And I was definitley surprised how fast things seemed getting from NJ to NYC. It might have helped that I was on an express train that only had a few stops along the way. Comparing that to my ride home, which was on a train that made EVERY stop. Oh well. I rode a New York City Subway for the first time ever. I swear, I'm not some sort of country bumpkin who lives under a rock. Just usually when I go to New York, it's with my family, and we either walk or take a taxi to wherever we are going. Anyway, I only got on the wrong train once (I wasn't sure which way I was supposed to go), but I made it to where I need to be. Basically had to fill out a lot of paperwork, get a drug screening, and get my picture taken for my photo ID. I gotta say, the worst job ever is the guy who does the drug screenings. They're mandatory at most places now, but this guy just sits in a room with an ajoining bathroom and tells people when, where, and how to pee, and then pours the pee into the sample jars for testing. Oh, excuse me. He pours the urine into the sample jars. There, much better. I also met the other summer intern I'll be working with. He just finished his freshman year at UConn. He's also a materials science major. I'm a little nervous, since this guy is 2 years behind me, and I feel like if he knows something, and I don't, I'll just feel stupid. Oh well. It's bound to happen. But I'm sure there will be times when I understand something, and he wont. That's just how life is.
I finished reading my first book of summer break. It's The Funny Thing Is. . . by Ellen DeGeneres. It's pretty funny, just a lot of short chapters, that definitley makes you laugh. Definitley a good summer reading. Or maybe something to read when you're stressing out at school. Oh man, speaking of which, on my medical forms for work, they needed you to check off any symptoms or ailments that you might have, and then explain them. I checked off the box next to Stress, and for my explanation, I just wrote: I go to MIT. I know, it sounds like it could be snobby. But I guess that was the only explanation I could come up with on the spot. Maybe it will make whoever reads my forms laugh a little. Maybe.
Well, I'm pretty exhausted from running around Manhattan (in heels!), so I think I'm going to go take a nap. Thanks for reading!
-Stephanie