After a month-long hiatus from my internship due to Spring Break and A-Term, I was excited to finally go back to the museum and see my favorite butterflies. Lauren wasn't there that day, so I was under the instruction of Theresa, who usually does work with the Museum's greenhouse and plants in general. The HMNS has an annual spring plant sale to benefit the Butterfly Center, and all the greenery they sell attracts butterflies and other pollinators such as hummingbirds. To transport all of these plants, the museum has an arsenal of red wagons. As an intern, I naturally get to explore the ins and outs of the museum building that the general public aren't allowed into. The biggest, and possibly scariest, area like this is the Museum basement. That was where I got to work, and where they keep all of the red wagons.
One of the things that makes the basement so interesting is how large it is. It sort of goes on and on, and just as you think you've reached the end, there's another door. The way in is through a door in the Butterfly Center offices. If you choose the wrong door, however, you'll end up in a room full of bugs. Actually, either way sounds pretty bad- bugs or a dark basement. I don't actually find the basement very scary. It's kind of like an attic with Christmas decorations, old lightbulbs, and lots of mechanical equipment. Because the red wagons had been kept there for just about a year, they needed a fair amount of maintenance, which fell on me as the intern. Basically, I inflated tires for two hours. It wasn't that bad though. I listened to music and tried to see how many I could get through. I think I did over 30, inflated every single tire. I was determined to get as many done as possible even if I got too tired too. I just continued on and tried to get it done.
As someone who takes a long time to get things done, and actually finish them, I think it was good to have a task like this. I find at my internship I feel like I have to get things done as soon as possible and do a good job, which is something good to practice long term. Hopefully next time I'll see some more butterflies.
One of the things that makes the basement so interesting is how large it is. It sort of goes on and on, and just as you think you've reached the end, there's another door. The way in is through a door in the Butterfly Center offices. If you choose the wrong door, however, you'll end up in a room full of bugs. Actually, either way sounds pretty bad- bugs or a dark basement. I don't actually find the basement very scary. It's kind of like an attic with Christmas decorations, old lightbulbs, and lots of mechanical equipment. Because the red wagons had been kept there for just about a year, they needed a fair amount of maintenance, which fell on me as the intern. Basically, I inflated tires for two hours. It wasn't that bad though. I listened to music and tried to see how many I could get through. I think I did over 30, inflated every single tire. I was determined to get as many done as possible even if I got too tired too. I just continued on and tried to get it done.
As someone who takes a long time to get things done, and actually finish them, I think it was good to have a task like this. I find at my internship I feel like I have to get things done as soon as possible and do a good job, which is something good to practice long term. Hopefully next time I'll see some more butterflies.
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