Day 2 - lunch

Today has been a much better day. For a start I travelled a new route which was 100x easier and got me here half hour early and I met one of the other interns early from yesterday. I think my people skills are developing. Meeting new people is something uni has made me extremely confident with and I feel like I'm beginning to make friends with one of the other interns which is nice and a shoulder to lean on. Today has also been alot more pro active I feel like I'm doing more. I went and picked up the parcels before I came upstairs which they seemed impressed with I then fililed all the beauty products and handed out all the PR invites to seperate desks. Our supervisor didnt get in until 11 so another member of the fashion team set us tasks to do. One girl was left to transcribe an interview one was sent to the fashion cupboard and I was set on a research task. I felt really good about this because my computer skills are strong and I am used to researching for uni projects and internships. I was asked to research fitness and dieting equipment gadgets and sports wear for a dieting special section and my research would be on the wish list page so everything had to be under £50, I felt comfortable in this task and not as daunted, I was sat at the style editors desk as she was away and I also gave it ago at writing the tag line and brief description in hope maybe one or two would catch their eye an maybe get used. Either way it was a useful exercise. I was also asked to man the phones while I was on the desks. I don't deal we'll with situations where I'm not 100% sure with what I have to say so this made me nervous. This paired with the tempronental phones meant there was alot of question asking again - something I hate doing. However I gave it my best shot and eventually I wrote down a little guide to 'answering the phone' which calmed me down. During this the fire alarm went off and the whole building was evacuated.. I've never seen so many people. It's strange because even with events like that I feel like I'm learning more so I embrace it. After I came back and continued researching I was asked to tidy and file the beauty editors parcels and makeup, this was really interesting seeing exclusive previews of new beauty products and seeing what real press packs look like. Then just before lunch ask Italian dropped off some new dough all previews which were AMAZING. Little perks like that make me really want a job in magazines! Today I'm feeling so much more positive! I was going to venture out on my lunch but Christina has joined me again and I think I'd rather relax :)