As July came to a close, I conveniently realized that there was only a couple days left before the tag on my car expired. I never really had to worry about that because my mom would always take care of it or I would already be in Georgia for the entire summer to handle it. I really should have took care of this all the other times I was home, but of course I chose to wait unitl the last possible minute. And this posed a major problem since I definitely still needed to get around, but didn't want to risk getting pulled over. So my mom comes to the rescue, and drives my car down to Atlanta, gets my emissions test and tag, and brings it right back up all in time before I had to be at my internship! So my panic is gone, and even though I had to virtually beg my mom to do this, that's one of the downfalls of going to school out of state. All those amenities and resources that used to be so close and convenient are now far away and a hassle. But like anything, proper planning and a family that cares will help you get through it all.

On Wednesday, I saw Batman: The Dark Night movie with my Godbrothers and thought it was actually pretty good. I knew it was going to be real intense, but I got through it and enjoyed it. Right after I picked up my friend Bever-leigh so that we could go to my other friend's Victoria Secret focus group. She's a marketing major and an intern with VS and every week they host events to get different girl's opinions on their products. It was held at this restaurant called Lindey's in the German Village part of Columbus (lindeys.com). There was about 15 girls there, and like I had anticipated, it was a little uncomforatble sitting around a dinner table sharing our likes and dislikes about underwear, but it got better after the first hour and we moved on to discussing pajamas and swimsuits. Randomly, Mayor Coleman busts in the room on accident, and says he was looking for the bathroom. So we told him this was a Vickie Secret group, and he says, "Well maybe I am in the right room!" But eventually he left, and everyone got giftcards for being a part of the group.

The next day at my internship, I went out with the Sports reporter, Jerrod Smalley, for a change. We covered a big Golf Tournament, and it was quite interesting even though I would normally find the sport a tad on the boring side. The angle was on this particular golfer, who was battling cancer so even though we were closely watching the game, our goal was to develop the story of this man who was still pursuing his dream despite the odds. We interviewed his son, who was his caddy, and even though he didn't win, we still had this story of a golfer's road to triumph. We had to be so quiet in between each hole, which I guess is necessary for the game, and we also had to walk around this vast course, and that just had to be the day I decided to wear heels! But at the end, all the press and the golfers got to eat in this VIP lounge, and the food was so good.
We went to the Red Cross next to get footage of the empty shelves since they obviously wanted to send out a message that they needed more blood donated and fast. It was weird how all these blood packets were stored in freezers like at the grocery store.

On Friday, after we went to this daycare to show Shigellosis prevention tips, we went to this restaurant called Pei Wei by Polaris mall to celebrate the reporter, Mikaela Hunt's 30th birthday.

She told me of how she's been at 3 news stations and married a fellow-reporter (also at NBC4), and has done a lot prior before hitting the big 3-0. The photog with us payed for our meal, and once again, we ate good. But it kinda made me think of all the things I would like to accomplish before turning 30. I think I would like to be at a nice news station in a warm state, have my own business set up, and then I can think about marriage.

Saturday was such a long day for me at NBC 4. I was interviewing people at the Rib fest all afternoon in the great summer heat, then I went to the crime scene where this 20-year old got shot, and next it was a job fair at this Church, then a benefit for 2 missing OSU students, and the last story of the day took me all the way to Newark, Ohio where a fisherman almost drowned, so we didn't even get back till way after 9pm. And I actually started adding Sundays to my intern schedule so right after Church, I made my way right back to the studio to get some more experience.