And the work continues.. (& California tonight!!)

I'm blogging this right now on my lunch break. I've been eating healthier lately. I think it's because I'm buying my own groceries and cooking my own food so I'm sure to always have some sort of meat, vegetables, and grain in my meals for dinner. & Since I'm only one person, I can't afford to buy a huge variety of foods. I never thought I'd get healthier from having to cook.. Let's see. I'll break down what I had to eat this week (hopefully I can remember). Oh, and I've been eating a lot of Lunchables this week since I'm on the road a lot (and because my loaf of bread expired in the beginning of the week and I didn't want to buy another since I'm leaving soon).

Tuesday - Breakfast: Apple. Lunch: Lunchables. Nibblers. Water. Dinner: Steamed cauliflower, petite quiches, mashed potatoes, orange juice.

Wednesday - Breakfast: Apple. Lunch: Subway Melt & Tropicana lemonade. Dinner: White rice, scrambled eggs w/ cheese, onions, & steak.

Thursday - Breakfast: Scrambled eggs & cheese. Lunch: Lunchables, peach, water, mini pretzels. Dinner (this was for 2, and to get rid of all my groceries): Cooked ramen noodles with eggs, corn & ground beef, deep-fried fish (unhealhy, I admit), asparagus, orange juice.

Friday - Breakfast: Honey Bunches of Oats & milk. Lunch: mini bagel, tuna salad, yogurt-covered pretzels, snack pack, water. Dinner: TBD.

I'm not entirely sure why I chronicled all of that in such a detailed manner, but there you are. I wish I had pictures, but food, in general, is kind of boring.

On to work now! What have I been up to? Well, I've had one story published so far (http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/02/511338/devils-find-redemption-in-title.html), and I have four waiting in queue, but they should be out this week! Working in a newsroom is really interesting. It's not a 9-5 job at all. I knew that coming in, but I was surprised with the amazing flexibility, or perhaps, lack of.

Basically, the day goes like this: work on your story if you have one by interviewing people / waiting on interviews / working on other stories, reading emails that are sent to you from basically evey college/professional sport in the area to see if there are ideas, and following a team closely to find interesting stories. It can be really flexible in that there is a lot of down time just looking for and working on stories (that might just be because I'm an intern, though), but it's inflexible in that if there is an event, you have to be there to cover it. Oh, another thing. I'm on the road a lot -- I probably drive 30-80 miles a day, depending. It's great, though, I love it. I can't wait to get back and start covering game stories instead of just writing features (though those are tons of fun, too). Durham Bulls .. Bull City, here I come!!

Oh, & I'm leaving for California tonight for my birthday (yay, home!), so I'll try and actually have pictures in that post. Sorry about this one!!