new girl.

I've been trying to nail down summer housing for my R&D internship in Minneapolis this summer for the past couple of weeks. It's been slightly frustrating, to be completely honest.

There was this one room that I was really interested in. Beautiful wood floors in the bedroom (I am SUCH a sucker for wood floors), queen sized bed, single room, great kitchen and living room, only four people in the apartment--and a great price.

The leaser emailed me back to answer my questions, giving me some further details on the apartment--and letting me know that I would be living with three hilarious, albeit respectful, dudes.

I don't know if you watch the show New Girl. I don't...yet. But it's got Zooey Deschanel in it, who I love, so I'll probably end up watching it this summer. Well, the entire premise of the show is this--Zooey ends up rooming in a house with three other guys, and she, the boys, and her best friend form some sort of adorably dysfunctional family.

Sounds great, right? Here are the problems.
#1) My life is not, never has been, and most likely will never be a tv show. Meaning, really funny on tv = probably pretty awkward in real life. Sad day.
#2) I am not the adorkably charming Zooey Deschanel.

So while part of me relished the idea (and actually considered it quite seriously) of doing something so deliciously different and shocking (hello, I go to BYU), I ended up deciding to ditch the idea. I'm sure that my parents (and probably some of my friends) are relieved.

So instead, I'm living in a cute, old house close to Dinkytown. I still have my precious wood floors, a beautiful bay window, and although I am sharing the room (I think the girl I'm sharing with will be gone for about half the time though), I think I'm gonna love it. The pictures I got kind of reminded me of some of the beach houses I used to clean way back in high school. I mean, the countertop is painted purple. Epic. I'll be living with 4-6 other girls, and the rent is way cheap. I'm actually pretty pumped about living here. I feel like it's got character.

So I'll still be the new girl, even if it's not Zooey-style. That's okay.

Basically, this internship dealio is coming together.

Well, coming together as in I know that I'll be a research and development intern for Land O'Lakes and that I now have a place to live.

That is about all I know, but it's all I really need to know at this point to be absolutely thrilled about this summer. Even if it is post-Africa.