Day 1: Adjusting

Day 1

Today’s my first full day in San Diego and it’s been a day of adjusting. Adjusting to the time difference, adjusting to my living situation, adjusting to a new place of work, meeting new people…and trying not to get too overwhelmed from all this adjusting, I kind of underestimated how different life out here would be.

So far I haven’t done too much for my internship. We listened to a presentation over someone’s research (which kind of reminded me of going to Honors Seminar) and then I did a lot of sitting around because they weren’t exactly ready for me yet which was fine. After meeting everyone though, I kind of feel out of place, with everyone being scientists and all. I was briefly shown the main things I’ll be working on, which is more the game design, character designing and animating (and do they need a person who knows art, seriously their graphics are in serious need of help). I think part of it is that it’s my first day in a place where everyone else knows each other, but I’m still in the state of “ahhh! What am I doing here? What did I sign up for?”

~Lauren