It's the fourth post, and I am sure you are already tired of hearing about me, so I am going to introduce to you some of the key players in my summer story: the roommates. For my Georgia Tech friends, equate where I am living to North Avenue apartments (with about 1/4 as many levels, no flooding problems, and a no-alcohol policy - yes, you heard correctly). So, I have three roommates and all of them are from Purdue. We met via the Caterpillar Intern google group, and despite none of us knowing one another we decided to room together: BEST. DECISION. EVER.
Lauren
Well, when I rolled up to ICC on Friday and had a less-than-welcoming greeting from the Woodview staff, there were two other girls there, and wouldn't you know: one of them was my roommate, Lauren. She is a fourth-year from Purdue who will be working in HR for Caterpillar this summer. I knew she and I would be great friends because she didn't judge when she saw my overstuffed car and actually offered the help of her boyfriend of three years, Matt, to finish my unpacking! Little did I know that she was AWESOME until we were unloading our groceries and she said "feel free to move my 30 case of PBR or the vodka." Yes, the alcohol had made it into the refrigerator before the groceries, and it was a unanimous decision that our priorities were in line.
Liz
The lone engineer in our roommateship, Liz is a junior in the Mechanical Engineering department at Purdue. No worries, she is normal! As extraordinary as that sounds, she is one of the only normal, female engineers in this internship that I have met, and Club 4-3-2 has the honor to call her a roommie. When did I know that she was AWESOME too? When she was telling us all about the "Fat Ass 5K" of Springfield, IL. I am definitely thinking this is an idea that could be brought back to Atlanta successfully. Apparently, it's a 5K that benefits charities, and throughout the race the runners get to stop at food stations ranging from ice cream to corn dogs, and at the end of the race it is just a huge street part for the whole day. Your involvement in the festivities and the intensity of which you run the race changes on whether you sign up to be an "Ultimate Fatass," "Frugal Fatass," "Junior Fatass," of a "Fatass Friend." Long story short, she is an awesome story teller, and as soon as they announce next year's Fat Ass 5K date, it is going on all of our calendars and we are going to run it together.
Jessie
My lone super-senior friend, Jessie is a fifth-year Accounting major at Purdue and just completed an internship with E&Y (my previous dream company - previous to me deciding I hate accounting and finance). She is a little quieter than my other rooomies, but she definitely brings her own personality to the table and adds a great dimension to Club 4-3-2. When did I know she was AWESOME? After she informed us that she never really watches TV, we convinced her to come out and just hang out with us in our living room where we proceeded to watch the preteen-focused, ridiculous show "The Secret Life of An American Teenager" only to be followed by an absolutely awful episode of "The Bachelorette" - but she never once judged us.
At this point, we have had our roommate dinner at Avanti's, hosted several interns to our place for brief meet and greets, run around the ICC campus together, and tonight we determine if we all want to join the same gym after we do spin class and Zumba together. Club 4-3-2 is definitely where life is happening in P-town, so if you get a chance, feel free to stop by and say hi!
It scares me that I'm jealous of your Woodview pictures. Save a spot for me on your couch! :)
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