THE FIRST DAY!

The first day of my internship finally came! And I was pretty darn nervous. My first day was June 11, not June 15... I'm just behind on blogging... :) I'm doing my internship in New York City at Champalimaud Design. Me and my mother got up extra early just to make sure we had enough time to get there by 10. For some reason I was told to come a few minutes after 10 the first day even though the firm opens at 9:30... odd. And very ambiguous. 10 minutes after 10? 5? 2 hours? Two days?
Anyway, I came in about 5 minutes after 10 and of course no one was at the front desk so I instantly felt super awkward just standing there. And then down a small hallway I could see a girl working at her desk so I introduced myself and she went to get the other intern who would show me around the firm and introduce me to people.
I spent about the next hour or so being introduced to everyone. And I swear half the firm are asian girls with really hard names to read/pronounce/memorize. Soooo... that'll be interesting. The firm is much bigger than I thought it was originally. There are probably 20 or so people that work at the firm.
At around noon one of the designers came up and said she needed the I.D. of a fabric on a pillow and I volunteered since the D&D building is right up by my apartment so I already knew exactly how to get there. Laura said that they really never ever send people out to pick up samples or anything, but of course I do on my first day. Awesome. :) And I met mother outside the building as I was leaving because I combined the D&D trip with my hour lunch break so that was even more awesome. EXCEPT. There was one thing that wasn't so awesome. Taking this pillow to the D&D required me to carry it around in a garbage bag around town and on the subway. It was a pretty good size pillow, and therefore, a pretty good sized bag. It looked funny.
Later on in the day, Anna, one of the senior designers asked me to drawn up a custom cabinet that she's preparing to show some client. She had drawn out a sketch that I then copied into CAD. I spent the rest of the time that day finishing up that drawing, and started turning it into a presentation slide. At the same time I was continually trying to learn all the front desk responsibilities.
All in all, it was not a bad first day. It's just so nice to have the first day over because you never know what to expect going into it. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the week goes! YAY. But I get off at 6 and I was hoping it would have been 5. BOO.