Back in Intern Mode

Back to the city! Amen!!!

Well, that was said a little too soon when I got on my 8:30am train this morning.  Everything was going as planned- I wasn't talking to anyone....I was listening to my ipod....I was staring out the window...and I was trying to pretend like I didn't notice the people around me.  

My amazing job at blending it came to an abrupt stop when I learned that there were major delays getting into Penn Station due to a power outage.  Some stupid train got stuck and forced everyone to sit there and wait....and wait...and wait some more.  So of course I panicked a little and called in to work saying how I would be late.  Considering the conductor said we had delays until further notice and that there was no way of knowing how long it would take us to get to NY, I knew there was no way I was making it to work on time.

To make a long story short (what?! is that possible?!) we got stopped at a station and the conductor said that if we wanted to get off and take the other train into Hoboken we could.  So everyone got up quickly and all I can think is, "well shit...i have no freaking idea how to get to Manhattan from freaking HOBOKEN!!!!!"  So I asked the nice lawyer guy next to me if I could follow him to the new train.  After that the nicest woman sat next to me on the ride and told me she would help me get on The Path to Manhattan.  

So finally after lots of gracious help I got my barrings and made it to work.....at 11!!!!!!  I was 1.5 hrs late.  Oh well.  My boss didnt care which was awesome.  

I got straight to work on a press release for a new tv show called Wedding Day that we were having a viewing party for.  Then I was given about 6 huge bridal magazines and was told that I needed to pretend to be a bride and to look through all the magazines and rip out any pages that I liked.  So I sat at the client table and looked through magazines for about 2 hours.  Sweet huh?

And speaking of sweet...we had a delivery from a bakery that gave us free samples of all their different kinds of cupcakes.  Apparently it happens all the time!  

I worked on getting the company a blog and wrote myself a to do list for tomorrow before I went to the Central Park party with my boss Maya and coworker Josh.  We took the subway up and got out right on the south end of the park.  It was a beautiful day to walk through the park so I was really excited that the party was a ten minute or so walk.  There were yoga classes going on...engagement pictures being taken...puppies running around every where and probably celebrities hiding from me.  

We got to the party which was a private event with no entry unless on the guest list.  It was at the kids amusement park and all the fun little rides were open for our own private use.  There was food tasting, open bar, a magic show and so much more.

By the time we left and caught the subway back downtown, I had to wait for the 8:51 train which wasn't too bad.  Weird enough though, the nice woman from this morning was also taking the late train home!  So we sat next to each other and talked the whole way back.  

It was a long day but it was awesome and I can't wait to go back tomorrow!! I just hope it won't be a 3 hr long commute this time! :)