Tacoma!
Whoah, it's been forever since I've updated. My apologies for that. I figured "what's the point" of having a blog after the marathon that was Ireland and Europe, but then I also thought to myself "hey, getting thoughts down for family, friends, and complete strangers is always fun"..so here we are. For those of you still checking this site, feel free to leave comments, though I think alot of you are also going "What's the point? He's not in Europe now."
Well, I'm in Tacoma. It's not quite Galway, but it's still nice. I spent four days at home before I headed over to Tacoma for my internship. Home was great. Mom made me breakfast the next day which I had missed severely (they don't do pancakes, eggs, and bacon over in Ireland) so I ate heartily and then visited Grandma and Grandpa over at Badger Lake. It was great to see them, and they're still full of energy and fun. It old them about my Fitzpatrick Quest and they were pretty happy to hear about my adventures. All in all it was great to be home, I also saw Adam and we did our mandatory "Laser Quest and a movie" hangout with an all you can eat pizza buffet interspersed. It's amazing how much more we eat here, which I'm also started to realize.
Well I arrived in Tacoma four days afterwards, mom and Dad came with me and helped me move into my house, which turned out to be pretty pleasant. I have my own room overlooking a busy street and DSL internet access, so no complaints here.
The internship is on a building right next to Stadium Highschool, which was where the chick-flick teen comedy "10 Things I Hate About You" was shot. The building itself is very nice, it was built in the early 1900s, so it has columns, and the interior is a history-nerds delight, with many artifacts and old documents. My job is to catalogue, mark, label, and sort artifacts that need it, so I've been gradually learning all of the ropes. It's amazing the work that goes into preserving things that most people would consider junk and then keeping them at a constant temperature and humidty so that they can stay preserved forever. Socially it's been an experience, as most of the employees there are mid 40s women. Go me! Nothing beats being upstairs for lunch talking about elementary school children, the latest varieties of food, or other museums. Rock on.
So yes, compared to the Spring, this summer has thus far been very lazy after work, with Xbox and dinner being my biggest priorities..but hey, everyone needs a break. I finish up on July 15th and then it's back home to work for Dad, although I'm going to be doing a counselor gig at a Summer camp in late July which should be great.
Hope everything's going well with all of you and that your summers are treating you well.
Cheers,
-Nate
Well, I'm in Tacoma. It's not quite Galway, but it's still nice. I spent four days at home before I headed over to Tacoma for my internship. Home was great. Mom made me breakfast the next day which I had missed severely (they don't do pancakes, eggs, and bacon over in Ireland) so I ate heartily and then visited Grandma and Grandpa over at Badger Lake. It was great to see them, and they're still full of energy and fun. It old them about my Fitzpatrick Quest and they were pretty happy to hear about my adventures. All in all it was great to be home, I also saw Adam and we did our mandatory "Laser Quest and a movie" hangout with an all you can eat pizza buffet interspersed. It's amazing how much more we eat here, which I'm also started to realize.
Well I arrived in Tacoma four days afterwards, mom and Dad came with me and helped me move into my house, which turned out to be pretty pleasant. I have my own room overlooking a busy street and DSL internet access, so no complaints here.
The internship is on a building right next to Stadium Highschool, which was where the chick-flick teen comedy "10 Things I Hate About You" was shot. The building itself is very nice, it was built in the early 1900s, so it has columns, and the interior is a history-nerds delight, with many artifacts and old documents. My job is to catalogue, mark, label, and sort artifacts that need it, so I've been gradually learning all of the ropes. It's amazing the work that goes into preserving things that most people would consider junk and then keeping them at a constant temperature and humidty so that they can stay preserved forever. Socially it's been an experience, as most of the employees there are mid 40s women. Go me! Nothing beats being upstairs for lunch talking about elementary school children, the latest varieties of food, or other museums. Rock on.
So yes, compared to the Spring, this summer has thus far been very lazy after work, with Xbox and dinner being my biggest priorities..but hey, everyone needs a break. I finish up on July 15th and then it's back home to work for Dad, although I'm going to be doing a counselor gig at a Summer camp in late July which should be great.
Hope everything's going well with all of you and that your summers are treating you well.
Cheers,
-Nate
posted by Nate at
11:05 PM
1 Comments:
For crying out loud, update your damn blog! I thought the same thing ("my life will seem boring after europe") but turns out people still read it...
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