Intern Return

“He’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.”

Depending on the reader, you could infer this quote serves as an announcement marking my return to Deveney Communication. Or, if you’re one of my witty friends from Ocean Springs (I have specifically two in mind), you could quip that this is a horror film-style announcement of me entering a room. Or both!

Either way, I am indeed back with Deveney Communication in New Orleans, helping the team out with their many projects as the hustle and bustle of the world returns to the office after the end of the holidays. I’m only here for a week before school starts back up at LSU, but it’s good to be back!

Lisa called me near the end of the fall semester with the offer of helping the team out—paying work with lodging provided—whenever I was available during the winter break, and I absolutely had to consider doing so. Firstly, like all college students, I could use the money, and any time a job calls you back for help, it’s a sign they appreciated and valued your work. Plus it’s more professional experience for me to learn from and build on.

What were the drawbacks, though? Once again, I’m a college student. This was my next to last major holiday break for all time, my last being this upcoming summer. Do I want to miss out on seeing my family and friends from home who I haven’t seen all semester? Some of my best friends from Ocean Springs go to schools that are far away like Texas A&M and the U.S. Naval Academy, so I rarely get to see them except when we all come home for Christmas. And my time with my family is running short; when I have a full-time job, I won’t be able to come and go as I please.

Also, my involvement with the LSU Bateman Team is very time consuming! I already lost a week of the holidays by staying in Baton Rouge to work on some things for that, and I needed to focus some of my attention on it during the rest of the break. Could I handle the workload?

It was an incredibly tough decision to make. Luckily, I’m a huge fan of compromises, so I decided to make one for myself. I would spend part of the time at home, see all of my friends and enjoy time with my family. After Christmas and New Year’s, I came to work on a Friday to refresh my Deveney memory, then spent a final weekend at home. Now I’m here in New Orleans, helping out with some exciting new projects that weren’t here in the summer.

Intriguing!