Start another blog? Sure, why not? I already write a blog over here (http://www.smalldots.wordpress.com) and have maintained a personal blog for years (anonymously, mind you), and have been a weekly contributor to a few humor blogs, but never have I blogged my SCHOOL experience...
And that's because when I was last in school, blogs hadn't been invented yet.
That makes me sound hysterically old, when I am not. I am only 37, which I believe technically makes me *adorably* old. Just for the record.
So yes, I am apparently starting my MBA in a matter of days, as orientation begins this Saturday. At least, I *think* it's orientation, despite the SOM's clever attempts to disguise it as an actual, ever-so-brief business course. (I'm sure it's very business-y, really. Something something case studies something.)
But I also imagine there will be a few ice-breakers, and maybe some team-building exercises, and if we're lucky, maybe we will at some point in the weekend do that trust-exercise t ... more »
Posted: August 19, 2008 12:26 am | 0 comments
Tags: blogging, fall, foundations of business, new student, SOM, trust
Foundations of Business starts tomorrow, it is past midnight, I need to leave at 6:00 am to make it to class by 8:00 am (stopping for coffee and gas along the way, and making time for the unexpected).
Am I the least bit tired? OF COURSE NOT.
I finished working on my homework -- the McCaskey case -- last night, reviewed it during lunch at work today, and printed it out with a shrug (what do I know how good it is? It's my first case!).
Tonight I've been reviewing and memorizing my route, even though I know it by heart after all the trips I made to 409 Commonwealth Avenue in the spring while I was applying. I also needed to figure out where my parking garage was, so I don't have to go spiraling around early morning streets of Boston in a panic, trying to find parking. It'll be expensive, but I don't have the patience for the T just yet, and I can't be feeding a meter every 2 hours during orientation.
Do the meters run on weekends in the Back Bay? I have no idea. I am sure I will find ou ... more »
Posted: August 23, 2008 12:27 am | 0 comments
Tags: anxiety, clothes, first day at school, mom, school, shopping
Well so *that* was one of the most mentally exhausting days I've had in a long time. My head was nodding the whole drive back to Cape Cod (dangerous but true!), and when I got home I staggered into my bedroom, changed into sweats, and collapsed in an unsightly heap and slept like a stone for two solid hours.
LIKE A STONE.
Of course I didn't help my case by only getting about four hours of sleep and then spending all day trying to charm the pants off of a room full of strangers.
I don't know why, I can't help it! I meet new people and I get all lounge act-y.
No, actually I was pretty well-behaved. I did have a heck of a good time with someone I had met in the spring at the Simmons Leadership Conference. Liana and I are similar in age and professional background, and it would seem in temperament as well. We're also both commuting from over an hour away to the Simmons SOM night classes, which makes us a special kind of crazy. Really looking forward to being in classes with her.
One of ... more »
Posted: August 23, 2008 10:53 pm | 1 comment
Tags:
