so the good news is i hung out with friends this past weekend! yay! my friend and fellow intern, Liz took me under her wing and I went out with her and her friends friday and saturday night. they are all older (ranging in age from 24 to 28 but i decided its all the same once your 21 ha) They were all so nice and I had so much fun both nights venturing out downtown. I spent my days exploring solo as i seem to love doing, went running by the waterfront both mornings, my new fav activity. I have gotten SO lucky with weekend weather, it was beautifullll, high fifties SUN SUN SUN :) AHH so that's why I'm here...i have made it my mission to try every frozen yogurt place downtown so i tired my second establishment on saturday and i have to say YogurtMountain is still my fav thus far! my conclusion after this weekend was that this really is the most beautiful, most fun, most historical, most cultural city in the world. but i already knew that...
It amazes me that SO MANY people I meet here are not originally from here, came here, and could never leave...i feel like its a hint to my own story.
anyway back to the reason I am here! the internship is going well. I unlike most people up north, did not have MLK off. (I am in the state that started the civil war, and i think they are still bitter they lost) but thats just the politically incorrect northerner in me.
Monday and Tuesday have been a little more tiring and slow than than my previous weeks because we were supposed to ship Monday, than Tuesday, now Wednesday.... so I have been slightly avoiding my one boss that oversees Charleston and really trying to get tasks for the other magazines (#cheatingintern!) sneaky, but it did not start out as intentional! I got a job I was really enjoying on Grand Strand magazine (one of our other publications) and it has been my baby so today when the chance came for another Grand Strand project, I snatched it right up! :) Basically I've been on the hunt for images for two features. Its really fun because it involves hunting, searching the internet, calling all sorts of people, and it is so rewarding when I finally get that 300 dpi hi-res images in my intern email inbox! CHA-CHING! (oh wait i'm not paid...)
the 2 features were one on Sunnyside, this little stretch of land in Murrells Inlet, SC (outside Myrtle Beach) with so much history, including murders and ghost stories! and the other is a wedding special so those images are all bridal gowns from designers headquartered all over the country! It has been a really fun search and I am very excited to see those features in their finished states!
well tomorrow is wednesday and boy am I ready for the mid-week hooray! today was tough because my darling grandpa (KP's BF) had his surgery and it preoccupied my mind all day, luckily it all went well! :) I am starting to get excited for my moms visit, even though it will mark the end of this journey. I am missing friends, family, and just familiar faces in general. I don't ever want to leave but I wish I could transport everyone i love here!
I'm reading a Pat Conroy book (He is a famous Charleston author) and I love knowing all the Charleston references! it is an addicting read and I am going to go snuggle up in bed and delve into it further before it is lights out for this working gal!
sweet(tea) dreams ya'll
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