So after this Memorial Day weekend came to a close, it's time for me to reflect on what has happened since I've last updated my blog. Well, on Wednesday, I had my Econ 601 course and Table Tennis before our Leadership class. One of the cool things we covered in our Leadership Class was our personal purpose statements. It was amazing to hear how many of us had similar purpose statements!
On Thursday, after my Golf class, I prepared for the weekend back in Cincinnati with Joe and the fellas. I drove home and Joe and I set up some of his personal things like his TV and his futon in his new house that he just recently purchased. We watched some Family Guy before falling asleep after a long day.
On Friday, Joe and I ran errands and realized that my new phone unfortunately did not come with the A2DP bluetooth profile setting, which would allow it to communicate with my headset to play music. After that though the men from Lowe's came and unloaded Joe's new refrigerator and stove. After that, Joe and I made it out to Golf Galaxy and bought a hole and a pin and we went back to his house to hit some Golf balls in his backyard after we planted the hole. A few of the guys (Beau, Matt, Rian, and Scott) came down later and we took them on a tour of the house and to play a few in the backyard. We then went out to dinner at Chili's and came back to spend time with each other and enjoy each other's company. The younger guys surprised Joe and me by giving us Mont Blanc pens as Graduation gifts.
On Saturday we headed to the Bruins to play a scramble. Team Professional (Scott, Matt, and myself) overcame Team Engineer (Joe, Beau, and Rian) by a score of 2 under to 1 under. We were tied after eight and it came down to a crucial put by Scott on the last hole to birdie after our opponents had parred the hole. After Golf, we all went out to lunch and then up to the Outlets before heading back to Columbus. That night, Julie and I went out to dinner and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
Sunday, Julie and I went in to return my Samsung phone and trade it in for the LG enV phone. I am much happier with this phone which does have the A2DP bluetooth profile setting and also has a larger QWERTY keyboard. We ate lunch at Panera before packing up some of my things for home and then headed down to the Outlets before we went to my Uncle's house for a dinner for my mom's birthday. At the outlets we got my mom some Nike workout clothes that she appreciated. Late night after dinner, Julie and I drove down to the River and drove around downtown Cincinnati before heading back to Columbus.
On Monday, Julie and I spent most of the day writing two papers we needed to finish. Julie's paper was on the Grapes of Wrath and is due on Wednesday. My paper was on my study abroad in France and was due on Monday in order to finish my requirements to graduate "with honors" from the Fisher College of Business Honors Contract program. Now the only thing I have to do is earn a 3.55 GPA this quarter in order to graduate both "cum laude" and "with Honors".
Today I went to my classes and then came back to study Finance with Brandon. Now I've just been updating all of my calendars and trying to figure out how best to keep track of things. I've decided to use the Google Calendar because I can retrieve it on my phone. I still use my PalmOne LifeDrive, but I like having a clear cut calendar as well. Nick just came over and he and I are going to knock out our Game Theory homework due tomorrow. It's a busy week but come Thursday night I'll be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and only have two finals next week. I am pretty excited!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Update, Weekend and Today, May 18-22
So on Friday, Beau called me and let me know that there was a retreat for his engineering honorary, Texnikoi, and that the members were allowed to bring guests with them to the retreat at Put In Bay, a city on an island in Lake Erie. I packed up and he and I headed out shortly thereafter for a weekend on an island at a very nice rental house. That night we hung out with two other members of Texnikoi, Zach and Tim, and we got to see a lot of the city as well as speak to the owner of our house and of many of the rental properties on the island.
Saturday we woke up and Beau and I decided to head into town to rent a golf cart for a while. We took it around sight-seeing and eventually to one of the wineries on the island, where we tried a few different wines and Beau bought bottles for himself and his mother. After we ate lunch, some more Texnikoi members made it up to the island and we watched the movie, "Forty Year Old Virgin" which I had never seen. The new members were Erin, Steve, and Justin; all of whom are in Staters with Julie. Saturday night we all went out and enjoyed the town a little bit more before Justin, Erin, and Steve had to leave early Sunday to head back to Columbus for a scholarship banquet that Justin needed to attend.
