A Small Person Playing in The Big Leagues

When people think of interns, they usually picture that eager college grad that is hoping to get to do all of the cool things at the job, but soon realizes that they were essentially brought it to do paperwork and get the coffee. That's what I expected a little bit when I applied for my internship, but Cherry Creek Radio doesn't believe in making interns do things that won't actually help them in their future career, so I get to do everything that the people that work there get to do.

I am at least 10 years younger than everyone that works there, so they could totally get away with leaving me with all of the grunt work, but they treat me as an equal. I can voice my ideas in promotions and sales meetings, and most of the time they are considered. They treat me as if I were a permanent member of the team, and for an intern that feels pretty good.

A few of the people that I work with for my internship, were a little surprised at my age, because they assumed I was older. I don't like the way that some college students behave, so I try my best not to act like that. College is an opportunity to better yourself, and I think the best way to use the opportunity is to act like you are ready to handle it. That's how I behave at Cherry Creek, and because I act like I am ready to handle a lot of responsibility, they are willing to give me a lot of things to be responsible for.

I have had to do some filing, but that's not all they have me do. I have seen what goes into scheduling, and how to set up the different time clocks at the station. They let me go to different meetings with them, and participate in the discussion. I get to be in charge of my own sales account for the company even though I am not an official employee. They let me have my own show every weeknight on one of their stations, and I don't think it's very common for interns to be able to do so many different things for the place for interning at.

I am the shortest and youngest there, so when I first started I was a little intimidated by all of these people that were well established in the industry. I have only been there for a week, but the way they treat me, makes it feel like I have been there forever. I absolutely love the internship that I was lucky enough to get. The people are absolutely amazing, and are helping me prepare for my future career far better than I ever dreamed of.

I am so glad that I have been given the opportunity to play in the big leagues so to speak. My supervisor believes that we have the opportunity to learn something new every day, and after working with him and everyone else at Cherry Creek, I believe it too. Internships are a really good way to get your foot in the door for your future career. It's a small step that makes a big difference, and I wouldn't change it for anything.

#ShortStories #SmallInternBigCompany #BestThingEver #InternLife
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Swing Sets and Short People Have a Complicated relationship

One of the joys of being short is that you never have to grow up. One of my favorite things that I used to do as a kid is playing on the swing set. I would get a little bit excited when I would get to play on a swing set with my 4-H mentee, One of the things I learned quickly, is that swinging is a little harder for adults.

The kid I served as a mentor to could jump out of the swing as many times as she wanted, and would be just fine, but I was not as agile. I felt the jump in my ankles and knees, and it wasn't as fun as it used to be. When you are an adult, jumping out of a swing is not a good idea.

Another problem is pushing someone "underdog" on a swing. I ran into one of my mentees recently, and they asked if we could play at the park. I saw no harm in taking them over to the park to play, so I went over with them. I was attempting to do an "underdog," but it wasn't as smooth as I thought it would be.

I have done "underdog" on a swing before, so I didn't think that it would be a problem at all, but I was very wrong. On older swing sets the ground is usually lower underneath the swing, because of all of the wear and tear, and that creates a problem for a short person.

I was going back to start to push my mentee, and ended up underneath the swing when I started to go forward. It all happened in an instant. I didn't even see it coming. One second I was just pushing them in the swing, and the next thing I knew I was being dragged under the swing.

Luckily I hadn't pushed the swing very hard, so I didn't really get hurt. I was covered in wood chips, and maybe had a couple of scratches overall, but nothing major. I didn't even think being pulled under the swing was possible. After that I payed a little more attention to the small pit in the ground that I had been pulled into as a result of my first attempt to do an "underdog."

I still love swinging, and that didn't deter me from pushing people the "underdog" way on a swing by any means, but from that I have embraced my age a little more. Don't get me wrong, I still plan on being the same person, but I plan to think a little more about my limits with my height. Life is all about the adventure, but even adventure has some limits.

#ShortStories #SwingSets #ItsComplicated #LoveThemAnyway
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A Bit of a Culture Shock

Everyone has their own way to celebrate New Year's, and this year I did something a little different. My friend's husband is Japanese, and he decided to show me how the Japanese celebrate New Year's. It turned out that they eat a lot of food with names that I can't pronounce. Most of them involve fish, and have a texture similar to rubber.

My friend was sweet knowing how white I am, and made kielbasas, and let me use chopsticks with what I like to call "training wheels." Last time I used chopsticks my friend spent almost the whole meal laughing at my vain attempt to use chopsticks.

I was the only one there with the "training wheels." Everyone else was familiar enough with Asian cuisine that they knew what to do with the chopsticks. My experience with Asian food is basically Panda Express. I made it through the whole night with my chopsticks, so I would call it a success.

