halfway??

i am starting my 4th week of work...crazy! at the end of this week i'll be halfway done. it's definitely starting to feel more like i work there now, rather than just being a visitor or something! we have been sewing care/content labels into a lot of pieces for most of last week & today. at first i was less than thrilled about doing that, but now i kind of like it. it seems to make the day go quickly.

this past weekend we went to santa monica beach-it was awesome :) i cannot wait to take kameron there this weekend. i also tried surfing while we were there. so hard!! i didn't even make it to the standing position. the water was freezing though, so i wimped out pretty fast. i know why all the surfers you see on tv are so ripped now though, it's definitely a workout. we also went to this delicious little restaurant in santa monica, and then walked around the 3rd street promenade. there were a ton of fun shops, and we even got to watch a dance crew perform in the middle of the street! yesterday we went out for breakfast and to the grove. its a huge outdoor shopping center. for breakfast we went to a vegan restaurant (kristina is vegan, and there are a ton of vegan places around here). it was reallllly good :) and i even got brave and tried her "bacon" that looked like a cracker. it tasted just like the real thing, so weird.

i am beginning to wonder where los angeles gets all of these crazy people from? riding the bus to and from work everyday is definitely building character haha. every day i see something different or have a different experience. and the people walking around are something else too. almost everyone has been nice so far though, so i am thankful for that :)

this may not be my last post for the week! i doubt i'll have anything too exciting to report (if anyone even reads this anymore!), but i am trying to keep myself busy this week, so that i don't think too much about kameron getting here on friday! i cannot waaaait! and also, my birthday is monday...so if you are reading this, feel free to send gifts! just kidding :)

later gators!

xoxo-e

beginning week 3

wow i can't believe that tomorrow i'll be starting my third week of work! last week went by really quickly, and i am hoping the rest will go by quickly too! i really miss home.

at work this week, we started to go through our damaged items to see if we could fix them and sell them at a lower price. it's kind of fun! we get to do whatever we want to the clothes to fix them, and it's fun to see the end result. i think we are going to continue doing that this week, and then we'll see what else happens!

yesterday kristina, her friend, and i went to laguna beach. it was so fun! the beaches were gorgeous and the town of laguna beach was adorable! i thought it would be a big town, but it was actually very small and artsy. there were a bunch of little shops and people playing live music outside. we spent almost the whole day outside in the beautiful weather. unfortunately i got sunburnt, but luckily it's mostly better today :)

this coming weekend the program is going to santa monica. i am really excited, because i have heard awesome things about it and seen some really good pictures. they're offering surfing lessons while we are there, so maybe i'll try that out too.

other than that, i don't really have anything to share! i am anxiously awaiting kameron's arrival, but that's still almost 2 weeks away! so in the mean time, i will have to find something else to focus on.

love :)

e

the first week is over!

well it sure has been a tiring week! but i am glad that it's over and it's the weekend.

like i said before, i am working on a necklace at work, which is what i did for most of the rest of the week. supposedly when it's done, we are sending it to china to be put into production! that would be really cool. i also got to sit in on a fit session, where a model tried on all the samples to see if there were any issues with how the garments fit. it was very interesting, and showed me how much more work goes into clothes than what people think. i also was asked to go out and run errands in my boss's porsche. lets just say that i am terrified of driving in los angeles, because they have the worst traffic in the country (fact), and it was even more terrifying to be driving my boss's expensive car. i panicked and had to go back early because i got lost, but luckily she wasn't mad. at the end of the week we had a meeting to review my performance, and she said i was great! and then she let me pick out a garment to take off of the rack :) so i officially own a meghan fabulous dress!

last night, my roommate kristina took me to a comedy club called the laugh factory. apparently dane cook is a regular there (he wasn't there last night, dang!), and it was pretty fun. i was glad to be able to get in bed though! unfortunately i didn't get to sleep in this morning, because i had to run in to work quick, and then we boarded a double decker bus for a tour of los angeles & hollywood. we learned some really interesting stuff! we stopped at grauman's chinese theater to check out the area. i took a few pictures on the walk of the stars, and got the #1 most photographed star (michael jackson), and the #2 (marilyn monroe). that was pretty cool. cindy crawford also happened to be there handing out lemonade, which was weird. we ate lunch at a restaurant called ketchup, and it was very cool. the inside is all white and red, and very modern.

tomorrow i plan on sleeping in a little and doing some laundry. i have to recharge myself for the next week of work!

miss you :)

e

ps-kameron is coming to visit! wahooo!

almost friday!

i have finished my third day as an intern! and it's almost friday-wahoo! i am so exhausted from working, and i have no idea why. but i'll be able to get some sleep soon enough!

tuesday was my first day at meghan fabulous. i was a little discouraged at first, because we mainly just hung up clothes from the trunk show and counted beads. thousands and millions of beads. there is one other girl from the program that is an intern with me, so it's nice to have someone to work alongside.

wednesday i got to have a one on one meeting with meghan about goals and things i would like to do throughout my internship. i told her i'm really interested in jewelry, and the next thing i know, she has assigned me a project. so currently i am working on the worlds coolest necklace :) we also got to go out into downtown with the design assistant and see the showroom and some of the places where meghan gets trims and beads. it was pretty cool!

today i mostly worked on my fabulous necklace. we had a fit session for fall samples, and it was awesome to see how that works.

apart from actually working, i haven't gotten a chance to see LA yet! i leave around 8 for work (i have to ride the public bus-yikes!), and then by the time i get home i run to the cafeteria and eat, and then just relax because i am so worn out! this weekend we are getting a tour of hollywood though, and some girls and i are talking about going to a beach on sunday. also-there are some freaks here. i guess i should have expected that, but some people are just crazy!

i will update again soon :) love from LA!

xoxo

e

arrival in los angeles

Well I am finally here. I feel like I have been up for days traveling, but really I've only been up since 3. I am already counting the days until I come home. I think I will get used to it more, but I'm feeling basically the same way I did when I got to Italy-already homesick. Probably because I have never been away from Kameron for longer than like 10 days. Pathetic, I know. But oh well, I will figure it out.

So far all I have done is unpack my stuff (into my nasty apartment), go to lunch, and grocery shop a little bit. We have a "welcome dinner" later on tonight, and then tomorrow is orientation. I start my internship on Tuesday, and just found out I have to ride the bus there. I should not be trusted to figure out a bus route in Ames, let alone Los Angeles. It'll be interesting. Let's hope that I make it to work and back safely & without getting lost.

That's all the lovely details I have for now, I'll probably write again after I have my first day at work :)

xoxo

e