Sunday, Beau and I finished up the cleaning of the house and headed out around 11:00am to get to the Ferry and come back to the mainland. We ate lunch at the ferry, got on the boat, brought Beau's jeep back and drove back to Columbus. Sunday night Julie and I went out for dinner to Cheesecake Factory where we split an appetizer of Chicken Pot Stickers before I had the entree of the Chicken Madeira and Julie had the Spicy Cashew Chicken before the requisite cheesecake (we went with the Brownie Sundae Cheesecake).
Monday was relatively uneventful until our chapter meeting, which was the last for the graduating seniors and myself. A number of the younger members had nice things to say about many of us, and we will be having our Hoop of Steel ceremony in next weekend to have the final goodbye. Cabby and I also responded via e-mail to make dinner plans before the Brother Mentor ROP we are putting on next weekend as well.
Today started off with picking up Julie and making a trip to the Verizon store, where I bought a new phone, the Samsung SCH u740 and a new headset (the Jabra BT8010 with attachable stereo headset). This new phone was a big step for me because I upgraded to unlimited mobileweb (on Verizon's Vcast software) as well as my first bluetooth headset. One of the nice features of the phone is also the microSD drive and now that I ordered a 2GB microSD card, and I have the stereo bluetooth headset, I can listen to a ton of music wirelessly on my cell phone. And the best part is, if I get a call, I can take that and the music will pause and resume when the phone call is over.
After that today though I had my regularly scheduled busy day of Golf, AED Econ, and Finance. All were relatively painless and tomorrow, I look forward to having another leadership class with Rich as well as Table Tennis and Game Theory!
Saturday we woke up and Beau and I decided to head into town to rent a golf cart for a while. We took it around sight-seeing and eventually to one of the wineries on the island, where we tried a few different wines and Beau bought bottles for himself and his mother. After we ate lunch, some more Texnikoi members made it up to the island and we watched the movie, "Forty Year Old Virgin" which I had never seen. The new members were Erin, Steve, and Justin; all of whom are in Staters with Julie. Saturday night we all went out and enjoyed the town a little bit more before Justin, Erin, and Steve had to leave early Sunday to head back to Columbus for a scholarship banquet that Justin needed to attend.
Sunday, Beau and I finished up the cleaning of the house and headed out around 11:00am to get to the Ferry and come back to the mainland. We ate lunch at the ferry, got on the boat, brought Beau's jeep back and drove back to Columbus. Sunday night Julie and I went out for dinner to Cheesecake Factory where we split an appetizer of Chicken Pot Stickers before I had the entree of the Chicken Madeira and Julie had the Spicy Cashew Chicken before the requisite cheesecake (we went with the Brownie Sundae Cheesecake).
Monday was relatively uneventful until our chapter meeting, which was the last for the graduating seniors and myself. A number of the younger members had nice things to say about many of us, and we will be having our Hoop of Steel ceremony in next weekend to have the final goodbye. Cabby and I also responded via e-mail to make dinner plans before the Brother Mentor ROP we are putting on next weekend as well.
Today started off with picking up Julie and making a trip to the Verizon store, where I bought a new phone, the Samsung SCH u740 and a new headset (the Jabra BT8010 with attachable stereo headset). This new phone was a big step for me because I upgraded to unlimited mobileweb (on Verizon's Vcast software) as well as my first bluetooth headset. One of the nice features of the phone is also the microSD drive and now that I ordered a 2GB microSD card, and I have the stereo bluetooth headset, I can listen to a ton of music wirelessly on my cell phone. And the best part is, if I get a call, I can take that and the music will pause and resume when the phone call is over.
After that today though I had my regularly scheduled busy day of Golf, AED Econ, and Finance. All were relatively painless and tomorrow, I look forward to having another leadership class with Rich as well as Table Tennis and Game Theory!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Catching Up
So I haven't written here in a long time. Just to catch up, last week was very busy. I'll just hit the highlights:
Friday my mother came up for the Leadership awards at 3:00pm and then the Outstanding Dinner at 6:00pm. My dad was also with us for both events and then my mentor, Jeff P. was also at the events with us. The Leadership Awards were creative and let us "cut down the nets" for being graduating seniors. It was a great day though and having the dinner with the other Outstanding Seniors was a great time. We were also given medals to wear at Graduation and an Ohio State Alumni license plate cover.
