Update #1

On Monday I began my internship at Areopagitica.
Rebecca was very sweet and helpful, and she led me around the store again, telling me about the different sections and asking if I might have any questions. She's really such a sweet woman. That first day I was introduced to cleaning books, and I sat back in the chair, cleaning the books patiently and smiling to myself as a million thoughts ran through my head, as they always do. I was still quite angry at my parent's for never coming to get me for school, nor informing me that they would not be coming to get me so I'd know I would have to walk. I was upset, because I was sure everyone at Graham would think I was a complete flake.

Alas, alas.
Rebecca asked me how I was feeling, and I said I was actually feeling much better and I thanked her for asking, since most people wouldn't have remembered or bothered. It's nice to know that some people in the world still care. The day went by very quickly, as I sat and cleaned book after book, and Rebecca told me about how its very important to address every customer who comes in the store with a smile. I am generally pretty used to this, having been a hostess at two well known restaurants in St.Augustine, and then I worked at Mad4Mod for a short time as well, where that was equally important. When Doug came in, the two of them holding hands lovingly, I got up and shook his hand. We then all sat down and began to discuss my schedule; when would I have my five hours of writing?

They provided the option of splitting it up throughout the week, or just writing for five hours on Tuesday. I decided that Tuesday would be ideal, and after confirming that it was alright, we decided that that would be the best idea. At five on the dot I got up and gathered my stuff, thanking them for a great first day. It really was such a nice way to start the internship, and I admit, it is so very lovely being around all those books and such nice people. I can't quite say that I know where all the sections are yet, but I did get a chance to try and learn all of them by running over the shelves with a dust rag. I really do find books fascinating, and I wanted to pick up every other book from the shelf and flip through it, but, thankfully, I managed to restrain myself.