, and throwing sharp things. Also Johnny Fox. This year was a bit different, we had a friend with us who'd never been before, so it was fun seeing his reactions. Also managed to see everyone that I knew was going to be there, but hadn't made specific meetup plans with.
Sunday was the Redskins game. Despite my pessimism, the Skins won! It was pretty fantastic, if nerve-wracking. But by the time we got home, I was exhausted. Basically fell right into bed.
Today has been fine, even good. A customer knows the founder of the company I applied to recently, and he told me to send him an email with the job description and my qualifications, and he'd speak to the owner on my behalf. And then, while I was at my internship, I got an email from a company I'd applied to a month ago. The position I applied to has been filled, but they have another opening they think I'm qualified for. So I responded that yes, I am interested, and yes, I am available for a phone interview on Wednesday. Hooray!
And that's about it!