first day of work

Here goes nothing.

How can I explain my first day of work in the European Parliament? At the beginning it was confusing. Getting through security was wayy more difficult than any of us expected. Then we met our Member of European Parliament's (MEP) assistant, Vera. Right away she told us she was tired so I knew this office probably needed a lot of help.

Stress. That's how I would explain my morning in Parliament. She told us all the stuff we had to do but didn't explain HOW. At least I do the internship with Sean (one of the guys I knew before going abroad). Me and Sean probably looked like deer in headlights as she explained our duties for the next months. Look it all up in the website!, Vera kept repeating.

Sean's first task was going to a meeting and taking notes for our MEP. My task was to get some mail and familiarize myself with the building and of course, the website. So I figured out where the mail room was, got the mail, went up, took my packed lunch, walked around for a place to eat, found out there was a Polish festival, ate some Polish apples... not bad eh?

When I went to the Media Center Sean walked in with Alyson (my roommate) and Cody (another guy that goes abroad with us). At least I have someone to eat lunch with! So we're going to the place to eat lunch when a security guard near the entrance starts screaming at us in French. I understand a little so I figure out he wants to kick us out! I was trying to tell him that we're interns and we work in Parliament but he wasn't having it. Apparently we need our assistants with us until we get our official badges.

So, yes. I got kicked out of Parliament in my first day of work. That WOULD happen to me.

Vera is gonna kill me Vera is gonna kill me Vera is gonna kill US!

She was so stressed and now she needs to look for her two interns. However, the other assistant, Oscar got us. Oscar was in a better mood or had more patience than Vera. So we went off and had lunch far away from the entrance.

Our last task was going to a Panel that our MEP, Livia Jaroka was speaking in. So finally, before the meeting we met Livia. She's a beautiful woman with a very tranquil presence, although she has been busy all day. She signed papers in order for us to receive our badges and she said that if we wanted to we could leave. Yet, me and Sean wanted to stay. Our MEP was gonna talk in a panel about Women's Rights, why wouldn't we stay? She seemed very pleased about our interest and went in.

So I guess after getting kicked out of Parliament you can only go up. At the end we came back to the office and even Vera seemed more relaxed. I'm not gonna lie, I like that she is being hard on us. We're not gonna be spoon fed all our lives. It only means we have a lot of work ahead of us and I'm sure ready for it.