Cups, Cups, Cups

I am loving all these personalized carnival cups and tumblers out there! Now I just have to choose which one I want to order!

*I am also thinking up the possibility of buying a cheap carnival cup at Target/Walmart and adding my own sticker/decal. Has anyone done this before?

Geekin' Out

Since I have been talking so much about my internship and project this summer, I thought I would share some of my learnings with you!

My project revolves around web analytics, which measure visitor interactions within a web site, measuring metrics such as pageviews, visitors, location, and visit duration. By taking this data and manipulating to information you can continue to keep consumers engaged in your site.

One tool that is great for the blog world is Google Analytics. It is a free product and a leader in web analytics. I set Google Analytics up with my blog earlier in the summer as a “demo” and have learned a lot about my visitors.

Plot of my visitors for the month of July.

I have found many interesting facts about visitors to my site including my most popular page by far is Keep Calm & Carry On, most of my visitors use Google Chrome as their browser, and international visitors come from places like the UK, Costa Rica, Hungary, and India!

This is a great source for other bloggers out there to see the demographic of their readers. If you want a simpler, high level overview, check out the “Stats” section in your Blogger.

OOTD Presentation

The best thing a girl can wear is confidence.
I will be rocking the following outfit a la Banana Republic tomorrow for my BIG Presentation! Wish me luck!

Remember

One of the biggest days of my internship is Monday. This week has been super crazy, I have not spent more than 4 hours at my office until Friday and with the infamous presentation in front of the entire senior team looming I am not as prepared as I wish I could be.

I gave my presentation to my team today and was clearly upset. I was on the verge of crying, with 6 men (no women) in the room, for basically no reason. While none of them made a big deal out of it, they all clearly noticed at my emotion. It was NOT good.

To make matters worse, when one of the previous VT interns came by I literally started crying for about 5 minutes straight. I felt so bad for him but he was very supportive and helped me realize to keep positive. I am so grateful for all the support I have here at work and can deal with my crazy girl emotions.

I gave my presentation twice more later that day and did much better. I just need to remember confidence is the most important thing and to have faith in myself. Sometimes you just need to remind yourself you are special and to never give up. These quotes always give me the inspiration and motivation to continue on.

Desks

I am moving into a new townhouse in less than a month! While I have furniture from my previous apartment I am still trying to get some inspiration to help decorate. I am loving some desks I have found recently and while I am reusing my old desk, I can take some of the ideas from the spaces and apply them to "embellish" my current situation!

What do you think? Do you have any ideas for helping decorate a desk area?

Chicago

So I am back in Richmond after my short trip to the windy city! It was great being able to travel, but after running around all day Monday and my 5am wake call on Tuesday, I am glad to be back to my granny schedule.

My hotel was absolutely amazing! If you head to downtown Chicago definitely check out the Marriott Renaissance! My amazing views consisted of...

Chicago Sign

Trump Tower and Chicago River

I had some great food and a little bit of time to explore the city, but I was really there for work! But the building I was working in was blown up in Transformers 3, I will have to go check it out!

Setting on a Jet Plane

Hi Everyone! I am off to the Windy City for a short business trip. I am hoping I will have an hour or two of free time to walk around Chicago but I am thankful to have the opportunity to travel as an intern.

I will be staying at the Marriott Renaissance Downtown! It is only a block off Michigan Ave. I stayed at the Renaissance in New York and it was amazing!

Has anyone been to Chicago? What are the best places to explore?