4 June 2009 - Almost One Week!

Today was rainy. I spent most of the day simply doing research on Spanish moss and its place in Southern culture. Yesterday, on the other hand, was quite exciting. To begin, it was my birthday! What better way to spend your 21st birthday than in Charleston, right?! It was a blast. I woke up to my dad calling at 7AM to wish me a happy birthday. Thanks, Daddy. At work, we rearranged the gallery. Mr. Hicklin recently bought a HUGE solid wood table, and for the past week, its just been sitting against the wall. Well, its actually been taking up the entire left wall of the gallery, so needless to say, it had to be moved. It took all of us in the gallery, including Meredith's brother, to get the move done. The table is now appropriately in the center of the room adorned with three beautifully hand carved wooden bowls. Shortly after, Taylor and the Roosevelts (Nick's parents) took me to a nice lunch at Slightly North of Broad (S.N.o.B). I had shrimp and grits, and it was awesome. They brought me out peach cobbler with ice cream and a candle. When I got back to work, I began putting together packets of information on the artists of the pieces sold earlier in the week. When we sell a piece, we put together a folder of all the information we have on the artist and send it to the client. This way, the owner has more information on the piece they've just acquired. Well, I got a call to come downstairs, and it turns out they had gotten me a cake! So, we all sat in the viewing room and ate vanilla cake with vanilla frosting (my favorite!). Meredith put three candles on the cake and said it was for the three days I'd been there. We all laughed. After work, Taylor invited me to Ben and Jerry's for ice cream. Overall, great day. I can't believe it's been almost a week since I got here! Tomorrow will be my fifth day in the office. I can't wait to finish out the week and see what the future has in store!

Things I am Thankful for Today:
Trevor
All the calls and birthday messages - thanks everyone!
The rain
My co-workers
My mom (thanks for the beautiful card!)
Jonathon
My free month trial of Netflix (thanks to Jane Harper I got to watch X-Men tonight)