Wellll now...

I am very happy to be here. Yes, with travel I work 11-hour days, but my name is going to be in the newspaper this week. Finally, I am published. It is only a little paragraph, but that's more than most high schoolers can say. I realized that in Columbus, people would be virtually attacking The Sunday Paper with requests to work for them. I am extremely lucky to have this opportunity. Yes, the four hour commute everyday is a bore, but I am actually doing journalism! That is so great. That's all I've wanted to do since I decided I wanted to become a reporter in 7th grade. I never thought I would be seriously doing it in high school. My boss, Editor-in-Chief Kevin Moreau, asked me what I'm interested in. I told him I loved fashion, music, reading, and that I would love to write about those things. He is setting up a meeting with the writer who covers those sections. I AM SO HAPPY I DID THIS. People at SP keep asking me how I found them. I literally put "newspapers near Buford, GA" into google and this was the only place I emailed that responded. And I'm pretty sure that so far it's the best thing that's ever happened to me. If anyone from SP is reading, no pressure. I'll make it my own.

All the computers are Macs at The Sunday Paper, so I'm still getting used to that. It's frustrating but if that's the hardest thing that has come my way so far then I'm happy.

The ride in is no problem, I sleep for half of it and then I'm good to go for the rest of the day. It's really not that complicated at all. Get on the shuttle, get on the MARTA, get on the bus. Somehow it only takes me four dollars to get from my house to SP, but for some reason it takes $8.50 to get home. Have I beaten the system? I hope so. But still, that's 12.50 per day. Now I really wish I had gotten that scholarship. I should have. Oh well, silly Micha didn't turn the paperwork in. I don't know how, but I totally missed it and now I have to spend college money. Great.

Anyways work is great so far and I am looking forward to tomorrow. I don't know if I mentioned this before but I am still work on perfecting the Southern drawl. I'm just fixin' to get me some sweet tea, Miss Scarlett.

g'night---micha