...then on my first day of work I would have been Sleepy.
I had a rough time getting to sleep on Sunday night, which was no surprise since anticipation was starting to creep in. I left a little after 6:30 am to get to work to ensure my timely arrival. Timely was supposed to mean a couple minutes early. Timely ended up meaning 45 minutes early. I had brought pop tarts and juice for breakfast, since I figured I would be a little early. However, since I had so much time I stopped at a store and got a muffin and a banana. I ate as slowly as possible and attempted to look to my phone to keep me busy. However, the rest of my world just isn't awake and willing to entertain at 7:30 am Eastern Time. I went to find my building, and did very quickly. That was not what I intended, once again. I sat outside the building staring at my phone for a while. The guard saw me (and recognized me later- just my luck), as well as a lot of other people going to work in my building, so I felt a little awkward. When it was close enough to the time I was to show up, I went inside and checked in. I sat for quite a while, and eventually the lady got a phone call and asked where I was interning. I never really got that information, so I wasn't much help. Someone who was overseeing another intern took me under his wing, and also was able to track down who my supervisor is. I was taught about the agency and what they do. I was right that they are just like the FDIC, but for Credit Unions. They are much smaller than the FDIC as well, but that makes sense.
The morning was spent with my supervisor showing me around and me getting acquainted with my desk. HR wasn't able to process my paperwork yet, so I wasn't able to get started on work. The worker in the next cubicle decided to teach me about what I would be doing. He was really nice and helpful. For lunch I went nearby to a mediterranean place and had a gyro. It was no comparison to Greek House in Norman, but then again it is hard to beat Greek House. After lunch I got to sit with another woman in my department to watch her do some of the things I will be doing. We talked a lot about our lives and she showed me pictures of her family and really cute puppy. I like her a lot, but unfortunately for me she works from home a couple days a week. That's okay though because everyone here seems really nice and fun. After I sat with her, I was finally able to get my ID and we could get started on getting my computer ready. I sat with another woman in my office, and she was getting all the intern computers ready at one time. After that, there wasn't much for me to do. I had a lot of downtime today, simply because it took time to get everything ready. Luckily, I had a book to read, and so it wasn't bad at all. Not bad aside from the fact I was trying to stay awake the whole day. I definitely don't know if I can take the advice of "not worrying about sleep," because it was very difficult.
I got off about 4:30, and ended up seeing Blake (OSU friend in the program) on the subway. We shared about our days and made it back to campus. We were going to eat, but my phone needed to be charged badly, so I decided to eat dinner with some of the girls who were to get in later. Unfortunately, that didn't work out. I didn't know what was going on, and I was so tired so I just laid down and slept. I set an alarm for our floor meeting at 8:30. When I woke up, the room was dark. I found my phone, and it was off. I couldn't turn it on. Plugging it in didn't help either. I turned on my computer, and it was 8:50. Now, if you know what I am like when I wake up, you can just imagine how I must have seemed trying to understand why my phone wasn't working and why I was alone in a dark room. It was surely entertaining. I crawled down and sat on top (yes, on top) of my desk and got to work on my phone. I ended up getting it to work after taking out the battery. I thought it had died, but was wrong because it had plenty of battery when it turned back on. I think I must have done something crazy to it in my sleep (when I woke up it was underneath my back). Me and sleepiness just do some crazy things. I eventually woke up enough to realize I was still hungry. I went down to Whole Foods and picked up some things that I could eat for breakfast and for snacks. I was disappointed with their selection of things that don't need to be refrigerated, so I went to CVS. I ended up buying a lean cuisine meal for dinner.
Sleepy day was just all around a strange day. I was hoping I would be able to get some blogging in that night, but obviously there just wasn't time. I had a realization that real jobs truly take most of your time. You go to work in the morning. Get home in the evening. Eat. Shower. Then you need sleep. There really isn't time for much else-- just on the weekend really. It is crazy. And tuesday/wednesday/thursday I have class at night. I know I won't be doing those classes when I get a real "big kid" job, but it is still a sad though. In high school, I was used to that kind of schedule. But now? College has spoiled me, big time. I am really happy that I still have one more year of my beautiful, flexible, schedule.
:)
