Last week was forecast week, and it was interesting with two of our leaders out in CA. It was pretty hectic. I offered my services to anyone that needed them haha. I worked on budgets for most of the week. I met with one of the pricing cast members to discuss the analysis done on promotions. I like getting a feel for the other areas that work closely with mine to see how everything comes together.
This past week I met with my mentor for a bit and discussed meet and greets, that protocol and such. We had another meeting for our class during which we met our team adviser. The class itself this week was pretty interesting - a lot of valuable real world stuff which I appreciate. I also started to learn more about programs we use to pull data from so I can help with random requests. I'm excited!
The working life is pretty good, I realize though that time is flying so I'm starting to think about January. We all are. Everyone is a bit stressed since the majority of us have graduated, it's nice to know I'm not alone in that. We're all supporting each other and I couldn't ask for anything more. I actually bought a GMAT test prep book. I figured knock it out and it's good for a few years.
Two of my old college program roommates are back for another program, so we had a little reunion. It's weird that so many people are back! It's nice though. Some attractions are closing for refurbishment and Summer Nightastic is ending, so we made a trip to studios to enjoy some of it one last time. Tonight, Wishes returns and I could not be more excited. I'm goin!
I'm traveling home next weekend to celebrate some birthdays, go to my cousins baby shower and my sister's birthday party. It'll be nice to see the fam!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Pat on the Back
Let me just say - I am proud how often I have updated this. I'm patting myself on the back haha much improvement from my college program days haha.
My busy calendar mildly fell apart this week, but that's ok. I went to my first promotions meeting and met with Amy who is the go to person for all promotions and that was awesome. She was really chill, a nice welcoming vibe. My promotions analysis meeting got pushed to next week.
I had my first meeting with my Finance Fundamentals team and it was very productive. We have to prepare a budget for year 2 for a restaurant and figure out why it didn't bring in as much cash as expected. We discussed the numbers and developed a pretty awesome theme, which I will not reveal.
Our second class in Finance Fundamentals was on financial reporting, so naturally I really enjoyed it, others not so much. The next day we had a class on Excel which was very helpful.
Friday was a busy day for me! I met with someone on my team and discussed how to work on a budget. Then I had a brownbag lunch with some executives and then back to work on my budget. I'm pretty excited about this - it's the real deal ya know?
Next week is forecast week so everyone is going to be in a tizzy. I'm working a longer day tomorrow - I want to get in early to sign up for the cast choir in the candlelight processional but then I have a meeting until 5.
I hung out with some of the other finance interns on Friday - that was nice. To see everyone out of the working world with their game face on haha. I started going to the dance studio I found that has adult classes and it's awesome. The guy that runs it choreographs professionally and used to work for Disney! It's a lot of fun.
I've had a pretty chill weekend, tonight I'm making Mamma Mia Meatloaf. I know - you're jealous. =P
My busy calendar mildly fell apart this week, but that's ok. I went to my first promotions meeting and met with Amy who is the go to person for all promotions and that was awesome. She was really chill, a nice welcoming vibe. My promotions analysis meeting got pushed to next week.
I had my first meeting with my Finance Fundamentals team and it was very productive. We have to prepare a budget for year 2 for a restaurant and figure out why it didn't bring in as much cash as expected. We discussed the numbers and developed a pretty awesome theme, which I will not reveal.
Our second class in Finance Fundamentals was on financial reporting, so naturally I really enjoyed it, others not so much. The next day we had a class on Excel which was very helpful.
Friday was a busy day for me! I met with someone on my team and discussed how to work on a budget. Then I had a brownbag lunch with some executives and then back to work on my budget. I'm pretty excited about this - it's the real deal ya know?
Next week is forecast week so everyone is going to be in a tizzy. I'm working a longer day tomorrow - I want to get in early to sign up for the cast choir in the candlelight processional but then I have a meeting until 5.
I hung out with some of the other finance interns on Friday - that was nice. To see everyone out of the working world with their game face on haha. I started going to the dance studio I found that has adult classes and it's awesome. The guy that runs it choreographs professionally and used to work for Disney! It's a lot of fun.
I've had a pretty chill weekend, tonight I'm making Mamma Mia Meatloaf. I know - you're jealous. =P
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