I had the best week ever. CBS News made my internship so worth it. It was tough but fun and interesting at the same time. Sixty-five hours of work later, I am EXHAUSTED. Of course we had the menial tasks like Starbucks runs and coordinating breakfast and lunch, but we also got to have some truly once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

Because I am 5'3", I got to be Katie Couric's "stand-in" all week before she arrived Friday morning. Angela and I got to sit in the chairs on the anchor platform so the cameraman could find the right shot and lighting for the broadcast. We got to wear the mic and earpieces so we were connected with people in the control trailer behind the Ford Center as well as the executives in New York. So doing things like that were definitely cool, but we also had some strenuous work, too.

Starting at 8 a.m. Monday, we unloaded the truck with all the equipment. And it was A LOT of equipment. The week finished at nearly 3 a.m. Saturday after loading all the equipment back up. So while those two points definitely were not the most fun, almost everything in between was great.

The most memorable experience is definitely what Ken and I will always remember as the "chair meltdown." A little less than 30 minutes before CBS Evening News went on air, we encountered a huge problem. The chairs Katie and her guest had on the anchor platform in the debate hall were awkward and uncomfortable, so our boss Jay sent us to get two barstools from Colonel's Quarters, where some of the production managers were staying. Ken and I ran to the car all the way in the media lot and flew down Highway 6 at 90 mph with emergency flashers. I hopped in the back to fold down the seat to cut time at Colonel's Quarters. When we go there, nobody was in the restaurant area, so we just grabbed the stools and ran because our boss had called the manager before we left. We made it, though. Somehow, someway we made it all the way there and got back--even going through several security checkpoints--in enough time to have a few moments to spare before going on air.

I could probably go on and on telling stories of my week for hours. This literally was one of the coolest things I've been able to do, and the best part is we all received the producer's business card and were told to "call if we ever needed anything."