Work has been keeping me busy, obviously, but it has been going well. I have learned most of my day-to-day responsibilities, such as updating the seminar website, making seminar materials, and planning future seminars. The interesting part has come in the side projects I am beginning to receive- I made a seminars & programs newsletter, which I was frustrated about because of the slow turnaround time my group had with edits, and 11th hour changes to the content, but this morning it was sent out to the entire firm (!) and everyone complimented me, saying that i had gotten the newsletter out the fastest they had ever seen. I have also been doing things such as throwing a party for the director of marketing and data analysis tracking views of our media presentations. By far, the projects are the most interesting part and I have already learned so much just from being exposed to the work that I have to do.

So what am I doing with all of my free time, you may ask? Well Friday night I went to Harvard Hogwarts Square to pick up the new Harry Potter book! It was a lot of fun, there were HP themed bands playing, "magical" food at the restaurants, and of course a 1 1/2 hour line to get the book at midnight! I did not get to have a marathon reading session as I had to work at the restaurant all weekend, but I finished all 750ish pages last night- it was amazing. I can't think of a better way to end the series.

So in a nutshell... that is whats news from Boston!



Brad and myself at Hogwarts Square, at 1:30 am, with our books! We were trying to get the clock from the Cambridge Savings bank in the background, but clearly that didn't work

4th of July

Orientation was pretty standard, nothing too out of the ordinary to report there. I have made some friends out of our group of coops, we all go and get lunch together every day- it is definitely a nice break to go have lunch with some fellow college kids after being in an office for 5 hours ;)

I got out of work early on Tuesday to start the holiday early, so I went for a run by the river and stopped to hear the Boston Pops rehearsal for the big show in the 4th. It was great to hear the music without the fireworks, but that is to come later. The 4th was relatively relaxing, went to dinner with some friends then went to the river with a few of my friends from BC and had a great spot right on the bank of the river. The fireworks were absolutely amazing- hopefully the pictures do it some justice!

First (official) day!

Tomorrow if my first official day at Wellington! Granted, I started officially two weeks ago, but tomorrow is my orientation and I get to meet all of my fellow co-ops. So far I am really enjoying my job. It has its share of busy work and materials prep like any intern is going to have to do, but the other side which I am getting into right now is very interesting. I am working with the electronic production group (graphic and web designers) to make the 'theme' and all of the materials (website, invitations, presentations, etc) for our upcoming seminars in Australia and Asia. I am also working with my boss on researching who we want from our company to put on presentations and once we have confirmed with them, we will be helping them develop their presentations. It is mainly a marketing position, but already I have had a lot of exposure to finance which I am really glad to have the opportunity to experience working for such a prestigious company.

As for the juicy 'new job' details, I have my own little cubicle and email for the next 6 months. I have to wear a suit every day, and I have already had business lunches with 'colleagues' (aka my friends who are also on co-op). The culture at Wellington is great- it is a very horizontal hierarchy/structure- basically there are 3 managing partners, 7 department heads, then all of the groups that make up well, everything. We have an open door policy, which means no names on offices, which caused me to get lost a lot in my first few weeks, but it has also led me to meeting one of the managing partners (already!)and the head of the marketing department. The best way to describe it was something that I was told during my interview with them- "We take our work seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously". In my first two weeks I have worked hard and already learned a lot and I already feel at home in my new position!



Taken from the Quincy Market area, the building I work in- 75 State St is the second building from the left, the one with the gold detailing up at the top

I also started working at Panificio, a restaurant near the Charles River about a month ago. I am waitressing Saturday and Sunday mornings during brunch, talking to all of the tourists and eating lots of pastries that they bake there every morning- so good!

As for this whole blog- I figure if anyone is interested in what I am up to since I have run off to Boston, you can all check here and I will try to update it regularly. Hope everything is going well at home, I miss you all, and hopefully I will be home again before the end of the summer!