Monday: I spent the morning with my "boss" (and neighbor ironically, I caught her at the Turkish sandwich place on the corner last weekend) going over the admin site set-up. With 30,000 works and a staff of 2,000 people, you can imagine that the information contained on the site is a bit overwhelming. But thanks to my training with Mr. Oteri at NewMusicBox, I have learned how to deal with excessive information and within an hour I was flying. Attended my first staff meeting, which was fascinating (we're hosting a press conference next week in the Mona Lisa room apparently). Oh, and there was a big bowl of chocolate in the middle of the conference table. I love my department already! Got my badge, which gives me access to all of the national museums in France as well as mad discounts at just about every cultural event in the city. Had my first free lunch at the cantine, which is very different from American cafeterias. No chicken nuggets or fiestadas here. Instead, you get a 4 course meal. And the dessert selection is dangerous. I will probably go there most days, as it is free, but I will also have to profit from being right near the little Japanese neighborhood as well.

Tuesday: The freelance correction team was in, so we continued work on the Louvre.fr style guide. The lead correcter is a major comma freak and it drives me nuts. I am for the parsimonious use of the comma.

Wednesday: More correcting. So many errors. My errors database was exploding with missing serial commas, hyphenated compound words, and inaccurate translations. I was beginning to wonder if this job is going to be 4 months of total, insanity-causing boredom. I was starting to despair.

Thursday: My boss was in a meeting all afternoon, so I was putin charge of the team (like when the teacher leaves the classroom...). It was much cooler than my two days of death by copyediting. I got to do a lot of things: give assignments, contact other departments, fix computer bugs, translate some stuff, and answer questions. The boss was thrilled that I was able to take over so easily. I think it will help her to feel more comfortable taking a vacation this summer. I felt a lot better when I left, knowing that I will be given a bit more responsibility next week.

That's all. Even when it is boring, I am awestruck by my surroundings. To be able to go to work in a building that millions of people feel inspired to photograph is quite amazing. I am a lucky one.