Day One @ TAGS

Yesterday was my first day at my internship at The Andy Griffith Show!
Now, I'd heard that you should show up a half hour early for this kind of position, to show them you're serious. As it turned out, I overestimated traffic (I woke up at five a.m.!) and ended up arriving over two hours early. After I circled the block A BUNCH, I ended up in this tiny coffee shop where I watched TV on my phone (I know, right?) and had a cheese danish, my second breakfast of the day. It was finally time to go read in my car, and then park.
Visitor parking (which I think is me) is on the basement level of the parking lot, right next to (this is true) a women's bathroom filled with cleaning supplies and containing a sink brimming with dead cockroaches. I had to wait until I got up to the human level to go to the bathroom (the men's room had a sign saying out of order, by the by).
When I arrived in the office where I'd be working, the doors were locked. In fact, 8:30 is about a half hour earlier than any of the accountants arrive. Luckily, an assistant in another department showed up and took me around a little bit, including to: the breakfast scene.
Apparently The Andy Griffith Show exists in a weird alternate universe of free short order cooks and off-menu requests. My guide walked up to a trailer and asked for them to fry her up some turkey bacon. While they worked on that, she went to the Omelet Guy (YUP) and ordered a custom omelet. I wished I hadn't already eaten breakfast twice as I satisfied myself with a cup of apple juice and a carton of milk.
By this time, the accountants began to show up. I'd be sharing an office with Oscar, Angela, and Kevin, who are all thoroughly pleasant people and listen to mixtapes all day to escape how tedious the job can become. It took us an hour, but we set up a 2002 Dell computer for me with a '98 monitor on my desk! This is, honestly, the first time I have had such an extravagent work area. On day one, I didn't end up having anything to do on this computer, but it was nice to have, anyway.
There is little to say about the work I did today except that I saw so many invoices for so much money over the course of the day I began to grow insensitive to these sums. Much like the policies at the coffee shop where I work full time, where drinks are tossed away with some abandon, enormous quantities of money are spent on what I'd previously thought of as trivial items here at Andy Griffith.
During lunch, however, things got exciting. Once again, there was so much food, and all made to order. I had an all-carbs meal smothered in cheese, because that is how I roll. While we were all eating, my boss (Angela) pointed out Sheldon Leonard, the show's creator, who walked in wearing a pretty impressive coat of many colors. I didn't talk to him yet, but maybe some day.
At the salad buffet, I walked past Don Knotts (THE DON KNOTTS) in a t-shirt, and almost told him how much I enjoy his work, but decided against it. Then, as Oscar and Kevin showed me the sets (not inside the sets, just where the sets are), we walked past Andy Griffith himself, twice, in costume. He looked just like he does on the show.
Yes, I caught a few spoilers for the upcoming season, but in general my job has little to do so far with the ACTION. But I come in on Thursday, and Angela suggested Oscar and Kevin might take me on set then, so we'll see what comes next. I'm so grateful to have this job, sincerely. I think it will be great.