Corporate Barbie

I've fallen into quite the routine here. I wake up, take a shower, put on my corporate gear, chat with Summer, make breakfast/lunch, head to work. I have reports to do on Monday/Tuesday as well as catch up from happenings over the weekend. Go to lunch, work on whatever, pack up go home, have dinner, hang out with friends, go to sleep. Wash, Rinse Repeat.

Last week, I met with my mentor. As mentioned before we have a leader, coach and mentor. Our mentor is someone still in finance, but outside the department. Kind of a safety zone. They are there to help you with anything. I immediately loved her. She has worked a variety of jobs, having just transitioned into a new role at Downtown Disney - my former home! We sat and talked for an hour, and I expressed to her I wanted to pursue more accounting and that I was interested in pricing. She thought of some departments for me, taking notes, thinking of ways to get me in on shadow opportunities. I get to meet with her every 3 weeks. Next time, we're getting Earl of Sandwich =)

I also got to pick the brain of my leader last week. After the forecast meeting, I went through the presentation deck and just wrote down questions. Some were legit 'what is this chart?' and others where just general 'why is this like this?'. I only got through a handful in our blocked time (which we went over...). Next time!

One of our team members also transitioned into a new role. We had a farewell lunch for him and he came to me and told me if I needed anyone to talk to, he was there. He had been through the intern program and such. I'm going to miss him! He was fun, and I really appreciate his offer of advice. I told him I would probably harass him haha

This past week has been pretty quiet. A lot of the team is on vacation, including my leader. During my check-in with my coach, I expressed to her how much I enjoyed tracking the quick service coupon promotion and I'd like to learn more about it. We get up, walk around the building, she introduces me to some people who are involved and got me in on the weekly meetings. Then she took me around the building some more and I spoke with one of the cast members that designs the stores. He showed me some previous projects which was really neat. He worked on the new cruise ship stores and will be working on the Hawaii resort stores.

I set up time to meet with one of the pricing cast members to review how they analyze promotions and then I also have time with another cast member who works in merchandise planning to hear her input on the promotions gig.

Also during my check-in, Duranne decided to pull me from the SAP class and put me in the merchandise training class instead. I felt pretty special not having to do all the typical intern classes haha. The class was really interesting. It was on contract and policy compliance. Basically the rules and steps that have to followed and taken in order for a product to be released. Making sure its not a rip off and what to do if it is a royalty.

I started my finance fundamentals class on Wednesday. It was much like my PDS class during my college program, but now I think I can appreciate it more. The highlight of this class was I met the woman that interviewed me. I went up and introduced myself and told her how stress-free my interview was and such. I mean, my interview was a conversation. I actually laughed during it. It wasn't me putting up this prim and proper face. I was honest and I guess that's why I'm here now.

I am really jazzed for next week - my calendar has a lot on it, I love it!

From a personal life standpoint, I've been running around, having fun. I can't have too many lazy days, thanks to my Papa for that. I got a new roomie, Alisha, on Monday and she's pretty cool. She's working at the Land - extended her internship. So far so good there!

We do a lot of gather around and eat dinner things haha Still doing our weekly dinner and some impromptu dinners with the neighbors. Last week we went to the Polynesian, sat on the beach and watch the water pageant/fireworks. I saw Fantasmic the other night and spent the afternoon at Cocoa Beach yesterday.

Everyday is different. I've been doing a lot of soul searching/what am I doing with my life after January thinking. I just got a flash of the scene in Pocahontas during Just Around the Riverbend. "Should I choose the smoothest course, steady as the beating drum...."