6 - woke up. looked at alarm clock. heck no.
6 25 - got up. coffee. cinnamon rolls.
6 50 - leave house, walk towards station.
6 52 - run into neighbor. says the train tracks are on fire.
6 53 - he gives me a ride to newark. so nice!!!!!!
7 23 - i take the path train (which is separate from nj transit, so....not on fire). my face is in some man's armpit. i hate crowded subways.
8 55 - brooklyn. i paint a pool with some gung-ho volunteers. i don't talk much, i am too tired.
9 05 - i drop a paint can all over my nice sneaker. green everywhere. i am tired.
1 20 - we are done. i clean up, then go back into the city reading i capture the castle.
2 15 - i decide not to waste my day and head uptown to the met.
2 30 - buy some street coffee from a truck, sit on the steps of the museum. hot, sweaty, covered in paint. tourists gawk. i must be an artist, they think.
2 40 - stand at sink in busy restroom, scrubbing off paint. old art ladies stare. i am quite a spectacle.
2 43 - yesssssss, i packed an extra shirt! in stall, scrape off last of the paint, change, put on gloss and perfume and put my hair up. magic. they do not even recognize me as I leave.
2 45 - wander around Renaissance and Romantic period portraits, then sketch some statues.
4 03 - lunch/dinner. linner. dunch. a pizza place off of lex. the old man behind the counter flirts with me ("you know why you're so hungry? you saw me, baby") and lets me pay for my $10 meal with all i have, $7 and a few pennies.
5 12 - train back home. i sit next to another man with bad bo. someone needs to tell these suited, sweaty men about clinical strength deoderant.
5 57 - angel mother picks me up from station so i don't have to walk anymore.
6 04 - spacing out. still tired.
7 14 - blog.
Tuesday, June 21
Wednesday, June 1
What I did today
My days are so interesting because I have a really eclectic internship. MY JOB IS SO WEIRD. Yesterday I went all the way to Far Rockaway (the furthest train stop in NYC) for some school site visits. Tomorrow I'm going to go to Brooklyn again to a DIFFERENT pool to help staff a corporate project. I feel like telling you about a usual day will give you an idea why it'll be tougher for me to answer your calls this summer...
6:20 Alarm goes off.
6:37 I actually get up.
6:54 Eat weird fibrous Greek yogurt with tons of Kashi and honey, chug an iced coffee.
7:08 Walk to station, watching the sun rise.
7:19 Miss the 7:18 train.
7:32 Get on train next to lady who looks like she doesn't want anyone to sit next to her. Look out window and think about how thankful I am to have a job .. of sorts.
8:20 Emerge from Penn Station. Don't know where the D train is.
8:22 Asks policeman with giant machine gun standing in front of a door. He is surprisingly friendly.
8:31 Takes D train to Brooklyn.
9:14 Walks through Chinese/Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Is culturally confused.
9:20 Arrives at Sunrise Park, cannot find the supervisor. Watches the old Asian couples play ping-pong viciously for a few minutes.
9:50 Calls paint supply, my boss, my co-intern, finally finds out what's going on.
10:04 Gets mistaken for a prostitute by two Latino men.
10:05 I pretend to not notice them. They walk away.
10:29 Sits down with two other female co-workers. The two men are there, along with three of their friends. They're drinking beer.
10:40 Paint finally arrives. Begins to prime giant 16x18' wall facing the kiddie pool. The men are watching from the other side of the pool and occasionally call out at us. The paint in robin's eggs blue, and is all over me.
12:15 Break for lunch. Pizza and tea. I'm so sunburned.
1:02 We're back. Thankfully the men are gone. We touch up the wall, then sketch a giant mural of an underwater scene with Sharpies.
2:04 We call our boss. Home early?
2:05 No. We take a few different trains back to the office.
2:46 Calls different schools in Queens to schedule site visits for a giant volunteer event.
3:22 Updating our Google Maps database.
3:58 Editing stuff used in our campaign.
4:09 Researches kayaking in the Hudson for a department outing/my own fun.
4:45 Boring data entry stuff. Eats massive free Rice Krispie treat (Literally a giant block of awesome.)
5:10 Straightens desk. It's gorgeous.
5:12 Leaves office.
5:34 Gets on train, texts Camden about his day and mine.
6:22 Metuchen station. Buys monthly pass for AMTRAK (Lord, a lot of money).
6:27 Eats some honeysuckle.
6:40 Home.
7:22 Blog.
Now I'm going to eat, shower, buy some shorts, go to youth group, call Kate, journal, prepare for tomorrow, read some Bible and sleep.
I love my life.
6:20 Alarm goes off.
6:37 I actually get up.
6:54 Eat weird fibrous Greek yogurt with tons of Kashi and honey, chug an iced coffee.
7:08 Walk to station, watching the sun rise.
7:19 Miss the 7:18 train.
7:32 Get on train next to lady who looks like she doesn't want anyone to sit next to her. Look out window and think about how thankful I am to have a job .. of sorts.
8:20 Emerge from Penn Station. Don't know where the D train is.
8:22 Asks policeman with giant machine gun standing in front of a door. He is surprisingly friendly.
8:31 Takes D train to Brooklyn.
9:14 Walks through Chinese/Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Is culturally confused.
9:20 Arrives at Sunrise Park, cannot find the supervisor. Watches the old Asian couples play ping-pong viciously for a few minutes.
9:50 Calls paint supply, my boss, my co-intern, finally finds out what's going on.
10:04 Gets mistaken for a prostitute by two Latino men.
10:05 I pretend to not notice them. They walk away.
10:29 Sits down with two other female co-workers. The two men are there, along with three of their friends. They're drinking beer.
10:40 Paint finally arrives. Begins to prime giant 16x18' wall facing the kiddie pool. The men are watching from the other side of the pool and occasionally call out at us. The paint in robin's eggs blue, and is all over me.
12:15 Break for lunch. Pizza and tea. I'm so sunburned.
1:02 We're back. Thankfully the men are gone. We touch up the wall, then sketch a giant mural of an underwater scene with Sharpies.
2:04 We call our boss. Home early?
2:05 No. We take a few different trains back to the office.
2:46 Calls different schools in Queens to schedule site visits for a giant volunteer event.
3:22 Updating our Google Maps database.
3:58 Editing stuff used in our campaign.
4:09 Researches kayaking in the Hudson for a department outing/my own fun.
4:45 Boring data entry stuff. Eats massive free Rice Krispie treat (Literally a giant block of awesome.)
5:10 Straightens desk. It's gorgeous.
5:12 Leaves office.
5:34 Gets on train, texts Camden about his day and mine.
6:22 Metuchen station. Buys monthly pass for AMTRAK (Lord, a lot of money).
6:27 Eats some honeysuckle.
6:40 Home.
7:22 Blog.
Now I'm going to eat, shower, buy some shorts, go to youth group, call Kate, journal, prepare for tomorrow, read some Bible and sleep.
I love my life.
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