I'm going to interview Paula Deen from the Food Network! She's coming to the Delaware State Fair July 23 and we are going to do a story on her before then. I'm excited--my first celebrity interview, and with the queen of deep-fried, butter-soaked comfort food. Love her.
My crazy week is just about over. I'm in the process of finishing my third story this week. So exhausting. I've been learning so much about how to manage my time and get what I need, though. It's becoming less stressful for me to just get on the phone and figure everything out with people.
I'll be glad to put this wallpaper story behind me, and I finished the manicure story really quickly today to get it out of the way. My story on Forgotten Cats Inc. is becoming a hassle because the contact had some trouble getting back to me. I finally have all the photo requests in order, thank goodness. It will be nice to have a little break next week, but I can't really call it a break since I'll be training for another job all day. I've just become so used to being here, even if I leave at 2.
I introduced myself to another intern today that sits near me, since we all don't really know eachother. He's from Louisiana. I can't believe coming so far to work in Delaware. Maybe I've missed out on the allure of this state since I've been here my whole life. But hey, it has its moments. I'm certainly discovering more of it by working here, and also discovering, by way of reader phone calls, how many angry people are in this universe--I got an insane call earlier from a woman in response to my self-defense story. She didn't want to gripe about my story, she actually said it was informative, but just wanted to talk to me for 20 minutes about how her daughter was on trial for swatting at a guy at a bar who was physically harassing her. She was nice, but the conversation had nothing to do with anything I could possibly do to help her. Sigh. There's got to be a way to get out of those kinds of calls without blatantly smashing the receiver down...
Can't wait to talk to Paula and for all the other things coming up!
That's very cool about Ms. Deen. Is there any dish where she DOESN'T use butter? That's what I want to know.
ReplyDeleteThe way to get out of those calls is to say - I'm so sorry to interrupt you, but I have to go to this meeting at XXX. So I appreciate you reaching out but I have to let you go now.