Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Hmm... I guess when I can't post these things on company time like last year, I don't do it quite as much. But I got out to West Virginia just fine, and settled into the dorm that I will live in all summer. Yeah, not the greatest deal ever, but the rent is only $340 a month, and that includes cable, power, internet, gym and parking. So I have nothing to complain about. But after a day of settling in, we packed up and drove out to Washington DC for orientation. While orientation at headquarters may sound glamorous, it was painfully boring. We sat in a hot room for an hour, then did a 4 hour marathon without a break, and then our hour lunch break was cut down to 20 minutes. And staying awake in a hot auditorium for 8 hours... whew. But what I did find out is that in this blog, I cannot say what organization I am working for, and I cannot post any work related pictures. But ask me and I can show them to you in person.
After the two days, we had an extra day where we got to tour the Capitol building. Since we were with Senator Byrd's office (the guy that has been serving for 40+ years and is in the hospital right now... here's for term limits!), we did get to see some behind the scenes stuff that was pretty cool. We also got to see the senate as they were voting on a budget bill for the next five years, and 93 of the 100 senators showed up, including Barack Obama on the day that Hilary Clinton conceded the nomination (although neither Clinton or McCain showed up).
Finally we got to the place we would work at, only to have another half day of orientation. I was about as oriented as I was going to get. But I did find out that we will get to do defensive training and firearms training for sure since we are in the right location (the DC kids don't get that). And then we got to work. My boss was out of town for Thursday and Friday, so I was shown around the office and datacenter a bit by some of my coworkers. But I can't say much about that.
Two pretty sweet things though: every intern gets a mentor, and my mentor is the deputy assistant director (second in command in our field office). Second, I will be doing auditing... the kind that I was doing all of last year in school. So it looks like this will be a perfect fit.
The upcoming plans look pretty sweet too: paintballing, skydiving, whitewater rafting, trip to a certain military base that my organization is pretty big at in Virginia, defensive training, and firearms. Not a bad summer coming up.
After the two days, we had an extra day where we got to tour the Capitol building. Since we were with Senator Byrd's office (the guy that has been serving for 40+ years and is in the hospital right now... here's for term limits!), we did get to see some behind the scenes stuff that was pretty cool. We also got to see the senate as they were voting on a budget bill for the next five years, and 93 of the 100 senators showed up, including Barack Obama on the day that Hilary Clinton conceded the nomination (although neither Clinton or McCain showed up).
Finally we got to the place we would work at, only to have another half day of orientation. I was about as oriented as I was going to get. But I did find out that we will get to do defensive training and firearms training for sure since we are in the right location (the DC kids don't get that). And then we got to work. My boss was out of town for Thursday and Friday, so I was shown around the office and datacenter a bit by some of my coworkers. But I can't say much about that.
Two pretty sweet things though: every intern gets a mentor, and my mentor is the deputy assistant director (second in command in our field office). Second, I will be doing auditing... the kind that I was doing all of last year in school. So it looks like this will be a perfect fit.
The upcoming plans look pretty sweet too: paintballing, skydiving, whitewater rafting, trip to a certain military base that my organization is pretty big at in Virginia, defensive training, and firearms. Not a bad summer coming up.
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