~ Domestic Dimanche ~ The Science of Homelessness

So, pretty much the biggest thing in my life right now is I work here! *points down*

St. Louis Science Center!

Well, ok, I intern but that doesn't mean I don't work, it just means I don't get paid. I actually don't mind though because I'm really, really enjoying it which, quite honestly, I didn't think I would. I'm working in the Research and Evaluations department as a Visitor Studies Intern. This basically means, I'm doing lots of data entry from visitor surveys as well as getting out on the floor and handing out comment cards. Yes, I know, this sounds horrible doesn't it? BUT IT'S NOT! It's actually really fun and entertaining. There is probably something wrong with me if I enjoy coding but oh well! I was so worried I would be stuck all summer doing something I hated but now I'm really just relieved. All the people I work with are super nice and really fun.

Also, this is the guy that guards my office. That triceratops deserved it for trying to access private files.

 Also, fun perk is that I'm encouraged to explore the museum whenever I want to. The other day they ran out of stuff to do so I got to go look at the Star Trek exhibit which, despite my never having watched more than clips of that show, I really enjoyed. They had a lot of neat props and costumes from the show as well as some cool information about the technology of Star Trek and how close we are to making it happen. If any of you guys are in the STL area I would definitely recommend stopping in before it leaves after Memorial Day. Also, every Saturday they're playing the new Star Trek movie in the omnimax. How cool is that? I am also encouraged to go see all the omni shows so I can take a nice 45 minute break and watch some adorable polar bear babies. Quite relaxing!

The other, more troublesome, thing that I have going on right now is I'm essentially homeless! I finally got to move out of the crappy student apartments and I will be moving into my own...next week. So that means until then all of my stuff is neatly piled into boxes and wedged in my mom's apartment. Oh how I hate living out of a suitcase but I've done it often enough, I'm a suitcase pro. On top of that, last weekend I packed up all the stuff in my room at our actual house so I officially have nowhere to call my own for the next couple of days. It was a little saddening actually, I didn't really expect it to affect me as much. Though, by the end I was about ready to throw all my belongings in the garbage if it meant I didn't have to pack another box. We're back again this week to clean up some more stuff for my parents but that should be the last of it. I'm looking forward to some more relaxing weekends later on this summer.