Color Me Mine

Last Tuesday I officially had my last class and my last assignment. It was the best feeling ever! So of course on Wednesday we had to take a break and enjoy our free time. All of the MBA girls got together for lunch and then after a few of us went to Color Me Mine for some relaxing Art Therapy. I painted a candy dish that will go on my desk at work and remind me of my fun MBA days. Today we picked up our final products. Here's mine!

A Long Journey

It's here. After 20 months of sleepless nights, studying like crazy, team dramas, countless emails, 163 g-chat status changes, endless interviews, 18 resume edits, 1 half marathon and 2 10K races, trips to Belize, Mexico, Atlanta, and Las Vegas and several visits to Cafe Rio and the Cocoa Bean to make it through..... I finally made it. It was a long journey, but all the pain and suffering was all worth it. I felt right about coming to school and today was the final icing on the cake.



On Saturday we got together with my Manning relatives. It was fun to see my cousins who I hadn't seen for a few years.

Lucky?

When I was 3 I won a giant teddy bear from the dentist office by having my name drawn out of a fish bowl. It was taller than me and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Then when I was 6 we went to Disneyland and I won a golden return ticket with no expiration date. I remember being SO mad that I didn't get an anniversary pin like my dad. But my parents tried to explain to me the value of my prize, I really didn't care because it had no real value to me. I'm sure there were lots of other winning experiences, but none really come to mind. I just remember my parents were always calling me "lucky".

And... I've won again, well 2nd place, which is still really cool. Out of 172 MBAs, I got 2nd place on my March madness brackets. Why luck you might ask? Really cause there was no logic to who I picked, which is why I had Duke winning the overall tournament. I would just like Duke to know how lucky they were to have me pick them. :) What did I win in this situation besides being able to beat 150+ men in a sport they like to think of themselves as experts in? A gourmet dinner for me and a date provided by the person who put together the tournament. Free food that I don't have to cook? I'll take it and consider myself lucky once again. And why am I posting about this? Well.... I will probably never win another March Madness so I'm just going to enjoy the glory while I can.