Bring Your Daughter/Son to Work Day

You’re in for a treat. A happy post involving kids!

Today was “Bring Your Daughter/Son to Work” Day and I volunteered to be a team captain to lead activities with the kids of Deloitte professionals. After talking to my group throughout the day, I realized that I must’ve been really stupid as a child. Some of these kids are geniuses/rising superstars. Perhaps it’s because their parents are partners/managers at a top firm … but really, they are so bright these days. And some of them are unbearably cute, too!

Keeping in line with our firm’s “greening” initiative, our theme for today was ”How to make the world a better place.” The main project was to create a city out of recycleable materials. Our team’s city ROCKED. We were totally going to win the competition but they didn’t announce the winner at the end!! Sad. I hope all my kids felt like champions though … we did an awesome job! Check out the little cars on our pseudo-highway system. Yep, my masterpiece.

Our project: “D. City”

Oh! I almost forgot to mention the “Career Panel” that we had for the kids. There were firefighters … and that is all I will say ;D.

Another fun thing I did today: I took the Foothill Transit bus to downtown this morning all by myself. *Brushes dirt off shoulder* So convenient and so much cheaper than paying for parking. I will definitely try to do this more often whenever I’m in the office. I felt accomplished and proud; such a big girl at 23.

I’m pretty tired right now, but I should practice my writing tonight. As I was leaving the building last night at 830, I felt so calm despite being upset all day. Something about leaving a long day of work in complete solitude while overlooking LA city lights just moved me. I wish I took five minutes to sit down in the middle of the lobby to jot down my thoughts at that moment. That’s when I write best: when my emotions are peaked and my mind is clear. Next time.

Today’s song: Guster – So Long