Moving in:
I moved into East Campus at Columbia University on Sunday, May 31. I definitely live with 5 other girls, none of which are fashion majors. I've never really lived with girls, so this summer should be rather interesting. Columbia's campus is beyond beautiful (pictures to come!). On move in day, my parents more or less unloaded my stuff into my dorm-ish apartment and left. haha.
Roommates:
I finally met my fifth roommate this evening. This happened after another roomie and I were walking back from to our apt from the subway right after I told her if I saw our other roomie I'd probably call the cops because I'd be thinking that she's trying to rob us or something haha. All my roommates seem really cool so far. I hang out with the two Sarah's the most. They go to college in Pittsburgh, so the Red Wings/ Penguins playoffs have been interesting to talk about. The Sarah's remind me of my girlfriends back in Michigan ::sad face::. So weird, none of my roommates are fashion majors. I was thinking that most of the people I was going to be living with would be fashion people.
Exploring:
Monday, June 1, I did lots of exploring. First I went to Central Park. I really think that place is unsafe no matter how bright it is outside. There's so many trails off the main paths in the woods. It's really creepy. I saw a large group of people painting in one corner of the park which was really neat to see. Then I went on the hunt to find Rite Aid. The walls of my room are so bare and disgusting that I had to do something about it. I ended up printing off a bunch of pics of the girls and I from home :) I miss them.
Some guy told me I had nice toes and that it means I take care of myself. HAHA. How do you respond to that?
I've found a lot of really great markets and fruit markets close to my apartment which is exciting. Yay for not having to put too much effort towards feeding myself.
After Rite Aid, I walked across town to get on the subway and head downtown to Times Square. Times Square is an utter nightmare. I'm so glad I live on the upper west side, it's just too crazy and tourist-filled down there. I did make sure to take lots of pictures to show all my pals. (I took a good picture for you, Kristal!) I walked around there for a bit and then decided to find where I'd be working. I don't work too far from Times Square, just a few blocks west. After finding KC, I looped back around to Times Square and saw a bunch of people sitting in lawn chairs all across Broadway. I still have no clue why. Like I said, it's pure madness down there. The streets were just covered with people.
First day on the job!!:
I SAW KENNETH COLE!!! He appeared to be in a meeting with some employees. How AWESOME is that?! Orientation was kind of cool. I really liked learning about all the other interns and where they're from. Quite a few of the girls are from NY or not too far away in Jersey.
My co-workers are all really cool. It was nice to finally put a face to a name of the girls I've been emailing with the past couple months. Everyone in my department, Distribution and Planning, are all rather young... or so they seem to be.
I work on "Intern Row." Intern row is a row of computers down a main hallway of the 2nd floor where a lot of interns are stationed at. Lucky for me, I actually work next to another girl who is also interning in the Distribution dept. Her and I got along great and chatted it up all day. Today I didn't do too much, I mostly did button mashing on my computer all day. For one task, I entered purchase order numbers for shoes into an excel spreadsheet for 3 new stores that are opening soon. Today was nice because I didn't feel overwhelmed. My coworkers were all very helpful and friendly, hopefully things stay that way if I start asking a million questions. The lady I'm working with is too cute. She's Dominican and I can barely understand what she says half the time and it's not because she's Dominican, she just speaks too quietly. She's in charge of the shoes! She had so many pairs of shoes on her desk, it was crazy. The other intern is working with the lady that deals with apparel.
Everything is going great in New York so far. I definitely recommend anyone that comes here to do one of the silly tourist bus tours. I learned so much about the city and got to see a lot of things, including parts of the garment district.
I probably left out some stuff, but it's time for bed.
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