Work Fun

So a bunch of people I work with are also my friends, so we hang out all the time. Last week, for example.

Tuesday night, Josh, Peter, and I attempted to watch a movie, Knocked Up, but it stopped working about halfway through. So we grabbed Cain and the four of us went uptown to wish Emily a Happy Birthday.

Wednesday night, Lisa, Cain, Birkenhauer, Anna, Paul, Jessica, Wyatt and I all went bowling. All of us bowled 2 games, bowling between 80 and 120 each time, depending on the person. Then a few of us stayed for a third game, where I only got a 70. Lame!

Thursday night is basketball night, so a bunch of us (don't ask me to remember who) played. I made two baskets, which never happens! Lisa did, too, but one of them didn't count. (sadface). Levi is still a running machine.

I just love the people I work with because they're so freaking awesome!

A Month's Time

So I've kind of abandoned this. My life has been sort of repetitive and I haven't felt the need to update this. But here it goes.

Pittsburgh: I went home for a week. It was crazy trying to squeeze everything in, but I had a lot of fun and saw people I never see (Libby, Moria, Vickie), and people I always see when I go home (Kerry Jo, Alex). I definitely wish it was a lot longer.

Life: I got my driver's license. :) And a car. Otherwise, there isn't much life to be updated.

Internship: I'm responsible for so much, and it's really wonderful. I absolutely love the empowerment of knowing a book sells because of me. I am filing books according to where they should be placed in the store, which means if I place a book on a table, it will sell more, and it's all because of me.

Other Internship: We just did votes for the fall issue, and it'll be uploaded in September. It's so wonderfully exciting! haha. The meeting was great, and now we have a new way of going through stories that will be a lot quicker.

Shriver: I absolutely love my job. Even though I'm getting no hours, I absolutely love it. Everyone is just so wonderful. :) And the alumni that came in last weekend were just wonderful. Seeing how young these 70 year olds (for their 50th reunion) looked was refreshing.

People: I spend most of my time with Emily going out (as in, like twice a week). Otherwise, I'm usually with Katie in Cinci. I did finally get to see Kori last week, and that was awesome. I hung out with Kelli on Wednesday, going for a two hour walk in flip flops. haha. I finally got to see Erin Haley, as well, though she's moving back to Dayton for the summer (yuck), so I won't get to see her much.

Cinci: I have been to Rookwood with Kori now, to eat at some really nice Chinese place and to see Joseph Beth. It was really cool to see the store that I'm organizing all the way from the headquarters. It's way neat.

Reading: I've read about a book a day all summer. Some books take longer. I really should blog about what I thought about the books and start advertising these really awesome books I've been reading. That's a project.

School: So I don't really have anything to update about school. I did get to talk to someone who went to Michigan, and she's going to see what she can do to get me to see the school and stuff, so that'll be a lot of fun. I need to get to a computer with Microsoft word so I can fix up my resume. haha. Oops.

I don't really have any updates otherwise. At least, not that I can think of ...

Some Wonderful People I Met in Ohio This Summer

I have met some really interesting people this summer while working in Cinci and at the food court.

Amanda- Usually a Sundial student worker, Amanda is working in the food court this summer to make some more money. She and I talked, and she's a really nice girl.

Emily- She's a student manager at Catering. She and I talked a bit on Sunday because there was nothing to do.

Lauren- The other intern with me at Joseph Beth. She's really sweet and a really hard worker. She also dresses to impress, while I just wear college clothes. Oops.

Katie- This is Katie's roommate, whom I met back when I slept over at Theta last Wednesday night. We stayed up talking for a little bit, which was way cool.

Kaitlin- One of Katie's Theta sisters. She was really fun to talk to, and she's gonna plan my wedding, because I'm gonna be famous and she wants to plan celebrity weddings.

Jess- This is one of Katie's high school friends. She was way cool, and very chill about everything. The three of us and Katie's dad talked for a bit last night.

The Problems of Cinci

So I seem to not be very good at living in Cincinnati when I am here. I arrived Sunday night after Amy and I got detoured on the highway (ew). Then Monday morning, on my way to my internship, my phone fell out of my pocket. Katie went to go look for it after her class and couldn't find it, and so we ended up getting a tracking device for it, seeing that it was taken all the way to Kentucky (which is just across the river, but definitely not on my way to my internship). After 4 hours on the phone with my mother and the police, we eventually gave up and bought a new phone (which is like, $50 with insurance). It arrived today.

This morning, while riding Katie's bike on my way to my internship, I realized that the brakes were broken. Was this because we put the bike in Katie's car in order to look for my phone? I don't know. Either way, I was slightly nervous riding downhill without reliable brakes, but I managed to make it to and from without any falls, crashes, or injuries.

