Money in the Bank, Shorty What You Drank

My long-term personal and professional goals are pretty much the same. I wanna make a bank. Cash checks and break necks. Throughout my life, I have gone through different phases of what I would want to be when I get older, from doctor to pro-football player I thought about it all. I have settled on one field that I think that I really want to go into. That field is Law. I really would like to be a corporate or contractual lawyer 10 years down the road from now.

Thanksgiving Work Load/Plans

I had only worked two days last week, but I did not have a hard time at all making sure that anything that I needed to get done got done. It was a pretty slow week in membership though, so that contributed to it.
For Thanksgiving I went to my aunts house in Long Island, and was so lucky that I got to sit in traffic for over 5 hours that day, but on the other hand it was good to see my family.
My favorite turkey day dish is this concoction of string beans, cheese, carrots, and frizzled onions. Turkey sucks.

I'm sorry Miss, I was absent the day you assigned goals...?

This is easy. i came up with this goal this weekend actually but ive always thought about. Now, it's just a matter of time.

My biggest personal long term goal and my biggest professional long term goal go hand in hand. I want to build a house on a tropical island as a vacation home. I'll have my private helicopter take me there whenever i want. It will be grand. And my biggest professional long term goal is to have a job awesome enough so that i can buy an island! One day :) ...

... and if things dont go according to plan i will move in with my mom and dig a moat.

Food is so good.

Hi guys!
Well I managed my workload by telling everyone that I was going to be out and getting as much as was humanly possible done the Friday I left for Barcelona.
This Thanksgiving was completely different than what I am used to as I was in Spain with my sister and all of her friends. To stay in the holiday spirit, we all attempted to create an American thanksgiving. It was hilarious and delicious!
I do have to say, however, that I missed the food and the USA! What is my favorite dish? Everything.

Reach for the stars

Welcome back from Barcelona, Kinsey!
I hope everyone had a nice few days off from work. I know I hated hearing my alarm at 8am this morning. Anyways, let's get to serious things.

What is your biggest personal long term goal?
What is your biggest professional long term goal?

I answered this question last year, and I said my biggest long term goal was to move to Los Angeles by the time I'm 24 or 25...seeing as I'm already 23...I don't see this happening until I'm at least 28. Ohhhh wellll. Okay bye.

Tofurkey anyone?

This whole time of year is generally a frenzy. Back to back holidays means having to manage your time/projects at work to ensure things don't get pushed to the back burner. It's a challenge to stay focused when there's constant parties and feasts but that's why time management is key.

I'm not a big Thanksgiving person and my family doesn't really have a tradition around it. Generally Black Friday is a bigger deal - outlets open at midnight, King of Prussia opens at 4am. The past 3 years running my cousins and I have been on some news station where you see the crazies in line waiting for the doors to open. Yup, I'm one of those.

Andddddd I can't say no to stuffing or cornbread. Not sure I've ever eaten Turkey before but I hear it makes you pretty sleepy.

Grandma's Cornbread!!!

I had a project that probably should have taken me 2 to 3 days that i finished in one. Other than that, I've finished all my work. Now, I'm just planning things, like the Past MA Holiday Party, the Drexel Co-op Interviews, and my vacation.

As far as Thanksgiving, I think my mom, brother, and I are going to my aunt's. We don't have any other tradition besides having dinner.

What im sort of excited for is black friday. I've never been out on black friday before. ive always had to work. This time i hope to go shopping with one of my friends but i have no clue what to expect.

Thanksgiving Break

I have a project and Newsletter to finish by the first week of December, which is the end of next week! I'm using my time wisely and having lunch at my desk for these three days. Secondly, I do not celebrate thanksgiving, but spending the break with my family will be awesome. We always do lots of shopping on black friday, can't wait! Hopefully I get my new blackberry over break(left it in a cab when I was...).



2 More days till break! Awwwwh YEAH!

1. Given that we have a 3 day work week, how are you managing your work load in three days as opposed to five?

2. What are your plans for the upcoming holiday weekend/Black Friday? Does your family have a Thanksgiving tradition?

3. What is your favorite Turkey Day dish & why?

Sick Day

How do I compensate in the office when someone is out sick?
If one of the MA's were out I suppose the morning membership stack may be a little heavier, but fortunately, we don't depend on one another too much. The only occurrence that would be detrimental to my productivity is if Ashley was out because then I would have no direction. If that ever happened, which I don't expect it ever will, I'd go to Jacqui to see what's up and what I should be working on.
If I needed a sick day, I would call up Ashley, let her know, and the next day I'd pick up the slack from when I was out.

When I was out sick...

Usually when Lauren or Wendy are attending out of state conferences, I do my everyday work and then Taylor or Ann would give me other work to catch the team up! Therefore, if one of my team members were out sick, I would handle the situation the same way.

When I was out sick, I called Lauren first thing! I was out two days this week, Monday and Tuesday! When I got back, I replied to all my e-mails first. Then I worked on the most important tasks first to the least important.

"Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.” - Henry David Thoreau

My only hope is this year Swine Flu doesn't knock every other employee out (ie. my last co-op).

The important thing to remember when people get sick is nobody actually wants to be sick, so by just pitching in and picking up the slack things go easier for everyone.

I do a lot to prevent sickness - evident in my drawer full of daily supplements, but it happens to the best of us. Best approach is calling John ASAP and letting Meredith know as well.

Out Sick

Well, when DeeDee is out sick like she was yesterday, she just had me do my daily routine. Once I finished my day to day duties. I took care of work that John and Wendy had assigned to me in wake of DeeDee's absence.

If I'm sick, I would notify Meredith and DeeDee as soon as I realize that I am not in the condition to work. So far so good.

When returning from being sick, I would handle my workload, by prioritizing the most important things and figuring out what needs to get done first.

