I get a desk?!?! yippy!!

So today, I had my interview for my internship at AIG Insurance. Boy, was that overwhelming. But we'll get to that later...Let's start with yesterday's adventures, shall we?

So yesterday (Sunday), Matt and I decided we were going to find where our internship sites were so that we were not late today for our interviews. Finding my site was a piece of cake; we simply hopped on the District Line (tube) and took it right on in to Monument Station. When we walked out of the station, we immediately realized where we were. WE WERE IN DOWNTOWN LONDON. This part of London is hopping with excitement and big businesses. We looked to our left, and to our great surprise, was the monument for the Great Fire of London. It is made out of one of the only surviving columns from the Great Fire. And there it was, only 10 feet from us. We could not believe our eyes. I realized then that I lucked out with my internship already. We soon discovered that we were also close to the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. I scored big time.

After finding where the location of my internship was, we then hitched the tube to Matt's internship site, which was Zone 5. I'm going to break down my blog here and give a lesson on London: There are 6 Zones. We live in Zone 3 on the other side of London. My internship is in Zone 1, the heart of London. Matt's internship is in Zone 5, the outskirts and poverty part of London. On this particular day, the tube was not going to Matt's station. Therefore, we had to figure out the bus routes to his internship site. This process ended up taking us forever and a half. Seriously. It was interesting though, seeing the OTHER side of London that many tourists never get to see. Eventually, we called it quits and headed home. I got such a good workout that day. All the walking here better get me ready for bathing suit season if you know what I mean...

Later that night, we joined just about every other American in London at an American Sports Bar to watch the Eagles game. It was PACKED LIKE SARDINES! But it was very fun. I met more CAPA students and bonded with other Philly fans. Even though the Birds lost, it was an amazing night.

So this leads us to today. First, Matt and I woke up bright and early to hand in our trip forms to CAPA. We ended up joining every trip offered this semester, which includes: weekend trips to Paris, Amsterdam, Oxford and Whales. These trips were EXTREMELY cheap, and they include transportation, 3 star hotels, and food. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!?! We are extremely excited. I can't wait. Want to know the best part? The Paris trip is Valentine's Day weekend. Yea, top that! LOL.

After all of that, I headed to my internship interview. Wow. THIS was overwhelming. It's a HUGE corporate office with lots of businesses people doing real life business things. I'm in the REAL world now...who would've thought?!?! I found out that I have my own desk with a computer and phone!!! I feel so important!!! I'm in the Human Resource Department, so my boss says that she hopes I'm friendly and chatty because they like those people in their departments. Obviously this women doesn't know me. If she talked to my mother, she'd know that I never shut up! I think I'll fit in well there. I'm just nervous about all of the work I'll be doing. It seems VERY professional and I'm new to this. Oh well, that's why it's an internship. I'm learning...

Alas, I'm going to call it quits for the night. I have a police talk at CAPA early in the morning, and then I have my first 2 classes. It will be QUITE the day again. And so the madness begins....