My day began with two questions which would end up dominating my work day – 1. How was Kanye West able to yet again release the world’s greatest music? and 2. Who knew that you needed an ID to enter the state archives?
Answers: 1. He’s Kanye, and 2. I didn’t.
Thus my day began by driving to the state archives, realizing that I didn’t have any sort of ID, driving back to my house, grabbing an ID, and then finally driving back to the state archives. At the archives fellow junior-lobbyist Ava and I researched the NC Department of Transportation. We learned all sorts of thrilling facts about the NCDOT. For example, did you know that the annual operating budget of the DOT is around 4.7 billion? Or that the DOT collects most of its money through a fuel tax and was founded in 1915? All of this information should help me with the one-day internship I have at the NCDOT on Monday. Can’t wait!
