Time Flies!

I can’t believe the semester is over! Here is a recap of my final week.

Monday

On Monday was the first half of our marketing plan presentations. My group was scheduled to present on Wednesday, so it was great to watch the other groups. The range of these presentations was fantastic – one group’s stood out because it was hilarious.

Tuesday

Today we had our final accounting exam. After the exam my group met to go over our marketing presentation. Although I thought that it would be difficult to make a refrigerator funny, I hoped we managed to do so. Even though our marketing presentation was not worth any points (our paper was pretty hefty though), I stayed up past 1:00am memorizing my part.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we had our final for MIR which was an open-note exam. Although I brought all of my notes from the entire semester, I barely used them during the exam. I guess I just needed a security blanket.

Next, it was our presentation that I had stayed up all night memorizing. I breathed a sigh of relief once my part was done, and I had completed it with only one minor mistake! Unfortunately, my group’s day was not over after marketing. After grabbing a quick lunch, we went back to Dodge to practice our HR presentation for tomorrow.

We practiced until 4:00pm which only gave me a little bit of time to go home and change for color guard rehearsal. I had a moment of creativity at rehearsal, so I asked to take 2 students and write a dance feature, and the rest of the staff agreed. I am constantly amazed by how quickly these students pick up difficult dance. When the kids did run-throughs it was amazing to see that the dance choreography fit really well with the sabre choreography.

Thursday

Today we had our HR presentations, and it marked the end of the semester. The HR presentations today left us with pain in our ribs from laughing so hard. Finally, we had our last accounting class which brought us full circle. Then, the semester was over!

That night, MBA Connections hosted a party to celebrate the end of the semester. I did not stay as long as I wanted, but I did make an appearance. Later that night, I met up with a friend who is in her last year of law school at BU. For obvious reasons, we haven’t been able to see much of each other this semester, so it was great to see her before she visits her mom in Colorado for Christmas.  This day, or semester, left me exhausted, but it was worth it!

Friday

After sleeping much, much later than I normally allow myself to, Jim and I drove to Northeastern to pick up the Rosie’s Place donations. On the way, we made a stop to a grocery store in order to add to the current donations. We had to bring an extra box because the members of our MBA class were so generous. Here is a photo of one of the Rosie’s Place workers with the donations!

Yup, both boxes are full!

Thanks again for all of your generosity! You all have made the holidays a little brighter for many people! Happy Holidays to all!

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