Wow, here we are again! It seemed like just yesterday Week 3 had begun. This week may not be as exciting as the previous weeks, but I can definitely tell you that I’m getting the full intern experience. I apologize in advance for my lack of pictures. After you read about my week, you'll understand that there wasn't anything too picture-worthy. Now presenting the week overview:
Monday Miracles
I was provided some relief when I found out President’s Day was a federal holiday, so no internship for me! Along with binge watching Friends, this day off also gave me time to start making the changes in my proposal that I talked about in my update post.
Wake Up, Wednesday!
It made me feel bad for ever laughing at Chandler Bing’s job as a...well, I still don’t know, but something to do with numbers. Yes siree, that was me, scoring more questionnaires and putting them in a spreadsheet. It’s a very big spreadsheet, I should take a picture of it some time to show you all. Oh, but then later I was given the awesome responsibility of double checking numbers. I was able to catch 3 or so mistakes, so basically I saved the data. You’re welcome!
TGI Thursday
I made it to the last day of the internship week, but there was nothing there to prepare me for the massive amounts of scanning I would be doing. Thank goodness the printer was in a room nearby, so I didn’t have to walk that far.
Ooh, story time! I was in the printer room waiting for some copies to print. In the copy room, there are also four desks in the room where people work. One woman at her desk turned to look at me and asked, “So are you a visiting doctor, Dr. Carlson?” I had to politely say that I was not a doctor, just an intern to Dr. Chong. I was super flattered that she thought I was a doctor. Dr. Carlson! It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
Then for the rest of the day, it was a mix of going to the printer to scanning subject’s files than returning to the computer to label each file (0393-1-001, 0393-1-002, etc.). Tedious work, but I was glad to be of service to Dr. Chong. Now, one need only find the file on the computer rather than rifle through a bunch of papers.
Part of the reason for putting these files into the computer is for Dr. Chong to be more organized for their move next week into a bigger office with more space. Her current office is like the old BASIS, so I understand why she's so excited to move. This brings me to my next point. Because I'll be helping the department move next week, I probably won't have anything new to bring to the table, so I just thought I'd warn you in advance. I'll keep you in the loop about how the changes in my proposal going. See you next week!
