Elections week Is here! I hope the preparation pays off!

This week is going to be crazy! It is elections week for ASUSU (Associated Students of USU) and I am running for Business Senator. There is so much work that has to go into a campaign. This past week, I have been sending emails, posting on Facebook and twitter, painting ties, building giant A Frame's out of plywood, and painting banners to hang on buildings. All this while still attending class, working, and staying on top of my classes. The life of a student is a busy one!

Here are some pictures of what I've been working on.

These are my A Frames before they were put together. Lookin' pretty good right?

These are the banners that I will be hanging on buildings

I made about 100 of these suckers. I am going to hand them out to my campaign members  to wear throughout the week.

Weekends are Life Savers

I am pretty sure that the only thing that keeps me sane at times is the weekend! This week was stressful. I guess all of my classes are on the same testing schedule because I had four exams this week; Business Ethics, Operations Management, Natural Disasters and International Economics. By the time I finished my last exam I was done. Fortunately it was time for the weekend.

Look how many people can fit in a living room.

 

Sometimes the weekend is just a nice time to relax. Thats what I was planning on doing until I got a call from a friend inviting me to a Valentines day party that our neighbor was throwing. I'm glad I went because it was a blast. There was dancing, decorations and great food.  I just sat in the back and stuffed my face with cake balls. They were so good!

 

Now it is Sunday night and almost time for a new week to begin. BRING. IT. ON!

 

Bear Lake Retreat Center

Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to the Bear Lake Retreat Center. Bear lake is about an hour North of Logan and Utah State has a cabin right on its shores. Chances are, if you get involved at Utah State you will spend a weekend up at the Retreat Center. And you better look forward to it because this place is a blast!

This time, I was up there for an A Team Retreat. The A team is a group of students who help with new student orientation. We are just starting out as a new team so this retreat was a good way to help us get to know each other.

She asked for a Giraffe

We all had to explain who we were in 60 seconds. For mine, I taught myself how to tie balloon animals and gave them away as presents.

Do I look like Bane? That's what we were going for.

Once one or two o'clock hits things get a little crazy.  We started making grills out of pretzel sticks.

Looks miserable, doesn't it?

After sleeping for a few hours, and i'm talking just a few hours... most of us woke up and did yoga. I say most of us because I was still asleep in the corner of the room. That is why I am not in this picture.