The One in which I'm excited

Hello All!  Two more weeks of class!!!

Clearly, I’m excited. If I said that I was ready to be done, that’d be an understatement. I’m done. [1] But before I’m truly done I still have:

-        A test in Enterprise Systems on Monday

-        A completed grant by the 29th

-        A group project in Enterprise Systems on the 30^th

-        An extra assignment in Strategic Management by May 3^rd

-        An exam in Strategic Management on May 4^th

-        A group project for Project Management on May 8^th

So maybe not so close. Anyway, for the fun stuff:

               -This week I got to go see a play with some friends at, you guessed it, theatresquared.[2] The play, Fall of the House, was definitely interesting and I enjoyed following the plot.

               - The red & white game happened, which means it’s time to start getting excited about Football![3]

               -I had time to take the dog for lots of walks! So at least he’s happy…my allergies less so.

               -The blog passed 1,000 views. I finally feel somewhat popular. 

               -I got my roommate, Kent, his birthday present. I’m super excited about it but I can’t tell you what I got until his birthday on the 25^th.

               -I went on an MP3 buying spree for my workout playlist. I got this song and now I can’t get it out of my head!

Until next week, when I’ll be one frustrating week away from being done!

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[1] It’s taking most of my effort to put forth 75-80% in classes right now. I do because I have a hard time doing anything less than my best. But at the same time, I’m just ready for some time off of the all-consuming nature of graduate school.

[2] What can I say? We love the $10 tickets for the under 30 crowd. Also, we like the plays and the people.

[3] Yes, that’s football with a capital F because that’s how big of deal it is here. 

The one in which I start counting down

               I’m writing to you on an extended break from studying for an enterprise systems test.[1] And, yes, this break involves cookies, milk, 30 Rock and blogging. And, yes, this break will most likely continue until I go to bed.

               So this week was my second week working at Mitchell and it’s still good. I have some outside reading that I need to do in my vast amounts of time but the more time I spend there the more I know that I’m going to enjoy it.

               I’m really, really, really close to finishing this grant up. I didn’t get much time to work on it this weekend, so I’ll have to carve some time out this week  for that.

               I want to congratulate my friend Ellen on her win at Governor’s Cup this week. If you guys remember, Ellen and I were on an entrepreneurship team together last semester. I didn’t continue on for some personal reasons but Ellen continued this semester, all by herself, and she’s doing fantastic!

               I ate too much this past week. I’m going have to spend some serious quality time with my elliptical trainer this coming week.

               All that’s left between me and graduation:

                              -3 weeks of class (and therefore 3 weeks of work)

                              -3 tests (two in Enterprise Systems and one in Strategic Management)

                              -1 group project

               So, this weekend I wasn’t feeling great and just kind of worn out from studying and such. About 15 minutes into my workout this song came on and made my Saturday a little bit brighter.

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[1] I am no longer capable of remembering facts about data warehouses or business performance management.