Today was the first intern cookout of 2012! Things were off to a bit of a slow start, with only a few interns making their way out around 11:45. You know what else was missing? The GRILL. Whoops! Joe realized around 10:30 that he never ordered the grill to be delivered thought he meant to. He called in a favor (and also requested a grill for the remainder of the weeks of the internship) and we were supposed to be good to go. 11:30 ticks by....11:45...12:00.... no grill! Around 11:50 Joe had called to ask where it was, and according to records it had been delivered at 11AM. This obviously was not the case, so they said they'd rush another one over and in the meantime everyone snacked on chips and pretzels. The volleyball net was up but it was so hot out no one was playing, until I asked the interns who were present to pretend to play something so I could get some good promotional pictures. Well they came up with something - it definitely was not volleyball - but I was able to get a few shots nonetheless:
And you can see the rest of them here.
The interns also started planning a game of Assassin to play amongst themselves. I'm not familiar with the logistics, but it involves Nerf guns and assigned targets. They all sounded pretty excited about it, so I'm willing to help make it happen (so long as it doesn't terribly interfere with them actually getting work done). I'm all about getting these kids invested in their summer and having a great experience that they'll want to talk about and look back on fondly, so why not? I know my favorite aspects of my high school internship here were the people, the laid back atmosphere, and the weekly volleyball, so if I can pass along and perpetuate some of those positive experiences with future interns, I think I've done my job.
The grill finally showed up around 12:10 - perfect timing for the fire to get hot just in time for me to leave. I am taking a half day today - so I'm out of here! (Sorry to have to miss the rest of the cookout!)
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