Tomorrow I begin my new internship for 2 months at Stifel, Nicolaus, and Company downtown, across from the Edward Jones Dome, where I will be writing ASP code and database applications. But even before I've started, it has already made drastic changes to my lifestyle.

For the past week or so, I've been forcing myself to wake up early in the morning, say 8:00 or so, even over the weekend. This is because the workday will start for me at 8 AM tomorrow and every weekday from now until the end of July. I'll be taking the Metrolink to work every day, just like a real commuter, so that means I'll have to wake up before the sun at 6:30 in the morning. Every weekday. Until August. So I've been training myself for the past week to get up early, and I think my body is rejecting it.

I also went shopping for clothing the other day, for the first time in almost two years. Because I have not changed in height since 7th grade, I am able to purchase clothes and wear them basically forever. This means I only have to get new clothes when styles change, and since I usually don't pay much attention to being fashionable, I end up never buying clothes. However, my internship requires that I dress in a businesslike fashion, so I stocked up on dress shirts and dress socks for the upcoming weeks. Because I don't know how to iron, I figured I could just buy lots of shirts and then have the dry cleaners wash them for me. I still need some more ties though, so if anyone knows of a good place to get cheap ties, let me know (ties do not need to be stylish, but they should not be those rope ties that they wear in Texas, nor should they be neon colors).

But anyway, it's getting late. 9:00 PM for you guys translates to about midnight for me. It's time to get ready for bed...