Busy day today as it is the board meeting for NASN. I’ve been working on this Super Bowl project more and dealing with the meetings gong on. Crazy day! Another long commute on the tube this morning. Looking forward to heading home for the night. One week left until I head to MN.
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Long day at work today. I have been making calls all day so not much to report. Looking forward to head home for the evening. One more week of work and then I get to see my friend Sulekha next Tuesday night and then it is back to the US of A on Thursday. It’s been fun but a lot of work.
Well, a little less than a fortnight left here in London which is both suprising and encouraging at the same time. I have been very busy with my internship but the tasks are getting repetative and what not. This weekend I did what I wanted and just relaxed. I saw some of my Eckerd College friends after work on Friday and even had a little longer stay there than I wanted due to some drunk guy trying to get in to the house. Two quick calls to 999 solved the issue and I was finally able to head home. Yesterday I just cruised around on my own by Picadilly Circus, the British Museum and the Eckerd College house before calling it a night. Today I slept in again and have just been reading and hanging out around home. It’s nice not to have anything that holds you down and that you can just relax when you want to. I have work in the morning again and this week will be more calling and finalizing things for the Super Bowl I’m sure. That’s all for now foks!
Last nights commute was not much better than the morning. There was a motor bike crash just north of Peter and Pam’s house and all bus routes and traffic for that matter was diverted the complete other way. I finally got to Excel (across the docks from Peter and Pam’s) and walked the rest of the way in rain and wind. This was just nasty and I was happy to get inside and warmed up. Today I spent most of my internship making phone calls to various pubs/sports bars/etc around London seeing if they were offering any Super Bowl XXX VIII parties. The reasoning being is so we can coordinator a NFL prize pack drawing at the venues and promote the channel. After work, I am heading to the Eckerd College Study Centre to visit with some friends and get some dinner. That’s really about it for today.
I hate commuting! My morning started off on a long note. First, I had to wait as two busses showed up at the bus stop but were full to the max causing those of us waiting in the windy cold to wait for another bus. 20 minutes later, I finally made it on a bus and off to Canning Town Underground station. I was not out of the woods yet! I arrived to the platform but the first train was full to the brim just like the bus! Argh this was starting to get annoying. I made it on the second train and had to stand hunched over right next to the door. For those that have never seen the London Underground during rush hour, picture a sardine can where you can’t move until the doors open and some gets off. Really it is interesting. I survived the commute thanks to iPod (the best investment EVER). Finally got to work around 09.15, an hour and twenty minutes AFTER I left my house.
Enough complaining about my commute this morning. At work I have been busy working on contest entries and newsletters. My project for tomorrow and next will be to call on pubs and sports bars that are having SUper Bowl XXXVIII parties and seeing if we can help sponsor them and get the channel involved. On another note, if you are going to text message or call my mobile, US or UK numbers, PLEASE be aware of the time change. I had two phone calls last night that came in at like 03.00 am from random people including a person from the St. Petersburg YMCA asking for a lifeguard sub tomorrow (Don’t ask me WHY they called my UK number) and I was not happy about that. Have a good night all.
Well there really isn’t much new to report here for you. I’m in my daily routine of going to work and doing my internship. I want to use this e-mail as a reminder that I encourage anyone to feel free to comment to any of my posts by clicking on ‘comments’ below the post. Look for the: Posted by websteth at 10:36 AM | Comments (0) and you’ll find it. You can add your comments and even insights there should you want. Also, for a daily journal of my internship, please visit my NASN Internship Journal. From there you can see what I do every day and even download some of my projects. Pretty cool eh?
