Ben dropped me off at home early-ish on Sunday night so that I could sleep and go to work fresh eyed in the morning. Orientation was fine and unexciting. Then my lead adviser escorted me and 3 Puerto Rican guys (*who were also co-ops*) to our respective departments. It was kinda funny because he essentially addressed all the boys as one and then was always making special exceptions for me! I apparently worked really far from where any of the others worked so my lead kept saying, “First we need to drop Piper off…” like I was a toddler! LOL! So I got settled in my new area. I say area because the room was essentially a temporary conference room with those folding walls. All the desks were just facing the same way and no one was talking. No one had personal stuff on their desks, only the computer and a bunch of papers.
The first week just consisted of me constant filling out forms and faxing them to weird places. For as much as this company relies on faxing for all it’s paper work, no one in my department knew where one was and much less how to use it. Granted almost everyone in my department is from a different country an is only here for work. But still…
The rest of the week was basically just me feeling bad that I wasn’t working. My super would come in and immediately go to meetings so I never saw her. But she gave me Friday off because she wasn’t going to be in and I had nothing to do. So I had a three day weekend! Ben took advantage of the opportunity of my free time and drove out to see me! This was his third straight weekend out in Rockford! We had such a good time! Friday we went shopping and found the local mall. It’s pretty nice and I plan on returning soon. On Saturday we went to the Burpee Discovery Museum! It was so cute! I say cute because it was definitely for a younger crowd but we had a good time anyway! Right next door to the “science center” was the history museum. This particular museum contains the most complete T-rex skeleton. It was a very nicely put together little museum. That night we went to famous Dave’s and I hadn’t been there in a really long time. It was so good …drool…yummmmmm. Sorry I phased out. Then on Sunday we went to IHOP and watch XXX. I love Vin Diesel, he is the only reason such a cheesy movie could be even cheesier but great. Sunday night we ate at Ben’s grandparents where there were these amazing tomato soup potatoes. After dinner we played a card game called manipulation where I was the grand winner! Yay!
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Stick in the mud
Not that I mean to be, but the Discovery Center and the Burpee museum are different. They just happen to be next door to each other
That was a most perfect weekend. It was weird to actually stay home in Ohio for a weekend. Revan was happy I did. He went spastic Saturday morning when I was still there.
I can’t wait to come out and see you again. I will be there, Friday, 6:30pm. You better be there to pick me up from the bus!
Was there an exclamation point at the end of every sentence in that last paragraph? Almost, I think. You’re too cute.