My first week as an intern at Deloitte was a success. This
week was mostly spent training and learning about Deloitte and their processes
for certain things. I met a lot of my fellow interns, most of which are from
the tri-state area. I was surrounded by some awesome accents all week! I was
also told I don’t really have an accent for being from Texas. I’ve never really
felt I had a strong accent but most of the time people up here can tell I’m
from the south. (I say y’all A LOT!) I also got a lot of shocked faces when I
told people I was from Texas. (When I followed that up with “I go to Texas
A&M” I either got an “Oh okay” or a Johnny Football comment, surprising
right?!) Many of them wanted to know what I was doing up here. I just explained
it was always my dream to live in NYC and now I’m getting to see if I could
actually do it. On the first day, we had a partner at Deloitte come and talk to
us and, as it turned out, he was an Aggie too! It was so crazy to me that I was
all the way up here and on Day One, I encountered another Aggie. I went and
spoke to him after we wrapped up that afternoon and he was so kind and
encouraging. There truly are Aggies everywhere!
All in all it was a good week, albeit an extremely
exhausting one! Going from being a college student who sleeps in until 9:00
most days and takes frequent naps, having to work 8:00-5:00 was perhaps the
most challenging part of the whole week! It takes some time to adjust to that
kind of schedule and because of that, I’ve been living a bit of a boring
existence, unfortunately. When I told my mom about how all I did the past week
was wake up, go to work, go home, eat dinner, go to bed, and repeat, she said, “Welcome
to adulthood!”
This week did allow me to get better acquainted with the
subway system here in New York. I also got to experience several rush hour
subway rides coming back from the Financial District. Getting on the subway at
Wall Street at 5:00 PM GUARANTEES you’re going to feel like a sardine in a
teeny tiny little can! I had several people in my bubble for several stops
until I was finally able to squeeze off the train and walk home. The first
overcrowded ride I had, there was an older man with sunglasses on and a bit of
a beer belly standing next to me. Pretty much the entire ride, his belly was up
against me and I couldn’t get away because I was surrounded on all sides! He didn’t
seem to really notice. I DEFINITELY noticed. I don’t like people in my bubble!
The next day was better, but I fear there are a lot of crowded subway rides in
my future. No doubt by the end of the summer, I won’t even mind it when an old
man’s beer belly is invading my space!
On Friday afternoon, all of the Deloitte interns had a
welcome event where we got to network with interns from different functions and
meet our advisors and counselors. It was a really fun time filled with
mini-golf, food, and conversation. Friday night I went to dinner to celebrate a
new friend of mine’s birthday. We went to a delicious Italian restaurant called
IL Cantinori that’s not far from my place. There was great conversation, yummy
food, and delicious cheesecake to end the night.
Yesterday one of my roommate’s and I spent the afternoon
shopping on 5th Avenue. We decided to make a pit stop at Magnolia Bakery, which is very
well-known for its delicious sweet treats. I got a red velvet cupcake, which was
divine, and a vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream, also delish. I would
recommend dropping in for a treat there! We did have to wait in a line outside
of the shop but it moved quickly. After we picked up our cupcakes, we went to Five Guys for burgers and fries. This
was my first Five Guys experience and
I quite enjoyed it! The burgers are really good, as are the fries!
June 14th also brought forth major milestones for two of my best friends since elementary school. One of them welcomed into the world a beautiful baby girl while the other got married to the man of her dreams. While I couldn't be there to celebrate these events with them, they were on my mind all day long! I am so happy for both of them and am so blessed to still have them both in my life.
Today the skies finally cleared from a week of rain and the
sun is shining! It’s truly gorgeous! I’m going to church later this evening at
St. Joseph’s, which isn’t far from my dorm. Tomorrow is the first day I will be
at the client’s office whose engagement I will be working on all summer. Due to
confidentiality, I will refer to my client as Company ABC. So, tomorrow is my
first day at Company ABC and I’ll be meeting the rest of the engagement team
there. I’ll get to begin doing actual audit work and really seeing what it
would be like to work in public accounting. It’ll be a long week but I’m
looking forward to it!
In all of my down time in the afternoons where all I want to
do is be lazy, I've been able to watch all three seasons of ABC’s Scandal. If you haven’t watched this
show, I would HIGHLY recommend it! The acting is incredible and the writing and
storylines are intense and, well, scandalous. Olivia Pope is a character every
girl would dream of being like, except for maybe the whole affair with the
married President part. I finished the third season this morning and now I’ve
got to pick a new show to watch. More details on what I choose to come next
week!
Also, Happy Father’s Day to my amazing dad! His constant
encouragement and support is what got me to where I am now. Love you, Dad!!!
I hope everyone has an amazing week! I’ll be writing up
something new next Sunday! Stay tuned!
With Love,
Alex
P.S. Here's a picture I took yesterday afternoon of the Freedom Tower. It's a beautiful thing to be able to look out of my window and see.
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