My day to day acticities at State Parks seem to always change. The position I have was once a full time a position so it had many more responsbilites. However, after the huge cuts State Parks saw in  2009-2010 this position was gone all together. Since then, staff members have managed to fullfill their role in addition to partial duties from several other positions that got removed.

 Anyways, I always climb the one stars instead of taking the elevator that takes double the time, abd set down stuff and get the lights and computers rolling. Since I am only there every other day, I always check my emails first to see what I have missed in the last day. I always respond to emails that regard direct attention which usally regard Advisory Committe activity. Then, I usually have a meeting to listen to. I like to listen to the meetings in the morning because that is when I am the most alert and awake. If I wait until the afternoon I would fall asleep! When I listen to the recording of the meeting I record minutes and listne for action items that the staff or the members said that they would do before next meeting. I enjoy this part because I think it is important to hold people accountable. Unfortuntly the meetings can last up to 3 hours! Add three more hours to that because of stopping and typing and other priotiretes.

I also have to make a lot of agendas for meetings. After I confirm a meeting location and ensure there will be a quormum of members I ask around if anyone wants to add anything to the meeting.

I do enjoy my lunch breaks at the office on the typical break. The ASP office is old, dingy, and has not light. I am also not use to sitting and staring at a computer all day. I know, I do not enjoy that! I like to eat my lunch outside or take a walk to the Capital building - which is gorgeous. Going back to the office from lunch is when I like to put things togeather for future meetings, print out documents, or type up reports. These invovle more movement and brain power which is good for me around 2:00pm.

I really think the windows would help.

Internships are interesting. I like that I am learning new things about organizations, land policy, management styles, and learning about myself.