Survival of the fittest- New York style

You can all breathe a sigh relief knowing that I survived my first full day as an intern.  Not only did I survive the 9:30-6 work day, I also feel like a big girl after commuting on the train all by myself!

Today was nothing like I expected but in a great way.  Alright- let the story telling begin.

I caught the train at 7:54am this morning where I was greeted with looks of horror from my fellow commuters who thought for a split second that I was actually going to sit down and have a conversation with them.  I couldnt help but want to sit down and blurt out "It's my first day as an intern!" but I refrained.  I now understand what I must do in order to blend in....wear black....have a brief case...eat a bagel...drink coffee....consistantly check blackberry (check!)....and of course, the number one thing to do in order to blend in....shove headphones in ears and stare at the floor until the train enters Penn Station.

Okay, so I may be exaggerating a tiny bit...but not much!  

Anyways, my train comes in just before 9 and I slowly walk the two short blocks to the company.  I knew I would be early but really...I'm always early.  I can't help it.  It was also my first day! I had to make a good impression.  Well, I started to panic a little when 9:30 rolled around and no one was in sight.  9:35....no one....9:37....still no one...9:40....amanda freaking out....and FINALLY the elevator opened and I saw a guy walk out who quickly said, "you must be the new intern!"  I of course said yes and he then apologized and said that no one EVER gets in on time.  Figures right?  I should have known....New Yorkers are always late.  Always.  

So after a quick tour of the office, which I'm not kidding when I say quick seeing as the area is not much bigger than an apartment living room, I sat down at the intern desk and waited to meet everyone else.  The other intern is so incredibly sweet!  Her name is Heather and she goes to college in Miami but is from Jersey.  We are the same age and have a lot in common.  I have a feeling that we are going to have a lot of fun together this summer!

The rest of the day was spent working on a program called I-do (get it? like i-do in a wedding?!) checking vendors and mainly focusing on private party rooms.  We went through about 50 today and recorded how many rooms, price per person, atmosphere and anything else that we found useful.  In between doing that I had to look up and call about 5 different clubs/lounges to get an estimate for a party of 200.  Umm...$7,000 is like $1 to some of these people!  

I learned so much today from the 4 workers (who i will introduce in a later post when I'm not so tired) and had such a blast getting into the swing of life as a Swank Intern.  Before I knew it, it was 6pm and I was literally running through the streets (this is no joke...please picture it) to get to Penn Station in order to make my 6:16 train.  I may of knocked over people and not even realized...I hope I didn't.  haha.

12 amazing hours after stepping on the train I was getting off and walking back to the only non Jersey car in sight.  My grandparents and aunt were waiting for me when I got back to go out to dinner and celebrate my first real day.

Needless to say I talked their ear off.  

I'm about to pass out typing this but I wanted to get it posted today!  Hope you all are had a great day!  

Love and miss all of you!

~Amanda