Happy Wednesday everyone! The picture above is of all of us Spring interns - I'm third from the back :) This picture may possibly be placed in INC magazine.
As you can imagine, I have continued to be on my Hanson high. It has honestly been a great week - and will continue to be Great for the next couple of weeks. This past weekend we went to Manhattan Beach because it was 75 degrees, while it was -30 in Minnesota!
I could definitely get used to laying on the beach every weekend! It was beautiful!Saturday night, most of us interns met up with some of the full-timers out at a dance club? There is lack of a better word for where we went - but it was a lot of fun to be able to hang out with them outside of TOMS. We all were dancing, having a great time!
Sunday night, I went to church with Abbi and her friend Ryan at Mosaic. The service was actually in an old theater - it was a very different atmosphere that I am used to, but it was a great worship service. For the past couple of weeks, the sermons were formed around advertisements that you can see in LA. It was a great sermon about judgment and misinterpretation.
Although I would say that God has been apart of my life, I know that I have not fully accepted him as I should have. It is amazing what he has done to my heart in the past few weeks - I'm excited to feel and accept his presence in my life. I have already learned so much about myself, who I am, who I can be - what I want with the life God has given me. I still have a lot of questions about my faith, but I'm finally at the point to address these questions and let him overflow my life... :) And that is where I'm at today.
Monday at work, I had to get stuff ready for a trade show that we are at this week in Vegas. I have to put together our spring/summer/fall samples, press kits and other stuff that we give out to buyers at trade shows. After I got a lot of samples together, I decided that I should organize all of our samples and ended up staying at the office until 8:00 to do so. I'm really glad I did though, because it will make future trade shows easier to get ready for!
Tuesday, I was at work early, then I brought one of the full-timers Garett, to the airport. Garett was heading to Vegas to meet up with some other TOMS people for the trade show that I was helping get ready for. This was my first time driving in LA. I got to drive on the infamous 405! Poor Garett. I was driving Abbi's car, which is not a stick shift. But, I think I've got the hang of it now. In LA, you have to be an aggressive driver. AH!
After the airport, I headed to a book signing in Santa Monica. The book is called "Never trust a man in alligator loafers" by Donna Sozio. She wrote the book about how you can tell a guy's love potential by the shoes that he wears - and at her book signings, she does a 'shoe reading' on your significant other's shoes. Well - I went there to get Blake's shoes read... which said he was creative, outgoing, likes to have fun, but is still very structured. Which is very TRUE. It was very interesting. The shoe reading was being taped, so ME and TOMS might actually be on her website!
Yesterday, I also found out that next week I get to go to Vegas for another trade show, WSA. WSA stands for World Shoe Association and the trade show is and the international shoe market. I am SO excited!! I'm the only intern that gets to go, so I am very lucky to get this opportunity. I will get to see how a big trade show like that works and see Blake in action -- I am going to soak in as much as possible!! I will be driving in a U-haul with one of the other TOMS people to Vegas next Wednesday and leaving sometime Saturday night - just in time to make it back for TOMS big event with Red Bull and a local board shop Active here in LA.
So, as you can see I have had a pretty awesome week! PLUS - this Friday is when I get to meet Brett Dennen! I have been in contact with his manager and me and the intern director Mike will be meeting him to give him a pair of TOMS. We are hoping that after we meet him and tell him more about TOMS in person, Brett will become interested and want to be involved! I am SO excited for the show too!Happy Valentine's Day to everyone tomorrow! I will obviously have more pictures up after this weekend - It will be another nice and sunny weekend here in California and I am planning on spending it at the beach :)
PEACE & LOVE & TOMS :)
-KJ
