final stretch

Welp, after 8 weeks, I'm headed into my final week in New York and at my Sports Illustrated internship. It's pretty bittersweet. While I am so not ready to give up this amazing, awesome, once-in-a-lifetime experience... I'm ready to go home for (10 days, eek!), relax with my family and dog, get out to the Cape for a beach day, explore Boston a little bit (now that I'm comfortable traveling on my own!) and catch up with some friends... hopefully even get up to my lake house in New Hampshire. Lots to do in such a short time. Then on Aug. 17 I'm headed back to Milwaukee with my mom to move into my new apartment and get settled back at Marquette. Never thought I'd be so excited to go back to Milwaukee, but I really am! I miss my best friends, good ol' Johnston Hall where I spend all my time working on the Journal and Tribune, professors... basically, I just miss knowing people I pass by on the streets. It's really something you don't know to appreciate.. being able to say hi to a few friendly faces on the way to class.

But, like I said, not so excited to leave the great summer I've had. Yeah me and New York have had our not so good moments, but overall it's been an exciting city to live in. The perfect transition from Europe back into real life at school. And the internship itself? Incredible. From all the ASME luncheons with editors, to the networking events, to getting my very own byline at SI and conducting numerous research interviews.... this has been the most worthwhile, positive experience. I've been walking in and out of the Sports Illustrated offices basically every day for two months. I am one lucky girl.

I'll rant more about my experience when Friday is all said and done with.

But in the meantime, here's what I'll be up to this next week:

Monday- work, work and more work
Tuesday- volunteered to go into work to help with the iPad stuff; networking event Tuesday night
Wednesday- Day off! So many things I want to do. Guggenheim? Met (again? I haven't even seen 1/4 of that place), Governor's Island, Brooklyn?; then a group of us want to see Zach Braff's play "All New People"
Thursday- Top of the Rock? I heard there are amazing views from up there. And then after work it sounds like a bunch of us at the office are going out! Should be fun!
Friday- waking up at the crack of dawn to see Nicki Minaj at Good Morning America's summer concert series; the ASME graduation lunch is at a super fancy restaurant called Remi; then the interns are getting dinner together at a delicious italian place next to our apartment
Saturday- Coney Island for the first part of the day, then packing up to go home!!

Lots to do and see. Crazy how time flies!

I'll update mid-week!