All Done with the UW Campaign

This was the second and final week of the United Way giving campaign at LC. On Wednesday, we had our Balloon Burst, which went great. Everyone who came had a lot of fun, and most of them won prizes. Then on Friday I got to draw the 50/50 raffle winner, and we tallied up the winner of the LC Penguin promo.

Besides that, I didn't have much to do this week. I wrote up a few project memos for the LC Digital Initiative we're working on, but that only took a day or so. On Tuesday, for example, I went from person to person, looking for some work to do. No one had anything for me, so I devoted some time to scouring the Internet for CoolJobs tweet ideas.

It was a little frustrating not having anything to do. They're often telling me how great I am at this or that, yet here I was, withering away.

That's one thing I noticed... It takes them time to find work for me, and everyone at LC is so busy that they don't have extra time to find things for me to do. Hopefully, though, they'll have me in mind now, and when something crosses their desks that they can have me do, they'll note it.

I did get some such work on Friday, which ended up being a very busy day. Unfortunately, the work in question was paragon monkey work. Literally selecting, copying and pasting. It was valuable for the company, though, and extremely time-sensitive, so I put up with it. And it's not as if I were the only one doing it; several full-time people were doing the same, exact thing. So it wasn't so bad.

Friday was also great, because a few other interns and I got to have lunch with Steve Laughlin. It was pretty exciting to meet and speak with one of the founders of LC, who I'd never really gotten any face time with before. It was a little restrictive having so many people around... Rather than having a conversation, it turned into more of a classroom lecture, but it was still great to tap into his mind.

I also noticed that my colleagues seemed more interested in impressing Steve than having a legitimate conversation... They were quick to spout off anything that sounded professional or intelligent, and the whole thing felt a bit contrived. We did have Panera catered, though.

Also, I found out that I'll have a legitimate vacation for Thanksgiving Break: The office is closed on Thursday and Friday, and there's an early release on Wednesday. That means, since I don't come in till the afternoon anyway, I won't be coming in Wednesday. So from Wednesday through Sunday, I'll be able to take a nice, long breath. Can't wait.