Ads and Ice Cream

Hi everyone.

So, I am terribly sorry about this, but I will have to cut this entry short. I have just been SWAMPED with things to do. My first week here, I was still settling in and eager to take on anything that anyone gave me. Now, I’m just trying my best to stay above the workload.

I have been editing/proofing, researching, and uploading. Additionally, I have had to create an ad for IASTED’s Eighth International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2011) being held in February in Innsburck, Austria. I have to admit, I had quite a bit of fun creating this, especially since I had the freedom to design the layout myself. There were a few specifications (such as the size of the ad), but other than that, I pretty much had free reign. The only trouble I ran into with Adobe Photoshop was the “resolution” of the photo. It was set to 72 (which is quite low) when I initially created the ad, so I had to redo part of the ad when I fixed the resolution to 300. It took a bit of work, but I’m glad the way it turned out.

The one awesome thing about last week was that on Thursday, in the middle of the day, everyone at the office got together and ate ice cream (Strawberry and Cookies and Cream for me!) in celebration of my co-worker’s marriage.

Office celebrations = pretty sweet (literally)

Alright, well, some things of note before I go:
-Workplace Survival 101 Tip: Say ‘yes’ to invites for lunch with co-workers during lunch hours. It is a great way to get to know your co-workers.
-Notably: I want to express my congratulations (once again) to my co-worker. He just got married, and I want to wish him the best =).

That’s it for now.

Yours, busy and overwhelmed,


-Poppy