Sunday, June 29, 2008

Training

     So, I have successfully begun my EY internship. On Wednesday I joined 33 other interns at the Seattle office for orientation! We were given our computers and 10 Keys, as well as business cards. At 5 we took off for Santa Clara, CA were we joined the rest of the interns from the PNW for Firm Wide Orientation. It basically was a rally for EY! Now, being a former cheerleader, I loved this! BUT- the greatest part of the trip was getting to meet Mike Holmgren at the San Jose airport! I just have to say I have never been more thankful for being from Seattle-San Jose is like an 80's time warp. Seriously.

There were a ton of presentations at the orientation. The biggest part was about how to use our computers. Kinda boring, but Same Time (EY intranet instant message) is awesome! All of the Seattle interns got along, which is great. Ask any of us if we are beamin! We flew back on Friday evening after a long few days. Then on Saturday seven of us got together for lunch at Agua Verde to go kayaking! We kayaked all the way past Gasworks in Lake Union. It was the perfect day for kayaking. The sun was actually out in Seattle, and it was 85 degrees. When does that ever happen?

Today I was given a tour of UW campus by my intern friend Kendra. I must say it was pretty painful, being a Coug and all! She had been giving me a hard time all week about being a Coug, so I thought I should see this "great" school called UW. I'll admit, UW is beautiful. There is this huge fountain and you can see Mt. Rainer from campus. We ended up walking around for about 4 hours. It was great to get out in the sun again. Seriously, this weather is more like Tri-Cities than Seattle! Finally, Kristina and I went to Mass at Blessed Sacrament in the U District.  

Well, I better get going, but I start actual training tomorrow! Wish me luck!

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