Ever wonder what it would be like to be a co-worker to your lover?
Not just working for the same company but actually working at the same desk, on the same projects with the same deadlines... day in and day out. At the time, I don't think we would have recommended the whole working together thing but looking back, we both agree those were days we will always remember fondly.
Winter semester 2013 brought about a lot of fun and exciting change. Brady and I had just recently gotten engaged and were frantically looking for work or internship opportunities. With no other promising interests, I enrolled in the prerequisite communications classes at BYU but had no idea what major I wanted to pursue. During one of those classes, we were given an extra credit opportunity to attend a seminar and write up a paper about what we learned. Realizing I could use the extra points, I very last minute decided to attend the seminar... I will forever be grateful for that decision.
The seminar highlighted a man who started a public relations firm in Manhattan, New York more than 30 years ago and since then has turned his business into a prominent name in the public relations field. During his seminar he mentioned that his firm has offered BYU students internships over the years in their different offices and to come talk to him after if anyone was interested. At the end of the speech, a line 20+ people long formed and I left a little discouraged.
I didn't think much else about the seminar until a little over a month later while I was playing the piano at the Roof Restaurant and I coincidently ran into him- the speaker from the seminar. When he walked in I immediately recognized him and leaned over the piano to introduce myself. I told him I had been at his BYU forum and was interested to learn more about public relations. Later in the night, he requested the song, "New York, New York." After I played it for him he asked a little more about my situation and asked if Brady and I would meet in him in his Salt Lake office the next morning...
The next day Brady and I skipped school and less than an hour into our meeting with the CEO were offered two full-time internships in his Salt Lake office. We were so thankful, the opportunity felt too good to be true. It truly was an answer to our prayers.
I'd be lying if I said the months that followed were all such a dream. We started the internship the day after we returned home from our honeymoon and worked 9-6 EVERYDAY through the summer months.
It will forever be known as the summer of pasty white skin.
As a newly married couple, still getting used to being together it wasn't always easy. Our "newlywed" stage was definitely different than I had imagined it. Living in Salt Lake and working together taught us a lot about ourselves and each other.
Most days were very ordinary. . .
But on the rare occasion that your boss calls with 3 hours notice and tells you are needed in the Manhattan office. . .
You happily comply...
First glimpse of the Big Apple!
We took a Red Eye and went straight to the office to work a 10 hour day. . .we were feeling a little sleepy but couldn't fight our urge to explore!
On the set of Good Morning America
Segment Prep
Soaking it all up!
More exploring. . .
Staten Island Ferry
Lady Liberty
Manhattan, New York ~ LDS Temple
Times Square
NOTE:
Please don't let the above photos fool you, this is by far a better representation of our average work day...
Cheers to the early mornings and late nights, to the good times and occasional fights.
If you ever get the chance to work with your lover, do it. It's worth it.
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