Saturday mom and I got together for lunch and then we just hung out until the SAC banquet at the Blackwell at 6:00pm. I also gave mom her mother's day card and gifts and gave her the card and gift for grandma too! She really liked the flowers but didn't think they'd make the trip back to Cincinnati so they're still here with me.
Sunday and Monday were relatively uneventful. On Sunday, I saw Spiderman 3 with Julie and that was pretty good. Monday Joe and I went house shopping a little in Upper Arlington until I realized that I probably can't afford any of the houses I liked.
Tuesday was a busy day as the 2007 Homecoming Court was announced to those of us who were on the 2006 Homecoming Court. We had to make plans to let the new class know. Sarah M. and I went together to pick up our courters, and we got the two SigEps who are on court next year, Raj N. and Steven E. We then also got Raj's roommate Luis as we thought it would be odd to get one but not the other. We also tried to get Sarah's friend Sia but she wasn't at her apartment.
Wednesday then was also busy as Rich canceled his class and so I got to go to dinner with my best friend Joe and my friends Katie and Nichole. We went to Brazenhead and then met up later that night with Beau and Katie and Nichole's friend Greg.
Thursday, today, was busy as I had an outline for my AED Econ class due on a country I want to write my final paper on. I chose the country of Bulgaria because of its new role as a member of the European Union. We also had homework in my Finance 725 class, which is always interesting because it is International Finance. Then Julie and I watched Grey's Anatomy.
I guess the things that I'm looking forward to doing this weekend are working out by running outside, hopefully playing some golf, and writing e-mails and letters to Boston University and Notre Dame. I am still on their law school's waitlists and I would like to keep all of my options open although, honestly, I wish I was already admitted to all of them so that I could make a decision and know where I'm going to school and living next year.
My longterm goal is to make it over to Europe during my time in law school. Both Ohio State and Boston University have semesters abroad in Oxford, England, and Notre Dame has a year abroad in their Concannon Programme in London, England. I hope to return to England after I graduate law school either directly or a few years down the road to live while I'm relatively young. After England, I would love to live in Paris, Rome, and Frankfurt for a while, taking in all of Europe and gaining experience abroad before settling down back in the US in either Boston, Chicago or DC.
Anyways, this weekend I am taking it off, relaxing, getting some solid work in and preparing for Graduation on June 10th! As it appears right now, I'll be wearing my latin honor cords, my order of omega cords, the Outstanding Senior medallion, and my drab tassel for the business school. It should be a great day! We've also already made breakfast plans at the Blackwell and are in the process of deciding where we'll be going for dinner. I'm also trying to arrange a celebration for Joe and myself and our friends. We'll see how that all comes together shortly!
Friday my mother came up for the Leadership awards at 3:00pm and then the Outstanding Dinner at 6:00pm. My dad was also with us for both events and then my mentor, Jeff P. was also at the events with us. The Leadership Awards were creative and let us "cut down the nets" for being graduating seniors. It was a great day though and having the dinner with the other Outstanding Seniors was a great time. We were also given medals to wear at Graduation and an Ohio State Alumni license plate cover.
Saturday mom and I got together for lunch and then we just hung out until the SAC banquet at the Blackwell at 6:00pm. I also gave mom her mother's day card and gifts and gave her the card and gift for grandma too! She really liked the flowers but didn't think they'd make the trip back to Cincinnati so they're still here with me.
Sunday and Monday were relatively uneventful. On Sunday, I saw Spiderman 3 with Julie and that was pretty good. Monday Joe and I went house shopping a little in Upper Arlington until I realized that I probably can't afford any of the houses I liked.
Tuesday was a busy day as the 2007 Homecoming Court was announced to those of us who were on the 2006 Homecoming Court. We had to make plans to let the new class know. Sarah M. and I went together to pick up our courters, and we got the two SigEps who are on court next year, Raj N. and Steven E. We then also got Raj's roommate Luis as we thought it would be odd to get one but not the other. We also tried to get Sarah's friend Sia but she wasn't at her apartment.
Wednesday then was also busy as Rich canceled his class and so I got to go to dinner with my best friend Joe and my friends Katie and Nichole. We went to Brazenhead and then met up later that night with Beau and Katie and Nichole's friend Greg.
Thursday, today, was busy as I had an outline for my AED Econ class due on a country I want to write my final paper on. I chose the country of Bulgaria because of its new role as a member of the European Union. We also had homework in my Finance 725 class, which is always interesting because it is International Finance. Then Julie and I watched Grey's Anatomy.
