So I think that working for an energy company is pretty darn cool. Especially after yesterday, when the other intern and I went out to Manhattan and got to watch our supervisors working in the manhole. They performed all sorts of tests to make sure everything was as it should be. And being in the middle of Manhattan was pretty cool. It's definitley a bustling sort of place. haha, and yesterday, after work, the other intern invited me to be his friend on thefacebook.com. Fun times. Oh, and hopefully soon I'll have pictures I can post from my first trip to the manholes.
Anyway, not much else is going on right now. I'm starting to get used to the commute, and being in NYC and everything. It's an absolutely gorgeous day out today, so maybe I should be outside enjoying it instead of being inside blogging. But I think I'm addicted to this blogging stuff. I love seeing the comments you all post, as well as all of your blogs. Please feel free to ask me about anything, MIT or otherwise. Oh! some fun news is the newest Monthly Bale came out a few days ago. They're newsletters about recycling that are issued every month. I gotta say, I'm a bit of a hippie or conservationist or something. I actually am pretty involved in recycling at MIT. I'm the recycling chair for Next House, which means I coordinate the recycling program at the dorm, hiring student recyclers, contacting Facilities (who actually do a lot of different things at MIT) about recycling pickups and other needs, and making sure our house manager, Julie Mills, and our janitors all know what's going on in the dorm. Plus, I send out reminder emails and such to the dorm, and also listen to questions, comments or whatever from my dormmates about recycling. I was actually lucky enough to get facilities to send me boxes full of small recycling bins for the dormrooms, so people could have their own little bins. That was fun, especially since so many people contacted me about wanting one. Made me excited to know so many people were that enthusiastic about recycling. Hmm, as you can see, I get into recycling quite a bit. I guess if you have any questions about recycling, you can ask me. and check out those monthly bales, they have lots of cool information. Some of it is more geared at offices and labs, but some information is still applicable.
okay, enough of this typing. must go take advantage of this nice weather. Hope the weekend rocks (for you and for me)!
-Stephanie