I am hooked up in Denver...finally!

Hey guys-
Sorry for the delay, but it took me 2 days (and 5 hours in AT&T) to get my Internet situation figured out. I am here in beautiful Denver after a brutal 15 hour drive, which I did in one sitting. But I made it! For those who don't know here is my situation: I am staying in my friend from high school's grandma's basement with no Internet and no TV. Luckily I discovered a way to tether my phone to my computer to get the Internet to run so I am wired up. Here is the rundown since I've been here:
8:30 pm LA time- I started driving to CO. I planned on stopping along the way, but that didn't happen.
4:30 AM LA time- the sun began to rise over the red rocks in Utah and I was re-energized and decided to drive through the night
11:45 am Denver time- Rolled up to Jeannine (my host)'s house, unpacked, went grocery shopping, found a bar that plays Dodger games, etc.
11:00 pm Denver time- finally got to bed.

Day 1 on the job- I'm not going to lie, it was pretty boring. I signed a confidentiality agreement, so I am pretty limited in what I can write ;) I was basically shadowing a girl so I just watched her play on Facebook and occasionally make a call. I thought I had made a very poor choice after today, but things got better. After work, I spent 2 and 1/2 hours in AT&T trying to hook up my Internet, which still didn't work. Then I went and watched the Dodgers WIN so everything was ok.

Day 2- Much better. I finally had my own computer and own phone so I was able to be very productive. My duties entail mainly contacting people who have e-mailed/phones with questions and helping them the best that I can. Kinda fun and not very challenging, which is nice. Everyone in the office is very, very nice. I really like 3 of them, one of whom is from CA. So its nice to have another foreigner along with me. Thursdays, which was today, we have free intern lunches where the office orders in food for us and we get to listen to someone speak. This week it was the CEO of the Host Committee who told us all about how Denver started their bid for the convention. It was incredibly inspiring to hear how this woman simply wanted the convention so badly that she pretty much single-handidly did all the work to get it here. She didn't even really have the efforts of the Mayor! She is a very incredible woman and I am very fortunate to get the chance to work with here. After work-Went BACK to the AT&T store to get a phone I could use as a modem for my computer. Great success! I know have a blackberry (so if you have a pin send it to me!)

Day 3- Today was so good that I didn't even notice that hours had passed until my stomach started crumbling 5 hours into my day. I had to call businesses and make sure we had the correct name for them to be printed in our publications. Looking at the wording of that task it seems really monotonous, but it was actually kind of fun. The people in Denver are so UNBELIEVABLY nice that it was actually a pleasure to talk to them. The day flew by and after work I went out with some co-workers for dinner and drinks. There is another girl from SC here and its fun to deal with all these people from all over. Half of them are from Denver and the other half are like me, just here to help! Unfortunately, while we were at dinner 2 of my co-workers (the 2 I was closest to) found out that they were fired because of an e-mail that they accidentally sent around the office (again, confidentiality agreement!) so that put a damper on the night. But then I went on a wild goose chase to find my bar that plays the Dodgers (I eventually found it with the help of my new friend Johnny the bartender). I got there just in time to see the Dodgers lose :( but I did make 2 new friends! This was my 2nd time there and both nights I hung out with this guy Mike who is about 40 with 2 kids, also from Philly, and the bartender Johnny, who is very nice and funny but a bit off color. Mike invited me to come flying with him (he is in training to be a flight instructor) but I had to politely decline because of my leaning toward motion sickness. But seeing as how we both are now regulars at the College Inn because of their hot wings and MLB extra innings package, I'm sure I'll see them around.

Coming up: Tomorrow I am going to Boulder to see my girlfriend from high school who lives up here now. I am very excited! We are going to go hiking and then go out around the town at night.

Also, the Dodgers are coming into town around the 21st I think, which should help me be less homesick :) I am going to go to two of the games- 1 in good seats, 1 in the "Rock Pile" where tix cost about 4 bucks.

That's it for now. Please comment back and let me know your thoughts/questions/etc.

xo,
Jamie