Week 2 of Inside Government

Today, after an exhausting weekend, I headed to my internship. Today, another intern, Kayla, from EUSA, started. After finishing up a few calls from last week regarding obtaining contact information for those who were responsible for Green ICT for a particular company, I then was asked to revise the list and researching telephone numbers for companies with invalid numbers, contacts that were retired or no longer worked for the company, or people that were unavailable. Then I was asked to limit one contact per company. After I finished that task, I was asked to write a few more opening headers for emails for events in September and October.

It was finally time for lunch and I went to this Italian restaurant and ordered gnocchi.

After lunch, I was again on the phone, updating the database for Green ICT, but this time I was calling central government offices. Since the event is so specific, we must have the correct and appropriate delegates to receive information about this event. However, unlike before, I was not provided with a contact person, but instead had the office and phone number to start my calls.

One of my co-workers also suggested a website to get some great deals for trips.

I then headed home and took a brief nap and then headed to the store to buy a few things. I then emailed various companies (from the website that was provided) to see if any dates are available for various trips - hopefully I am lucky.

I noticed that since the UK is more north than the New York, the daylight hours are longer. Sometimes I wake up in the morning thinking that I am late to work when it is only 5:00 or 6:00 am. It gets dark around 10:30 / 11:00 pm.

I also feel that I am starting to fit into London society. People are asking me directions to various places, making sure that they are at the right tube station etc.

Cheers!