from Hays to Haysville

First post in a long time. As my cousin Inigo once said, "Let me esplain, no, that will take to long. Let me sum up."

I graduated magna cum laude from FHSU three weeks ago. I went St. Louis for a graduation party that was not my own. I visited my grandpa’s grave and saw my grandma cry for the first time since his funeral. I worked my last day at the GBS for a season and convinced my favorite coworkers to watch Napoleon Dynamite. I went to the most beautiful and enjoyable weddings with a couple of my favorite companions. We spent four in western Kansas before we even made it to CO. We had a fabulous time at the wedding and an even better time at the dance. We got home to Kansas at 4:30ish and left for Wichita at 7 p.m. I'm actually staying in Haysville.

My first morning at SHS was wild! After having been here for almost three hours and I had sat in a chair and waited for instructions for 45 min., attended my first Zinc team meeting, had my cubicle moved, got a new computer in my new cube, had a meeting on a project, met two other interns, got lost finding my desk, and wished I had packed some pictures to make it seem more like home! This afternoon I met with the other interns to work on our first project, got lost looking for the supply room, and perused magazines for good ads. Oh yeah, and my cubicle mate, Shawn, showed us how to scan. Which I could have figured out with my eyes closed. The hardest part would have been finding scanning room. Have I mentioned what a maze it is here? A-MAZING. Literally.

I have met at least 30 different people and have reintroduced myself to at least three. That’s not such a bad percentage, but doesn’t stifle the embarrassment. I shook hands with two managing partners. Then I asked them what they did and felt kinda dumb for not know that they were the bosses. Oh well.

I have decided since everyone who comes to introduce him/herself knows that I am the copywriter that the goal of my blogging this summer will be to improve my writing.. I have learned that within SHS graphic designers and copywriters are collectively referred to as “creatives” to help people begin understand that both jobs must exist simultaneously. So I have decided that for future reference, but summer title will be “Creative with an emphasis in words.”

I am very homesick right now. But if God wants a painting business, He should do the leading and we should do the work. Right, Damien?