These last couple months have taught me a great deal. I’ve learned how to wake up before the sun rises. I’ve learned that “sleeping in” is now 9am. I’ve learned how to navigate the North Shore suburbs via car and Metra. I’ve learned the most efficient way to walk to the Six Flags Great America entrance from my apartment. I’ve also started thinking of wisdom I’d like to pass on to anyone who has managed to keep reading until this point:

• Just because I’m an IT Professional doesn’t mean I can help you solve your obscure computer problem.
• Diet Coke is always the first thing sold out in a vending machine
• The day you decide to start a diet will be the day cookies mysteriously appear at your desk. This will mark the end of your diet.
• Legal pads are far superior to spiral bound notebooks
• One must plan for the human traffic jams by the coffee every morning
• Pandora makes everything better
• People assume anyone under the age of 40 is an intern
• There is no problem a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch won’t solve
• Life without TLC, HGTV, MTV, Discovery, and ESPN (ok, I do get ESPN3) is survivable
• Long Day? Look at a picture of a Shiba Inu and your day will instantly be better: