So I've been a really bad blogger, but I do have two really good excuses: full time employee at the Carnegie hotel and full time graduate student at ETSU. :)
Basically this post will be about how my last three weeks have been. One word can describe those three weeks: BUSY! Let's see, we will start with...
Work
Since the last post I have continued to train our two new people. They have continued to learn a lot about the Carnegie and they are doing well. Business has picked up quite a bit lately. (We are sold out tonight and we will hopefully sell out tomorrow!) It should pick up even more during the month on October. Not a whole lot is going on other than conferences and weddings every weekend. I know that next weekend will be really busy because of Storytelling. That'll be exciting though. Oh, some people might not know this, but Ryan is currently working in banquets at the Carnegie! Is is now a full time employee at Student Support Services and the Carnegie. :)
School
School has been going very well. So far I have an A in Economics (and I was two weeks ahead last week, but now I'm only a few days ahead). I'm enjoying it, but I'm glad that I had Mrs. Robinson for AP Economics because I'm understanding it more now. If I hadn't had that class, then I probably would be very lost. Accounting is not as scary as I thought it would be. I haven't had any tests yet. It became an online class, so I'm having to teach it to myself, but so far I'm on schedule and I'm understanding everything. Business Statistics is super boring. It's the only class that I actually have to attend in a classroom setting. It is my least favorite of all of my classes. It isn't so much the professor or even the material; it's my classmates. Most of the people in my program are students who didn't just graduate from college (which apparently is a very rare thing to go straight into grad school after college). A lot of class time is spent doing Excel and Minitab tutorials, which is a pre-requisite for the course. Oh well, I guess I can consider myself to be ahead.
Extracurriculars
So I have joined the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA). I thought it would be a fairly formal organization, but man was I wrong. Apparently there are over 300 members that have paid dues and are classified as members, but only about 20 people are actually "active"! I just think that is crazy considering most of the organizations I've been a part of have some sort of attendance requirement. Oh well, I guess it'll be one of those things that pad my resume. I am still staying active in Phi Sigma Pi as an Alumna. This Sunday, I'm giving a seminar to the future Bigs of the Chapter. We will see how that goes. I'm a little nervous about it, but I know everything will go well and I'm very happy to do it.
Outside of the formal organizations, I've been preparing for the Grey's Anatomy season premiere on Thursday! I know, I'm on of those people who obsess with a tv show, but I've kept up with this show even during the crappy season of the writers' strike. Justin has been coming over after work several times because we are trying to finish watching Season 6 before the premiere. Only 12 more episodes to go. ;) We will get it done.
Well, that has pretty much been my life for the past few weeks...school then work then sleep. I do miss my family quite a bit though. I don't get to talk to Mom every night, even every day. I really miss that. At least tonight I will be able to call her since I don't have work or some crazy meeting or whatnot. I have been able to talk to Christie more often, well over the internet. Last night we talked quite a bit about the Young Women's Retreat. She has a lot of great plans to implement for the next year. I'm so proud of her and I'm very excited to be a part of it.
I guess that's it for now. Hopefully I will be able to blog a little more often. Have a great week everyone!
