Day 12 and 13

Today was the last Monday of my Proctor career.  It started pretty similar to the last few weeks, however today I was going to help box signs to ship to Dalbello reps across the country.  I was given a list from Sarah about where and how many each box should have then I got to work.  This project took all of Monday and Tuesday morning.  When I finished with this I had a meeting to close out my internship and then went to lunch.  I was really happy to have completed my internship with VMD and am I excited to see what opportunities are in front of me after Proctor.

Week 3

This week I learned about how to handle a lot of items on my plate.  I have been practicing this skill at Proctor for the last four years here, but today I got to apply it seamlessly.  During this week, I had a playoff game, about 1,000 social media pages to find like and document,  and all of my senior project blogs and paperwork.  I also want to spend time with friends because of the distance I live away from my peers I am going to miss spending time with them so I want to spend as much time with them as I can.  It was hard to juggle all these ball in the air, and in the past probably would have led to a meltdown, but this week I was able to accomplish most of them.

I loved every minute of this week.  Its hard work, and I'm not getting payed but I love this type of environment and freedom.  The classroom has always been a struggle for me, and learning through experience has always helped me.  I feel like I am thriving here, and at school. I feel as though I am prepared to leave.

Thinking back on it, I know that the original task Sara assigned me would never have been attainable.  I wasn't able to finish the Facebook let alone the Instagram or the twitter.  But though doing this I learned how distributors, reps, and stores all work.  I've learned about how the ski industry works from the top down, and I also learned what its like to be given a lot of work, 

This week everything went pretty much the norm,  I however don't think I will be able to finish my assignment from Sarah, witch is expected.  It was an incredibly stime consuming task, and it is a bummer I couldn't finish it.  I did however like about 1,200 pages as well as document there activity and there following.  I focused on the major areas of sale for VMD, I just wish I could have done more.

This week,  I learned that I am ready for the real world, I can handle my time and I can get my work done.  I think that if I didn't have sports and worked here from 9-5 every day I could have easily accomplished what I needed to do.  I am ready!

Day 11

Today was the last of senior project, but I still have a bunch of work I need to do for MDV.  I also really want to finish turning my lamp in wood-shop.  After four years I can finally feel the end of my time here is close.  I am sad to leave, but I am ready to take the first step of my next journey.

Day 10

This was a typical Tuesday.   Not very much interesting happened today, I needed to get work down so I sat down and worked for about 4 hours.  It was hard to be focused and diligent in the office today, my mind was racing because high school sports are now officially over for me, along with my body being very sore.  I am really thankful to Chris and Kelly for helping me make it through the entire year with my injuries.

Day 9

Today, I woke up the same time as always and headed to work.  I am now feeling the pressure of having a lot of things that I want to accomplish before school ends.  I really want to finish my wood shop project as well as my senior project along with the work Sarah wants me to do.  Having all these thoughts floating in my head made work really distracting and it was tough to focus.  I need to focus to finish my work for Sarah by next Tuesday. I then got back to school and had to focus my brain for a big pregame practice to prepare for the first round of Lakes Region playoffs against New Hampton School.

Day 8

Day 8, was a typical Monday for me.  I woke up around 7:50 showered and got ready to go.  The drive to VMD is still super easy.  Once in the office, I put my head down and got to work.  I am behind on what Sarah asked me to do, and I think it is much more work then she and I both anticipated.  After I finished work I headed back.  Here I noticed how much I really enjoy driving in New Hampshire compared to California.  The highway is much more scenic, as well as the drivers are much less aggressive, and seem to be not in any type of rush compared to those in California.  Just another great day!

Week 2

This week I got to go watch a boot fitting and go to the warehouse for VMD.  I have had my own boots fit for ski racing, but it is interesting to see the slight differences that Dalbello is doing that other companies are not.  It is also interesting to notice the similarities.  I also helped move last years skis back into the warehouse and helped bag and load this years skis onto a truck.  The warehouse is probably the largest collection of skis boots bindings, and other accessories that I have ever seen in one place. 

Working at VMD is in some ways harder than actually going to school.  The work on social media is tedious and has made me longer enjoy spending time on Facebook.  Still up in the air whether or not this is a good or bad thing. However I left at the end of my second week just as stoked about what I'm doing as I did after my first day. 

I worked in the warehouse and got to watch the boot fitting as well as see how the rest of the warehouse looks.  I had never thought about warehouses for ski companies or where they would be located.  I've visited surf brand warehouses, and they are normally located in southern California because its close to the market so I assumed the ski brands would be the same.  In my mind that would be Colorado but it was interesting to learn that they are placed in NH.  It makes sense because even though the conditions are not as great in New England,  but the market is still really big. It was cool to relate some of the concepts I learned in AP human geography to make sense of this.

• Did everything happen as you expected or were there surprises? 

This week went pretty much as I expected.  I had to take my AP exam for Human Geography.  It was nice to finally get that off my shoulders, and it felt even better because I felt confident on my performance.

Each week I gain more and more experience working in an office.  It is different then sitting in school all day, and while it's harder I enjoy it more.  However at the end of the day I am more tired.  I have learned that if your working around something you really enjoy that working really isn't that bad!