I did manage to finish all of my work for my internship today that was supposed to last me two days, so that's always excellent. I really, REALLY like my internship. I love my boss, Deb. She's really sweet. And I love making tables for the bookstores. I picked out which books will be on the June tables on Monday and then today I went through the fall books to see what tables they could possibly go on.

I'll be going to Pittsburgh this weekend and for a week, which'll be nice. I won't be able to see that many people, but I will get to see Mr. Buetzow, my band teacher who is retiring, and a bunch of other band people. That'll be nice :D

First Week at Joseph Beth and in Cinci

I had my internship this week (as I will almost every week), and it was really interesting. I met with two different publishing companies and spent all day in a meeting with them discussing books and purchases. Mary Ann, from Penguin, was really sweet and loved to talk about absolutely everything. Kate (I'm pretty sure that's her name) on the other hand, was really nice, but was very by the book and whipped through her list. It's really interesting how many different personalities there are. Both were so eager to talk to me, and I'm really excited about their books. I took 10 home this week that I have to read and review, so it looks like I'll be having a very busy weekend.

As for being in Cincinnati, hanging out with my roommate from freshman year, Katie, was excellent. I arrived in Cinci at around 10:30pm on Tuesday, and the first thing I did was go to karaoke with SAE next door to Katie (who lives in Theta). It was so much fun, because I hate staying in, and was afraid that's what I'd be doing. Wednesday we went to the same house for a party (it was Patty Murphy week, so they were partying all week). I also saw Katie's family on Wednesday night, which was fun because I haven't seen them since last spring. They're such a fun bunch (6 children=yay).

I had to come home early from my internship, since Amy, who is my ride to and from, got sick. So I wasn't able to do my internship today, which is really sad, but hopefully I'll be able to go back this week. That being said, I'm going to spend the rest of the day reading. :)

Roommates and Friends

So Madi, my roommate for the year, finally moved in on Friday. I was distracted by the Conference and wasn't really able to help her out, but I really like having someone else here. Friday night was really nice. We rearranged the house so that I was sleeping in my room (something I was uncomfortable with doing living by myself). Then, for dinner, we went to her friend's place. She has told me his name multiple times, but I fail at remembering it. It's Nate (she just told me). Saturday, she had her boyfriend, Ricky, over, which was fun. We attempted to watch Bones, and just having people and sound in the apartment really lightened it up.

Sunday Amy moved in. Amy is going to be living here for about 6 weeks, not counting the weekends, for classes. It's nice, because then she can drive me to my internship, which will be in Cincinnati (as you already know).

Oh, important note. I went to my friend, Michael Cain's house on Sunday night to watch a movie. After his finding out that I had never seen Happy Feet, he insisted we watch it. I'm glad we did, because it was most excellent. I can't stop thinking about the fun, one liners from the movie, and the awesome characters.

Monday, Madi and Amy started their classes. Meanwhile, I worked. I met with one of the teachers I will be UAing with, who is kind of crazy, but mostly awesome. We discussed the syllabus a lot, still in its beginning stages. It's so interesting how much detail goes into just designing a class. Kyle, another student manager coworker, brought me over a lamp for my room, and we talked a while waiting for the rain to subside. It was nice. My friend Abby came over for about an hour and we just chitchatted.

One thing I really like about this week compared to last week is that there are people in my life. Roommates and friends are here since classes are finally starting, and I'm getting closer to those at work. It's really exciting. :D

Music Theory Conference

So this week I have spent a huge ton of time working on the Music Theory Mid Western Conference that was hosted by Miami this weekend. On Wednesday, I went in and stuffed folders, organizing them in alphabetical order and putting them into containers, taking them over to Presser for the registration. Thursday, we continued to stuff the folders, finish all last minute planning, and made sure all the small details were finished.

Friday was the beginning of the conference. We had expected about 60 people, and there ended up being 100, which is a huge, huge jump, especially for a music theory conference. It was really exciting. Some really cute boy was there, too, which was fun, because it meant he was cute *and* nerdy. The sessions were really, really interesting, and I really enjoyed absolutely everything about them. I could not make it through the last session, though. There were two more speeches, and about halfway through the second to last one, I was so theory-overloaded that I needed to escape for a while.

Saturday was about the same, though less people. The talks were pretty interesting, as well, and there were speeches on Elton John and the Beetles, so they were pretty cool. I was excited. After lunch, I decided to skip the last session and just come back to clean up, with permission of Dr. Boge, of course.

Dr. Boge is perhaps my favorite teacher at Miami. She is fun, she is crazy, and she is so understanding. She and I talked until 7pm on Wednesday, 5pm on Thursday, and for another hour today. We talked about people, life, thinking, and generations. She's also never been to Bagel and Deli, so that will be a must soon. After she calms down from the intense planning she's been doing for this conference. :D