I guess the things that I'm looking forward to doing this weekend are working out by running outside, hopefully playing some golf, and writing e-mails and letters to Boston University and Notre Dame. I am still on their law school's waitlists and I would like to keep all of my options open although, honestly, I wish I was already admitted to all of them so that I could make a decision and know where I'm going to school and living next year.
My longterm goal is to make it over to Europe during my time in law school. Both Ohio State and Boston University have semesters abroad in Oxford, England, and Notre Dame has a year abroad in their Concannon Programme in London, England. I hope to return to England after I graduate law school either directly or a few years down the road to live while I'm relatively young. After England, I would love to live in Paris, Rome, and Frankfurt for a while, taking in all of Europe and gaining experience abroad before settling down back in the US in either Boston, Chicago or DC.
Anyways, this weekend I am taking it off, relaxing, getting some solid work in and preparing for Graduation on June 10th! As it appears right now, I'll be wearing my latin honor cords, my order of omega cords, the Outstanding Senior medallion, and my drab tassel for the business school. It should be a great day! We've also already made breakfast plans at the Blackwell and are in the process of deciding where we'll be going for dinner. I'm also trying to arrange a celebration for Joe and myself and our friends. We'll see how that all comes together shortly!
Monday, May 7, 2007
Wednesday-Monday, May 7th
Well I haven't been keeping up with this so here's what I've been up to!
Wednesday night was another late night with our leadership class with Rich Hollingsworth. We did the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory and I found out that I am an ESTJ. Our class let out around 12:00 which was earlier than usual but I just came back and went to bed because Wednesday had been a busy day. I did fortunately erg 40 minutes at a healthy pace so I felt great about that.
Thursday was a busy day of classes and then a midterm in my AED Econ class. After the midterm, I got dinner with Joe and relaxed for the evening. Beau and I made it out to Kappa's philanthropy (Kappa Dog Night) and then out to Beau's friend's house who was having a party. He happened to be roommates with one of my good friends, DC, with whom I traveled to Mexico. It was great to catch up with him and to meet Beau's friend too.
On Friday, Dante, Joe and I headed out to the Gray course to play 18 holes. I was very happy with how I played and I think Dante and Joe were as well. It felt great to play an entire round and it felt great to hit solidly. Friday night, Julie and I went out to see my siblings (the "little guys") while they visited with my uncle who was in town for a conference. They were swimming at the pool at his hotel and Kevin and Chris were fitted with life vests and "swimmies" on their arms to keep them afloat. Apparently they were also complaining about their hair and face getting wet. My uncle had to explain to the five and three year old that when you swim, you get wet, and you just have to get over it. It was pretty funny :)
Saturday, Joe, Beau and I headed out to their grandma's house on Buckeye Lake for a day of cornhole, grilling out, apple pie, and relaxation. Beau's dad met us out there and was our fourth for cornhole as we grilled out, fished, and discussed life in general. After he left, we watched the pre-race coverage for the Kentucky Derby and placed bets. I ended up winning the bet on the horse named Street Sense who was the favorite at race time with 5-1 odds. Joe's Grandma had Curlin who ended up in third, Beau had Nobizlikeshobiz, Joe had Scat Daddy and Beau's dad had Any Given Saturday. After coming back from the lake, Joe and a bunch of our friends came over to Joe's to watch the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight on pay-per-view. Unfortunately my luck ended there when I placed a bet at even odds on De La Hoya. Although it was a split decision, Mayweather won the fight. C'est la vie.
Sunday, Julie and I ran a number of errands including the purchase of my new Nike+ Running Shoes to work with my ipod and the Nike+ sensor I already purchased. I also made it over to Joe and Perry's to watch Entourage as we do every Sunday.
Today, I had Game Theory and Table Tennis as usual before erging for fifteen minutes. Then, this evening, we had a Risk Management speaker come in for Greek Week to talk about the law and how it affects college students, particularly in regards to underage drinking, facebook and myspace. It was very informative and a good wake-up call.
I've also decided to keep a log of my working out and my meals on a google spreadsheet so I can update it online and have it all in one location. I'm also keeping track of my spending this way so I can update it anytime I am on the internet. I think this will be better than keeping it on this blog, but I still hope to keep this blog updated so I can keep reflecting on a daily basis :)
Wednesday night was another late night with our leadership class with Rich Hollingsworth. We did the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory and I found out that I am an ESTJ. Our class let out around 12:00 which was earlier than usual but I just came back and went to bed because Wednesday had been a busy day. I did fortunately erg 40 minutes at a healthy pace so I felt great about that.
Thursday was a busy day of classes and then a midterm in my AED Econ class. After the midterm, I got dinner with Joe and relaxed for the evening. Beau and I made it out to Kappa's philanthropy (Kappa Dog Night) and then out to Beau's friend's house who was having a party. He happened to be roommates with one of my good friends, DC, with whom I traveled to Mexico. It was great to catch up with him and to meet Beau's friend too.
On Friday, Dante, Joe and I headed out to the Gray course to play 18 holes. I was very happy with how I played and I think Dante and Joe were as well. It felt great to play an entire round and it felt great to hit solidly. Friday night, Julie and I went out to see my siblings (the "little guys") while they visited with my uncle who was in town for a conference. They were swimming at the pool at his hotel and Kevin and Chris were fitted with life vests and "swimmies" on their arms to keep them afloat. Apparently they were also complaining about their hair and face getting wet. My uncle had to explain to the five and three year old that when you swim, you get wet, and you just have to get over it. It was pretty funny :)
Saturday, Joe, Beau and I headed out to their grandma's house on Buckeye Lake for a day of cornhole, grilling out, apple pie, and relaxation. Beau's dad met us out there and was our fourth for cornhole as we grilled out, fished, and discussed life in general. After he left, we watched the pre-race coverage for the Kentucky Derby and placed bets. I ended up winning the bet on the horse named Street Sense who was the favorite at race time with 5-1 odds. Joe's Grandma had Curlin who ended up in third, Beau had Nobizlikeshobiz, Joe had Scat Daddy and Beau's dad had Any Given Saturday. After coming back from the lake, Joe and a bunch of our friends came over to Joe's to watch the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight on pay-per-view. Unfortunately my luck ended there when I placed a bet at even odds on De La Hoya. Although it was a split decision, Mayweather won the fight. C'est la vie.
Sunday, Julie and I ran a number of errands including the purchase of my new Nike+ Running Shoes to work with my ipod and the Nike+ sensor I already purchased. I also made it over to Joe and Perry's to watch Entourage as we do every Sunday.
Today, I had Game Theory and Table Tennis as usual before erging for fifteen minutes. Then, this evening, we had a Risk Management speaker come in for Greek Week to talk about the law and how it affects college students, particularly in regards to underage drinking, facebook and myspace. It was very informative and a good wake-up call.
I've also decided to keep a log of my working out and my meals on a google spreadsheet so I can update it online and have it all in one location. I'm also keeping track of my spending this way so I can update it anytime I am on the internet. I think this will be better than keeping it on this blog, but I still hope to keep this blog updated so I can keep reflecting on a daily basis :)
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Tuesday, May 1st, Finally Up and Working Out
Thank goodness I finally started working out today. I am appalled at how much weight I've put on in the last year. That's why I'm trying to write down what I eat and how much I workout everyday to encourage me to work out more. Today I had a midterm in my Finance 725 class but I still found time to workout, three times! Today was a good day and I have plans to make tomorrow great as well with a workout in the morning and then a workout after my table tennis class.
Lunch: Chicken Sandwich, Cottage Cheese, Pasta Salad, 7up @ House
Dinner: Turkey And Muenster Pretzel Roll sandwich, Diet Coke, Chips @ Oxley's
Workout 1: 10' on erg (2:26 split, 17 spm), 5' light at RPAC
Workout 2: 24' run with Beau
Workout 3: 1' warm up, 1x 12' mile, 5' cool down on Treadmill at RPAC
Lunch: Chicken Sandwich, Cottage Cheese, Pasta Salad, 7up @ House
Dinner: Turkey And Muenster Pretzel Roll sandwich, Diet Coke, Chips @ Oxley's
Workout 1: 10' on erg (2:26 split, 17 spm), 5' light at RPAC
Workout 2: 24' run with Beau
Workout 3: 1' warm up, 1x 12' mile, 5' cool down on Treadmill at RPAC
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