Intern-al Conflict

What a week! Today has been the seventh day in a row that Christian has been blessed by my presence, lucky him. We've been working hard on completing everything for Resort 2013 before the trade show started today and in the end I've gotta say, we done good...in the end. When I visited our booth today it was FILLED with people: something I definitely was not expecting. When I finally found a quick moment to greet Christian, the first words out of his mouth was something along the lines of, "this has been the best trade show so far." I guess this is the reason we try so hard, it feels good when your efforts pay off.

busy busy busy!
guess who's idea the benches were
from Francis' fb page (because I'm awkward and didn't want to take a picture)

And when I say efforts, I mean efforts. This week I left Manhattan three times to go to the far reaches of hell Queens and Jersey, two of those times completely on my own. Last night I was verging on a breakdown because not only was my trip to Ikea a nightmare (which included a bus breakdown, a maze of children, taking the wrong bus back, a grand tour of Newark NJ, getting lost, and a cab ride from hell) but I didn't get the correct number of rugs because of a miscommunication. It was worked out but Christian oftentimes lacks a disappointment filter when he's under pressure. I'm not a dog so it should be assumed that I don't play fetch very well. That being said at least it livened up my day a little. You can't learn if you don't make mistakes!

I almost feel like my internship has come "full circle"; it started with a trade show and now it's practically ending with a trade show. Granted there is so much more I could learn but school is starting up soon and I'm going to have to resume my responsibilities at Pratt as an orientation leader, peer advisor, and above all else, a full-time student.