1/3 Done!

After the completion of this week, I'll officially be 1/3 done with my internship at Priority Health. Part of me thinks the time has flown, but part of me can't believe I still have another ten weeks left. Actually, when I put it that way, it seems like an eternity.

Not to beat the dead horse, but like I've been saying, the more time I put in at the company, the easier everything gets. I guess that makes sense. The one thing, however, that I am starting to get a little irked about is the fact that I'm a third of the way toward completing this internship, and the "big project" that I was supposed to undertake for the summer STILL hasn't even been started.

Just as a reminder, Priority Health is refurbishing their website, and as a big part of this, everything is being transferred over to a brand spanking new content management system, Sitecore.

It's not my department's fault. It's not anyone's fault, really. The latest I've heard is that there have been interviews and demos from potential vendors. It was surprising to me at first that Priority would go through so much trouble in selecting who would teach us the program. It makes sense to be selective when picking the ACTUAL program, but the training? That sort of blew my mind. It really does make sense, though, and I think the fact that the company puts so much into making sure its employees are trained the right way says a lot about how Priority operates. I just wish this had all taken place a few months ago.

So, for the time being, I'm stuck doing little odds and ends jobs. Tomorrow I have a catered intern lunch with my eleven or twelve other intern peers, and we're supposed to go around the room and detail what working on our respective projects has been like, and what challenges we've faced. Well for me, I guess the biggest challenge has just been waiting to get the project in the first place.

It could be worse, I know. And by doing little webpage updates and extra health literacy research, I am increasing my knowledge of the field. So I guess I shouldn't begrudge too much. Still, though, it is hard when I expected to be working on something a little more tangible. Well, not tangible since it's web based, but you know what I mean. :)