Web Pages and Macys

I made a killing at work today. I was on a roll. In fact, I was getting so much work done that I almost didn't want to leave. Almost.

This whole 9-5 thing (or in my case, 10-6) has taken some getting used to. At first I hated it, feeling stifled and cramped and boooooorrrreeedd. Sitting in front of the computer for so long was hurting my eyes, and after eating lunch, I would feel so drowsy that I'd have to take a nap before I went back to work. But I didn't fall asleep today. I didn't even need a nap or coffee break. I have decided that its because I finally feel like I am doing something. Now that things are getting accomplished and I am, as my mom would say, emotionally invested in what I am doing, things are moving right along and I am actually enjoying myself. I definitely couldn't do this for a living, but its not so bad for a summer job.

Throughout the day, I kept thinking that I had only made three web pages and that I needed to make at least seven or eight more pages to finish the project. But in reality, I have already made at least thirty web pages (3 main web pages + at least 8 smaller pages linked to them).

It took me all day to make the three main pages and their smaller pages. I did the math, and it took me an average of two hours per page group. That seems too long to me. Of course, thats not really counting the nice long lunch break we had with Andy and Peter. We all had either brought our lunches with us or ordered them in, and the four of us (the two guys and us two interns) sat around the board room table and chatted. Andy told us all about the history of Manhattan, which is really fascinating. It was the first time I had ever thought of New York City as anything other than a tourist town frozen in one loud, flashy place forever. But Andy and Peter (and Louis), who have worked in NYC for over twenty years (10+ in this specific office), have seen firsthand all the changes the place has undergone and has numerous stories about all the different areas and hotspot around town.

After work, I walked home for dinner with the nuns and then headed out again with a friend. We went to Macy's, the world's largest department store, with seven stories of shoes and clothes for both men and women. At first we browsed around some of the clothing sections, but when we found that the clothes on the sale racks didn't get cheaper than $40 (and even then, only the positively ugly shirts were that cheap), we moved to the shoes. Because sadly, I am still in search of the perfect pair of brown flats (despite having looked for them in almost every single shoe store I have passed by while here). I will find them, however. Do not despair. Fate dares not meddle with a determined shopper.