Communication is key!

Well.
I suppose if someone were out sick, let's say JP, I would shoot her a text/e-mail, ask her to spell out exactly what I can do to help, and do my best to make sure everything ran smoothly.

If I were out sick, I would contact my lovely fellow co-ops, let them know my situation and describe to them the work i would really appreciate them helping me out with while I was out.
I would also call JP, let her know, and ring Miss Meredith Meyers.
When i returned to work I would thank the guys who helped out, check in with JP, and get back on top of my work!

That is all!
Just some good ol responsible communication!

The MA Website

Sorry for the late reply, but this is for last weeks question!

A project to use as an example would be the MA website! I'd say the most challenging part was when all of us had different opinions for the logo name until we finally came up with the one we have now (OuReality). To get there, we went through a few different names and decide as a team if we ALL liked it or not. Not just the name, but the design of the logo too. I created a bunch of different styles for "OuReality" until everyone liked the one we all approved on. In the end, it's not just one person's idea and another's approval; it's everyone's!

Winter is creeping around the corner, which means people are indefinitely going to get sick. I was sick a few weeks ago, Puja was sick this week...It's bound to happen. That being said...

When people in the office are out sick, how do you pick up the slack? What about if you're the one that's out sick? How do you handle your workload when you come back into the office?

Team work makes the Dream work

Group work at SHM has been inconsistent with my past experiences. Specifically the group dynamic of: one person does all the work, one person takes all the credit, one person never answers their phone/texts/emails, etc etc etc.

The tasks I've been assigned to work on in a group here have all been an equal effort filled with meaningful challenges. The main difference is I feel here, we support each other towards success. Even if the project is something not-so-fun, the group tackles the issue together and makes the experience rewarding.

Only Great Minds Think Alike

I usually like to be a One-Man Wolf Pack, but I know that teamwork is an important tool for success. Whether you're a pro athlete, a garbage man, or a marketing assistant, you need teamwork to get the job done. However, there are issues that could rise out of working together; the most blaring issue that I see is that people are going to have differences of opinion a lot of the time, but I have learned to solve that issue, simply through compromise.

Love is a many splendored thing

The trouble with group projects here is really just that you have four or five of us slated to manage a project and produce results, and all of us have very strong opinions. We were hired for a reason, specifically that none of us are passive, un-opinionated, boring people. There is a delicate balance that we try to maintain by choosing our battles wisely and I can proudly report that, thus far, we are all still a happy family.

Everyone knows at SHM we're about teamwork. There are frequent meetings, and projects that take more than one or two brains to complete.

What are some challenges you have faced since being here, when working in a group as opposed to working with one other person, or even alone?

Eathworm Jim

Yeah, there's pretty valuable realestate in my closet being taken up by old gaming systems. Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Game Boys galore, N64, Nitendo ES, Xbox, and Xbox 360... I DON'T PLAY VIDEO GAMES AT ALL. I grew out of that phase a while ago, but they're still there and they're not going anywhere. You never know when you'll get the hankering to play some Sonic.

I was Peter Parker. It was great.

Hoarders

First off I would like to let everyone know that i was Bear Grylls for Halloween and my adventure was surviving Halloween at Penn State. I made it out alive.

I have a cigar box that my dad gave me, that is filled with random things that an 8 year old kid would put in it. I have never removed anything from it and have to force it closed every time. I honestly don't know why I still have it, but to this day, I still add to my collection of things inside of it, ranging from cool looking coins, to random keys and stickers that i thought might one day come in handy.

At some point when I was in high school, I was really into making collages. I found a shoebox, a roll of masking tape, scissors, and a ton of Seventeen Magazines.

To this day, sitting on a shelf on my desk is a colorful, collage covered shoebox. Inside are notes, letters, postcards and greeting cards. Some notes are folded like origami, some a crumpled up, some are written in highlighter or gel pens, I could go on and on.

I have letters that go as far back as third grade, when I moved away from Avalon and my best friend (of 17 years) and I became pen pals. I have letters as recent as college, my friend Sean liked to write rap songs for me during English classes.

I don't think I could ever throw that box, or anything inside of it away. It's one of the things that I would grab if my house was on fire, for sure.

The remnants of old relationships...oy vey!

So this is pretty self explanatory.
I am not one of those girls who throws away all of the t-shirts, jewelry, cards, etc. when a relationship has come to a close.
I keep it all.

I have a box at home (in connecticut) with literally every card, poem, note a boy has ever written me.

I think it is equal parts therapy/destructive.

On one hand, I can look back and see how much someone cared for me at one point and it is reassurance that yes! it is possible to be adored! I can also look back and feel good that I got over whatever heartache I felt at the time.
On the other hand, part of moving on is getting rid of all that junk, what sane person wants to be reminded of days spent crying in bed with ice-cream and a pasture of dirty kleenex littered about everywhere?

Bottom line. I am keeping it all so that one day I can document it and put in writing all of the lessons I have learned and will learn from all of the stupid men in this world.

Where do you think delicious girly summer books come from?

This is the first song for your mixtape.

I have a serious stack of CDs I burned throughout middle school/high school of the oddest collection of artists - from System of a Down to Jimmy Eat World to Josie and the Pussycats. ((Meredith got a taste of my mix one day in the car, she can testify it's a bit bizzare)) Most of these CDs by now are scratched and skipping tracks when I play them but for some reason I can't bring myself to chuck them out. Call it nostalgia or silly preteen pride in my music choice, the discs collect in my car and amass anywhere I move.

Everything from my first relationship.

Basically what Kinsey said, but only stuff from my very first relationship which lasted almost two years. I have every card, letters, gifts, and pictures saved in a box at home. Your firsts are always hard to forget about especially if the relationship lasted that long!