One Showcase Down, One More To Go

So I worked my first ever showcase yesterday and it was quite a busy day! First waking up at 7 AM on a Sunday is hard enough. I was running late but Kristin called me telling me she was already waiting on the street for me, so while rushing out of my apartment, I forgot my Red Bull I bought the night before. That was pretty brutal, but luckily I was able to down a cup of coffee in the office before we started work. When I got to the office, I was handed a 5 page itinerary of the days events and I was blown away at how much work there was to be done and how many people were there helping. I had to help blow up balloons to put with signs and other small things. We blew up over 75 balloons. The hard part was walking across campus in the pouring rain with the ridiculous wind, trying to hold onto the balloons and keep them from tangling up. Allison and I were very unsuccessful and 25 of our balloons turned into one big mess. We finally untangled all of them and headed back to the Law School to prepare for the speaking part of the day. I was in a room where Alice spoke (another ambassador) as well as John Hammel (director of admissions) Misty Gray (an alumni) and Sebastian Royo (College of Arts and Science Associate Dean, Director of the Madrid Campus). Our room was packed and people actually had to stand along the sides and back. From there it turned into a madhouse. After the presentation, I had to help students and families find their ways to their academic information sessions which were spread throughout the campus. I was trying to direct a group of like 65 people which was next to impossible. By the time I made it to the dorms at 10 Somerset Street, I lost the majority of my group. After that I was able to eat PIZZA thanks to Sara, which was fabulous since I was soaked head to toe. Then I helped direct people from the second session at the Law School to their academic information sessions. I pretty much stood on the corner of Beacon Street and Tremont Street asking people if they knew where they were going. And pretty much everyone said they had no idea. I figured that corner was a good medium between the Law School and their destination so hopefully I helped some people find their way. Then I went back to the Sawyer building to give a tour. My tour group size changed dramatically from one building to another. I started with about 30 students and families. Then when I got to the dorms, my group increased to about 75 students and families because Allison's tour group heard my speech and decided to join. Then by the time I got to the Library I lost a few families and my group was manageable at about 30 students again. At my last stop I had about 10 students and families. It was a crazy day. Next Sunday I am speaking for the Sawyer Business School. I've been working on my speech and I'm pretty much done with it. I've been working on my speech for Wednesday when I travel to Connecticut to talk to admitted students in the Farmington area. I think my parents might be stopping by and saying hello since I'll be in the area.

With rain all day yesterday and rain today, I'm definitely not enjoying the weather. I definitely complain about the weather too much, but I really don't like bad weather. I should probably look into moving to a nicer climate when I graduate, but I love the city of Boston just way too much!

On the school front, my projects haven't really moved forward that much. My globalization project has hit a standstill but I'm not worried about it. Accounting and Marketing are moving right along and Principles of Business Law hasn't changed much. I'm beginning to get summer fever and can't pay attention to class, but I know it's really important to focus extra hard these next few weeks.

That's it for now, I need to change my blog layout.

-CG