It's
a Wednesday morning, round 11:00.
I
have 15 wild animals staring at me from
the wall, the floor, the mantle.
I
have a pack of peanut butter M&M's and the promise of a magical home cooked
lunch in the next hour.
I
have access to every type of soda, candy, cookie and snack that you could
possibly imagine.
I
am in jeans, an Inca Cola t-shirt, barefoot and curled up on a couch listening to a
bunch of runners hash out the best type of running shoe.
Later
tonight, after a steak dinner, I'll
return to my very own hotel room where I'll carefully consider which of the two queen sized beds I'd like to fall
asleep in tonight.
Where am I you ask?
I'm at work.
And
this has been and will be my routine everyday this week.
Oh,
I could get used to this.
Ok,
ok so it's not all fun and games , here's the lowdown.
I
have the best internship ever. I get to do things, meet people and attend
meetings and events that no other intern gets to. Instead of working in one
little segment of the portfolio, I work with the entire management team for my portfolio.
So
this week, the management team is
spending the week offsite in Heber, Utah at an amazing cabin in the
mountains. So even though we are eating way too much and way too deliciously,
we are indeed working. There are a total
of anywhere from 12-15 people here everyday. Me, Julie and Kazua are the only three women and
instead of sleeping in the cabin, we get to head down the mountain every night
and stay in our very own (double bedded
) hotel rooms.
I am indeed the youngest here (I 'm
guessing the average age is about 40… but I'm not sure), but it has been so
fun to get to know these
guys! They are spending this time out of the office to make all their plans
and budget allocations for the year 2013. This is heavy duty stuff
and these guys are working hard, all day and all night. And I get to observe it
all.
I'm learning so much, strengthening relationships with those I work with and finding out a little more about myself.
Pretty cool eh?
Love, Noelle
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