Well, that's it. It's my last day here at the wonderful Historic Columbia Foundation and I'm preparing to turn in my final draft to Dr. Sherrer. I can't believe it flew by so quickly! I...
At this point in my post John called me into his office to watch the final shuttle lift off. Coincidence that the title of my post is the final countdown huh?!
Aaaaanyway. I am both excited that it's over and sad to be leaving. I have learned so incredibly much from my time here at HCF and am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work and learn here. I will miss getting an inside look at the way museums are run and all of the times that John has called me into his office to look at something with him. It was really a better internship than I could have hoped for!
Today I am finalizing and turning in my draft proposal. It has gone from 4 to 6 signs and 4 to 14 pages over these past few weeks and I am very proud of it. Hopefully everyone at HCF likes it as much as I do! I also have been helping with some fact checking for a project John is working on. By the time I leave here today I will have created a draft proposal, taken pictures for a brochure, helped to edit a brochure, fact checked multiple signs, taken part in design meetings, never gotten a cup of coffee (other than for myself), and only made copies once. Now that's what I call an internship!
Although I am incredibly sad to be leaving Cola and HCF I am excited for the coming weeks. This weekend Wes and I are going to Boone, NC to visit a couple of friends and go hiking in the Appalachians, then when we get back my grandparents and big sister will be in town for a few days. I am so excited to show them the Cola I have come to know and the Charleston that I have come to really love. When they leave Wes and I will pack up the townhouse and head to Charlotte for a night. I wanted to get to say goodbye to them and he needs to drop off his car before we make the loooong drive back to the midwest. I'm really glad that I'll have someone to ride with me this time. It got boring all by myself for 17 hours last time! Not to mention the fact that I'm to broke to spring for another book on CD.
When we get back to IA we'll be there for about a week before heading to Minneapolis. From there Wes will fly back to Charlotte and I'll be flying to New York. I'm going to be working for free (apparently the theme of my summer!) for him for a week. I am so excited to see Martin, Ali, Roxanne, and everyone else in NYC. It's going to be a lot of work but it's also going to be a lot of fun! I am especially excited to see Windmill Studios. I have loved looking at the pictures on facebook and I can't wait to see it in real life.
After NY I'll be heading back to MN, picking up my car, and heading off to Wisconsin for a little while. There was a GINORMOUS storm a few weeks ago and although I know that it's going to be a shock to see everything so different I am excited to go and help my grandparents haul brush and clean up. From the sounds of it the woods my family has grown up in are almost unrecognizable and it just about breaks my heart to think of how much worse it could have been. I'm just glad that the cabin was spared.
From WI I'll be heading back to Iowa City to spend one last night at home and then moving back to Ames for spirit week and recruitment. The end of my crazy schedule wont stop with the end of recruitment though. While everyone in Ames is partying the last day of summer away and getting ready for classes I'll be on my way to Denver, Colorado for William's wedding. I am so excited for Will and Kristin and I can't wait to celebrate their special day with them! The day after the wedding is my first day of classes so I'll be rushing back to Ames and start school on the second day of the semester.
It's going to be a crazy few weeks but I can't wait for any of it. It's going to be wonderful!
No pictures for you this time but I'll have some from hiking and the mountains soon!
