-What Mom called this post, after I told her how long it is
So it has been a while, huh?
This summer I went to a few great converts- Incubus, 311, Justin Timberlake (my friend won tickets on the radio!!), and a dj called GirlTalk. They were all a great time, a nice way to get away from the city for even just a few hours. This weekend my school is having a music festival in one of our quads, the band brand new is playing along with some local bands- my student group is going to be putting on a bbq before the show!
The new apartment is not even close to being unpacked, but what more do you expect from me :) It really feels like my first 'real' apartment- the train runs by every 15 minutes right outside my window, no dishwasher, no ac, the occasional cockroach... but I love it regardless! I am living with my roommate from last year, along with another one of my friends and a random girl who was placed with us-- much better than freshman year, for sure!
Work has been going well, I finally feel like I really know what I am doing with everything! Next Wednesday is the first seminar I have worked on from start to finish- so much work goes into them! I am going to be super busy until late October- our last seminar is on Oct 25th, the day after my birthday! We have 17 in the meantime, though, so lots of work ahead. In case you were wondering what exactly I do for these conferences- i make the invitation and website with our graphic designers, coordinate the printing and mailing of the invites, along with electronic copies, make and print signage, work with another girl in my group in putting together presentations that the investors come up with, work with the hotels to reserve space and plan the food, help decide gifts, put together booklets that have all of the presentations in them, ship everything, coordinate logistics with people in our global offices on the actual seminar planning, and finally, after it is all done, get to analyze all of the feedback that we get! It sounds like a lot, but there is a small group of us (4 total) that share these responsibilities to some extent, so we all have a hand in everything. Needless to say we have been very busy, but it has been great so far!
As for school, I am the assistant vice president in the resident student association(RSA), a group that puts on lots of programs for the entire campus to enjoy-- this is the group putting on the bbq this weekend. It should be a lot of fun! I have also decided to join student government association, its more about school and a little more work, but i still enjoy it a lot- i have been working on improving our health center (something i unfortunately know far too much about by now), a presentation to our board on gender-neutral housing, and marketing for the group. I have been joking around that i am 'graduating' from rsa to sga because it is so much more formal. It all sounds like a lot, but i find it all rewarding so it doesn't seem like work most of the time-- besides, once i get home from coop i have nothing to do!
Not too much else is new- for those who have been following the trials and tribulations of my back, it is feeling a bit better, so keep your fingers crossed! I have also been meeting a lot of new people and making new friends, as always :)
Sorry for the wait on this update, i was waiting for pictures but i still haven't uploaded them, so sometime soon I will have a nice post with all pictures, but that is whats new from Boston!
