Happy Tuesday Ya'll!!The picture to the left is our condo building... Pretty amazing huh!
Today went down in history as one of my most exciting days... And my friends who read this, will totally laugh at me but I don't care! hehe
So, it wasn't until late in the afternoon today until we got our 'assignments' as in what department we would be working in over the next four months. The past two days have been filled with doing random projects around the office and doing things that everyone in the company has to do every once in awhile. The past two days I got to help make "CusTOMS" which are TOMS that are custom ordered. I got to stamp paint on shoes, which was pretty fun.
Others got to help with inventory or make point-of-purchase signs for in-store displays. Pretty much anything that needed to get done, we got to do. Which was a good way to start because it allowed us to get to know the full-time employees and get acquainted with the office.
SO - Today, I helped Blake's assistant (the Founder), send out shoes along with Blake's personal cards to Blake's important contacts. These people included: Paul Mitchell, Kenneth Cole, Ralph Lauren, fashion editors, publishers... etc. I got to address the envelopes... Which means, Paul Mitchell will some day read my hand writing (Well, it will most likely be his assistant, but STILL!) It was pretty exciting...
Guess Who's Envelopes I Got To Address??
HANSON! All three brothers... I even carefully packed Taylor's shoes with Blake's note in a box. It was pretty exciting! (3/25 - Little did I know that I would eventually MEET Hanson... Wow!)
The wide variety of connections that Blake has is crazy awesome, and I truly don't believe the company is where it would be Today without them.
Today, I truly felt blessed to be apart of TOMS (I've felt blessed everyday I've been here, but today it was extra strong). The evolution of the company over the past year and a half is so inspiring and I'm thankful I get to be apart of something from the beginning. At TOMS, the work atmosphere is so positive all day long and everyone is so unique, charming, enduring and amazing in their own ways. I will learn SO much from everyone about every aspect of TOMS.
Thursday evening we all get to attend a trade show party in San Diego! I have been assigned to assist the public relations manager at TOMS, so the trade show party preparation is in my department. I will get to head down early and help set up table toppers and get things prepared! I'm really excited! I'm not exactly sure what to expect, but either way it will be a great opportunity to spread the word about TOMS. (I will write more about my responsabilities another time)
Every Tuesday night we will be having our 'Cleaning Parties' at the condo. We split the tasks and all got done within a half hour, then we had a dance party in the living room. It was a lot of fun and we had music blaring the whole time. It was also a pretty good work out! But, with 15 people living in a small area, the once a week cleaning party is very necessary!
I have decided that I wouldill write a little note about everyone I work with here at TOMS, just because they are all amazing... So, I will start off with Meg, who you see to the left :)She is from MINNESOTA also and went to school in San Diego. She studied abroad in Spain and is in love with Barcelona and she hopes to go back some day. Meg is also our "House Mom" as we say, because she was an intern last semester and was hired to take on the College Initiatives at TOMS and lives with us now, she is pretty much our RA, but a much cooler RA.
The greatest thing about Meg is that she is incredibly encouraging in every sense of the word and in every aspect of life. She is very spiritual and I know I can learn a lot from her. She is a person who is genuinely interested in you and your life and makes you feel wanted. I'm so excited to get to become good friends with her and join her in her many 'Dance Parties.'
I'm off to bed!!
Peace!!
-Kirsten
