LOVING IT!!!

Ok, so when I first got here I was freaking out a little bit, honestly I think that because I found out on such short notice I didn't really have time to process what I was actually doing. But now I am absolutely loving it! I found a place to live, which was seriously a miracle the way it all worked out. (I will tell the story next time I blog and hopefully include pictures.) In short I am renting the third floor of a house that belongs to an AWESOME lady she is a photography professor at the University of the Arts here in Philly. (Once again I will include more later) I started my internship which is actually what I was least nervous about. The first day I felt a little lost, there was SO many things I had no clue about, there were so many acronyms in every sentence that anyone spoke that it seemed like I was in a foreign country. I have settled in more since then and I am slowly learning the acronyms. I am absolutly loving in though, I thought that 9-5 would be so long but the days fly by. I do something a little different each day. I have done sales forcasts, Sell through calculations, helped pick out colors, sent and recieved samples, gone to fittings, modeled samples, helped catch the rain inside because it was a waterfall of rain outside, I have met the co-presidents of the company, done competitive shopping, put together picture packs, web exclusive boards etc. The building I work in is amaising It is on the old navy yard and I think that it is an old factory and I have my own little desk (pictures later!) the cafeteria building is fantastic, there is a work out area that I am free to use, and the food is SOOO good I can there are about 6 different stations where you can get anything from sushi (made right in front of you) to pizza, to salad, to a hamburger. I am loveing my life here and I am so excited to explore a bit of the city tomorrow. I would post pictures but I don't actually have internet yet, I stayed after work to use the internet here. I feel so at home here in Philadelphia and I am loving it, hopefully I will figure out my internet situation soon! Love and miss you all
xo
Rach

Butterflies

It has been a whirlwind of a week, Packing and pulling an allnighter to finish packing, Driving 32 hours within three days to get here, arriving and thinking "What the heck am I doing?".  Needless to say I have had a tornado of emotions rushing through me at 1,000 miles an hour, my emotions range all over the spectrum from being excited to scared out of my mind, ecstatic to being so nervous that I cry and want to turn right around, along with so many other emotions i can't even think of words to describe them. I am happy, sad, lonely, and excited all at the same time, I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest at any moment, and that my stomach is full of a million butterflies. 

I love the quote that I saw on my friend Kathi's Blog “When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.” I really am so grateful that I have faith and know that everything will work out, and I am glad that I always know that one person knows how I am feeling and is looking out for me. I miss you all so much already, and I am so grateful for the love and support from all of you.  xoxo Rachel

Hexathlon

So today my dad told me to put on tennis shoes, running shorts, a t-shirt and a hat and that we were going to do something fun... and we sure did, we thought of all the sports we could and did them all in one day. The result was the Hexathlon!

P.S. My dad made this awesome little slide show!

Beautiful Bathrooms

Ok so I am looking at apartments in Philadelphia and I know that I will probably be living out of a shoe box, but I have found myself looking at my design file a lot just dreaming about my  dream apartment, so I thought that I would share a couple of my dream bathrooms with you all.  Anyway I am looking forward to actually finding an apartment and I will keep you all updated, and tell you all about it when I find one!

I Got It!!!!!

I got the internship! And I am so excited about it, a little nervous, but mostly excited!  I am supposed to be there on the 26th so I have a lot to do before I leave.  Life is good!

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I am having a wonderful time at the beach, and having so much fun with my family, I am so lucky to have such a great family, they are the best!