Como Agua para Elefante

I started reading Water for Elephants today. After a couple days, the BART commute, while retaining its glory, fails to require complete vigilance. The book's about a circus, which I like; it's set in the Depression - another plus; and it manages to incorporate old people as well. For some reason books from the perspective of the elderly fascinate me. I was a little disappointed to find out it's written by a woman, since the narrator is a guy. It seems like such a female perspective that I have to keep reminding myself the protagonist is a boy.

Speaking of books, people keep asking me what I do at this internship. Here's a sample of my day today:

8:55 - Get to work, find out I got moved to another computer (from which I can't access my e-mail account), and spend the next 15 minutes trying to set up Outlook on the new computer before Kate, one of my editors, sends a tech guy to help.
9:20 - On Mondays and Wednesdays another (apparently messy) girl shares the new computer with me. I move my stuff over to the new desk, straighten up, and dust.
9:30 - Kate asks me to research a proposal for a coffee table photo book about greyhounds and I read the proposal, go online to assess interest level in the subject and existing similar books, and e-mail her back my results and opinion.
11:00 - Home Publishing Group Meeting. The editors for the Home section (things like knitting books, decorating, animals, crafts) meet to discuss future projects, marketing, and how to match the success of Stuff on My Cat. I play the role of fly on the wall, and eat the Pirate's Booty someone brought in.
1:00 - Begin logging in book proposals and try to print rejection letters, but the new computer isn't hooked up to the printer I need and I can't find it on the computer to add it. I e-mail helpdesk guy again. Turns out it was easy. Embarrassing.
2:00 - lunch break, after which I keep logging rejected proposals and returning manuscripts, photos, portfolios, prototype books, for Bridget, my other editor...basically the valuable stuff people send in but we don't want to publish.
4:45 - I fit in a quick editing job for Kate before heading off at 5:00. Probably my most successful day yet. I forgot to say that a large part of this job involves walking back and forth to the beautiful, clean, high tech kitchen for tea/coffee/hot chocolate and large amounts of non-dairy creamer. Preferably all three at some point during the day.