Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Same as Always
This week was one of the mythic three school day conference week that is held every midterm. It as always, was awesome, but I get an added treat because I now am an intern-- I get two whole days of work. Don't get me wrong, this prospect excited me just as much as the next intern, but I had business to take care of on Friday. So I had a normal week of scanning and drinking apple cider Monday through Wednesday, and Thursday I had a full 8 hour day accompanied by my poorly prepared lunch. The meal tasted like success... hasty success. Then on Friday I took a day off work for the second time in my life. This post was basically just a wordy digression on a very uneventful week.
Friday, October 14, 2011
A Painful Leap
Same old grind on scanning, but two major milestones were reached today:
-First, because of the lack of school on Friday, I had my first full day of work in my lifetime. It was a very long eight hours, but there was a definite sense of accomplishment as I walked out the door about 70 dollars richer. Money is not everything, but it definitely makes you feel good regardless. However, I am not quite sure that I can stand too many full days in a row. Being an adult is tough.
-Secondly, (this will be much less salient to most other humans) I have scanned my first mega uber large sheet of paper. If I recall correctly, it was like a 30x48in piece of paper. It was the most impressive thing that I had seen all week. And yes, I was able to fold it seven times.
-First, because of the lack of school on Friday, I had my first full day of work in my lifetime. It was a very long eight hours, but there was a definite sense of accomplishment as I walked out the door about 70 dollars richer. Money is not everything, but it definitely makes you feel good regardless. However, I am not quite sure that I can stand too many full days in a row. Being an adult is tough.
-Secondly, (this will be much less salient to most other humans) I have scanned my first mega uber large sheet of paper. If I recall correctly, it was like a 30x48in piece of paper. It was the most impressive thing that I had seen all week. And yes, I was able to fold it seven times.
Mixing it Up
As stated during last week's blog, I was planning to spend another week on the ArcMAP project, but my plans were foiled-- as it turns out, this week was the fabled job change week for Connor Weeks and me. So on Thursday, I believe, we both taught eachother our new jobs for the next month, with him explaining consisely and helpfully, and I fumbling and forgetting many things. And then the deed was done: ArcMAP was now in his hands, and scanning was in mine. The future is bright.
My new job is quite simple really, and is the same job held by countless interns around the world. I have a massive shelf in my new cubicle filled with papers, and it is my job to take out projects out of the pile piece by piece, scan them, and then save them in their correct home on the city database. I then turn from the computer and sigh as I take another small chunk out of the pile. Rinse, lather, repeat.
My new job is quite simple really, and is the same job held by countless interns around the world. I have a massive shelf in my new cubicle filled with papers, and it is my job to take out projects out of the pile piece by piece, scan them, and then save them in their correct home on the city database. I then turn from the computer and sigh as I take another small chunk out of the pile. Rinse, lather, repeat.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
One Step at a Time
This week was largely uneventful. As predicted, the deadline of October 1 for the ArcMAP project did not get done in time, so I am spending one next week on that as well, and then will hopefully be done for good.
Because nothing too major has passed in the last week, I will just tell about what the public works department of the City of Olathe (the one I work for) does overall. The department consists of 7 divisions, Administration, Environmental Service, Field Operations, Infrastructure Management, Planning Services, Strategic Services, and Solid Waste. I myself will probably be a floater between divisions depending on what needs help, and I am not quite sure if my current job applies to any of those divisions. Nonetheless, in general the public works department is largely about keeping city project blueprints and plans on the records, as well as doing plenty of customer service for whatever problems average people may have.
I most certainly did not do that description justice, but I still do not know too much myself about the public works department, so perhaps in the future I can offer a more complete description of my workplace.
Because nothing too major has passed in the last week, I will just tell about what the public works department of the City of Olathe (the one I work for) does overall. The department consists of 7 divisions, Administration, Environmental Service, Field Operations, Infrastructure Management, Planning Services, Strategic Services, and Solid Waste. I myself will probably be a floater between divisions depending on what needs help, and I am not quite sure if my current job applies to any of those divisions. Nonetheless, in general the public works department is largely about keeping city project blueprints and plans on the records, as well as doing plenty of customer service for whatever problems average people may have.
I most certainly did not do that description justice, but I still do not know too much myself about the public works department, so perhaps in the future I can offer a more complete description of my workplace.
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