I’m Alive!!!

Please forgive me for my long hiatus from this blog. The day after my last update my wireless card bit the dust. Thankfully there was a recall on the wireless cards on my type of computer, so I got my card replaced for free. Unfortunately I had to send my computer to Tennessee for the repairs  so it’s been gone for a few weeks.

But now it is back, good as new and very clean.

It’s hard for me to even remember what all has been going on lately. I’ll try to recap, but I’m sure I’ll forget something.

Work has been going well. I’ve been busy working on a bunch of different stories. Several of them have been section centerpieces and one of them ran A1 ( front page of the Dispatch). I’ll try to post some links later on.

I’ve been enjoying all the reporting and writing I get to do. It’s hard to believe I’ve been there seven weeks. But then again it’s hard to believe it’s August. Summer is flying by.

As for my social life, nothing very eventful has happened since I last posted.  After spening the weekend celebrating my roommates birthday with some OU friends, I worked for 14 days straight and then went home last weekend. After that very long two weeks, it was nice to chill out and see my family.  Hopefully this weekend I’ll be able to do something fun.

The job hunt kind of came to a screeching halt once my computer died, although, now that it’s back, I can continue.  Hopefully my new computer will bring me good luck.

I wish I had more to report, but I guess my life has been boring lately. Hopefully I will have more interesting adventures to share later.

Sad Stories…

These last few days at work have been productive, but man have they been depressing. I’ve been interviewing people whose relatives have dementia and don’t remember them. I spoke to a man whose wife died of cancer.  And tonight I had to go to a support group for children whose parents were sick or dying. It was heartbreaking.

Ultimately my stories will be positive. The story about demensia will be about Alzeimers support groups and the people  who organize them. Hopefully it will encourage more people to seek help. The other story is about a healing garden that’s used by a children’s support group ( the one I went too tonight). I’m sure that one will raise awareness about the support group program and more people will use the garden.

But as a reporter who is supposed to be objective, it’s very difficult not to get emotional during these types of interviews. I guess I need to look on the bright side. An article I wrote  about a calendar that’s being sold as a fundraiser fo cancer survivors was published today. I’ve already gotten several emails from reader who will probably buy the calendar and support the cause.I’m sure the reaction for the other two will be similar.

I just have to keep those kinds of things in mind as I write those stories tomorrow.  Hopefully I will get happier stories next week.

In other news, this weekend a bunch of Posties are coming to C-bus for my roommate’s birthday. It should be a very fun weekend. I can’t wait.

That’s pretty much all I’ve got. I’ve been working a lot this week. So not many adventures to report. But who knows what the weekend will bring.

A Patriotic Weekend

Happy Monday to all. I will admit that after the nice long weekend,it was tough to go back to work.  But once I got in I was busy all day, so time went by quickly.

I had a really nice weekend with David. I left Thursday after work and got to Athens around 8.  I stayed at David’s Thursday and I  brought him back to Columbus Friday for the imfamous  Red White and Boom.  The hype was definitely worth it. It was one of the coolest fireworks shows I’ve ever seen.  Even though we walked 3 miles there and 3 miles back, it was worth it.

Saturday we went back to Athens for “Thunder in the Valley” the Nelsonville Fireworks show. Which I enjoyed.  Sunday afternoon I headed back to C-bus.  It was strange being back in Athens, knowing I wouldn’t be coming back in the fall. But it was great to see  David and I got to eat some of my favorite college foods, Casa Lopez, Big Mammas and Union St. Diner.

Sunday I spent most of  the day getting ready for work  on Monday and did some job applications.

Today at work I did a bunch of interviews. Unfortunately it seems they’ve got me on the depressing medical beat for now because I’m writing stories about cancer and Alzheimers. These interviews are getting to me.  But I’m also writing about hip hop dance and ladies baking cakes at the county fair. So I guess it evens out.

I’m sure I will have more exciting updates later.  But for now I am off to bed. I am attaching some lovely fireworks pictures I took with my Nikon Cool Pix camera.

Short week

Thanks to the 4th of July I have a four day work week. I don’t get paid for Friday, but I have the day off, so I’m heading to Athens for see the boyfriend. I’m heading down there tomorrow night after work bringing him back here for the fireworks in C-bus. Then I’m heading  to Athens to hang out and see the fireworks in Athens.

It will be strange to be in Athens knowing the only connection I have to the place now is my boyfriend and a small number of friends still in college.  But I’m still excited for the trip.

This week at the Dispatch started out slow  with lots of busy work. I was making calendars and lists and doing man on the streets. But today I got assigned about five stories, which should keep me busy for the next week.

Hopefully all the stories I wrote last week will run soon. I’m getting antsy to see my name in the paper again.

In other news,  yesterday we had a Postie Alumni Reunion at a Columbus Clippers game. Even though I don’t really like baseball, Huntington Park was a very nice stadium. Afterwards I spent some time in the Arena District, which I had never been to before.  Today  I explored the Ohio Supreme Court building with some of the other features interns and my aunt and her husband took me to German Village for dinner.

Slowly but surely I’m seeing more of the city.

I probably won’t be blogging until after the 4th, but I’m sure I’ll have plenty to tell when I get back.