The various foods I tried for New Year's.

Each of the foods had an importance in bringing in the New year. I don't usually associate a lot of symbolism with the foods that I eat, so it was a little different  when I was given rules of how to eat the New Year's feast. For instance there are beans that have to be eaten only in odd numbers, or you will not have luck for the new year, or that every room has to have mochi and an orange in it for good luck in the New Year.

My family doesn't even watch the ball drop for the New year, so it was a little different to participate in a New Year's celebration that had so much symbolism and meaning behind it. I like seeing how different cultures are. It may not be a huge difference, but learning the little things about different cultures will help to bring the world a little closer together.

#ShortStories #Learning #CultureShock #BringingTheWorldALittleCloser

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Short People: The Masters of Stealth

Being short can be a challenge when you are constantly disappearing behind tall people, but sometimes this can be pretty entertaining. When you disappear in a crowd, you usually scare people when you appear again. I scare people on a regular basis with out even trying.

Short people have quieter footsteps, because they are not very high off the ground. That makes them almost as sneaky as a ninja. When you are short and quiet, you can literally pop up anywhere, and you will at least startle the people who didn't realize you were there.

I have scared all of my roommates multiple times. The most common way is when I come home at night, and they don't see me, because it's dark, and I'm not very loud when I am coming home. They don't usually hear me come into a room, so when they turn around, and all of a sudden I am there, they usually are a bit surprised.

It happens enough that my roommate said that I should start wearing a bell, so she would at least have some sort of warning that I was there. I don't mean to startle people, but it can be pretty entertaining when they realize that I am there.

Sometimes I like to see just how long it takes people to realize that I am there. People have had full conversations around me, before finally realizing I was there. It happened all the time when I worked at a diner by my house. I don't like to just stand around when it's slow, so I usually found something to fill or clean, and it usually took awhile for them to find me, because I'm quiet and don't take up a ton of floor space.

If you want to have fun with this, you could intentionally scare people, by popping up in different places, but you don't have to go overboard, and do it everywhere you go, because then it becomes obnoxious. I don't intentionally do it, because when I am actually trying to sneak up on people, they usually see me coming.

There are some pretty good perks to being small and stealthy. People will generally think you are very polite, because you aren't overly loud. You won't get in the way too much, because of your lack of height. You can sneak in and out of parties, and events without people noticing that you left, which can be helpful if you need to step out and answer a call or have something that you need to leave for.

So next time you are wondering where your vertically impaired friend has disappeared, just remember that they are short, and they will show up, just maybe not at the moment you are expecting them to.

#ShortStories #MastersOfStealth #ShortPeople

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When Did Everyone Get So Big?!

Coming home for the holidays is one of the best things after moving away from home. You get to come home, and stay in your old room rent free, and get to eat mom's home cooked meals the whole time you are there. You also get to see relatives and old neighbors, and it seems like they have all grown up a ton since you last saw them.

I used to basically live at my neighbor's house when I was in high school. I was their dog walker and some of their younger children loved to come with me. After walking the dogs I would come back, and usually stayed there until it got dark. I was basically family. I was one of the very few friends that got to stay over when their cousins visited. They had a new baby in the house, and since he was too little to help with the chores, I got to watch him while his mom and older siblings did their chores.

I was there so much that their oldest son would get upset when I would have to leave, because he thought that I actually lived there.He used to block the doors, and cry when I would have to go home, and when my family went to visit them after they moved, he bolted down the stairs to make sure he met me at the front door.

When you aren't around somebody for awhile, it kind of surprises you when you see them again. That's what happens in life. If you are around a person all the time, you don't notice the gradual changes that happen, but when it is an extended amount of time, it is amazing to see just how much they have changed.

I went to a friend's wedding when I was home from college, and was in shock at how much her siblings had grown up. The kids that were once basically underfoot, now tower over me. I don't know how it happened, but it seems to happen every time I come home. I will look at the people in church when I am home, and have to ask my mom who some of the teenagers are, because they grew up so much, since I was last there.

The ones that surprise me most are the boys, because they get so tall. My brother has a friend that visits in the summer, and this last summer I had no idea who he was, When he and my brother first started hanging out they were both about 5''4'. My brother grew a couple of inches over the course of the year, but his friend grew and entire foot. I thought my brother had brought over somebody new because he had grown so much.

It's crazy how fast people change and grow in life. It's not a bad thing, but it's still catches me off guard. People change all the time, and in most cases change is a good thing.

#ShortStories #GrowthSpurts #WhenDidYouGetSoTall #ChangeIsAGoodThing
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