April 14, 2008

After such a wonderful semester, I probably should have expected an off week, but I was totally taken off guard. Last week was one of those weeks when everything seemed to be going wrong.

It all started on Monday. I volunteered to help with a College of Education event as part of my OSU Student Foundation duties, and on my way to the Student Union, I forgot my bag in the car. When I went back to get it, I tripped on a step causing me to fall to the ground, scrape my knee, ruin my shoe and rip my pants from the knee down! I looked like a mess when I finally arrived at the event. Luckily, they allowed me to work registration, so no one could see my bottom half.

Later that day, I locked my keys in my car. Normally, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but on this day, I had to leave from work immediately to make dinner announcements at the Greek houses. To make a long story short, my roommate was able to bring a spare key and after changing in my car and using a paperclip to disguise the rip in my pants, I made it to the Theta house only 10 minutes late.

Tuesday wasn’t much better. On my way to class, I spilled pop all over my jeans. Then, I was expecting to turn in my final project for my design class, but when I printed out the brochure, I found that the margins weren’t correct. To fix the problem, I had to re-size the entire thing! It didn’t take long, but it caused me to be late to work a booth for the Student Foundation. Thank goodness I had two members who were willing to stay late and cover part of my shift.

Wednesday was better, but the torrential rains made it difficult to get around campus. After completely soaking my jacket, I realized that my umbrella had been in my bag the whole time and not in the car like I thought. Go figure.

Thursday was good. My boss changed my schedule this week, so I had a break before lab. I enjoyed it thoroughly, which is good because it was the last break I had until 4 a.m. Friday morning. I was up late grading rough drafts and finishing up homework for a group meeting the next day.

Friday was Whiteout, which was the scholarship campaign the Student Foundation has been working on since the beginning of the school year. We sold T-shirts to raise money for a student-endowed scholarship fund that will one day provide thousands of dollars for deserving OSU students.  

I spent most of the day working the booth, which went rather well. I thought I had broken the cycle. That is until I tried to leave town and return to Hennessey. I took the “shortcut,” which ended up adding about 20 minutes to my drive time. Because of all the rain, the roads were closed, and I had to totally redirect my route and go back through town to finally make it to highway 51. I was late for dinner, but my mom had food waiting for me, so I didn’t go hungry.

Weeks like this past week can be very exhausting, but they do make me realize I have some pretty wonderful people in my life. In every situation, I had someone there to bail me out. My roommate delivered my keys, my professor helped me fix the brochure and my friends covered for me every time I was late.

College life can be crazy sometimes, but I am lucky to have a support system that allows me to have an off week and still end up OK.

	This is me at the College of Education event. Thank goodness for the table that coved my unfortunate wardrobe!
	Tuesday night, we thought there would be a break in the rain, so Caroline and I chalked for Whiteout. Surprise! It rained all day Wednesday, so all of our lovely work was washed away.
	Caroline and I worked the booth together on Tuesday. We had so much fun!
	One good thing did come out of the rain. The stable by Kyle’s apartment was flooded, so one of the horses was standing by the fence all day. Kyle spent about 30 minutes with it, and he fell in love. Now, he has to pet the horse every time we go outside.