Day 04 (Fri., June 3)

I started work today. I walked into the office this morning already expecting to work. That's exactly how it went. After getting to know my boss and the rest of the staff in the newsroom I was sent out on my first assignment. The local junior high school is going under some remodeling over the summer. Next semester, it will be working as a ninth-grade only school because of the overflow of students at the local high school. It was fun getting to work. Since I have been busy with photo editor stuff at school and taking five courses, I didn't really have much time for a "real" job in the last three months. In fact, since I was freelancing in Dallas last fall and winter, I pretty much have not had a "real" job setting since last September. Today was kinda cool. I went into my assignment with open eyes. I was a little bit nervous, but that went away quickly. The photo above is of the gym at the school and its new floor. It was all shinny and stuff. However, going into the building was not all pretty. As soon as the custodian closed the door behind him and headed back to his interrupted lunch break, I was left alone in the gym. It was fine until I started hearing all kinds of noises. It was pretty creepy. I can hear basketballs bouncing. I can hear screaming - not loud. I can hear footsteps. I was a little concerned. Anyways, I forgot all about the noises and started shooting around. I wish I had a basketball to shoot some hoops. Oh well.

Tonite is Friday and I am stuck in the apartment - by choice. I didn't want to go out anywhere just yet. I want to relax and enjoy my new apartment. It's so comfortable and big that I really didn't want to do anything but lay in the hot tub and relax. I contemplated inviting some of my friends from Dallas to come over. However, this would have been a five-hour drive and I am sure they wouldn't be up for it. Besides, I will be out there later this month for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention in Fort Worth. I was lucky and got an internship with the NAHJ student project. I will be going over there to show what I can do. This is similar to the internship I did in New York City last year with the Society of Professional Journalists. So when I go there, I should have enough time to hang out with my old friends.

Another reason I didn't want to go out is because I have a busy weekend. I have four assignments in two days. Come back and see what I got myself into.

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