work, work, work

So I got an e-mail today from Baylor Law School's Marketing Department saying they'd like to hire me on as an unpaid intern... no money.
I also got an e-mail mere hours after my interview with DSNews. They said they wanted me to create an ad for them so they could "see what I got" and let me see if I like it. If I do well, they may hire me... as an unpaid intern... no money.
Oh to be valued.

Anyway, here's the ad I created. I like it:


Sorry it's not a cute cat or anything...

P.S. I called Megan today (don't get mad Sara). I asked her what she was up to and she told me she was about to go write a post for the blog. And though we talked for a good 5-10 minutes, everything she wrote in her post was news to me... Anyone else sense the irony? :)

Student Foundation

Today after my classes two men walked into our house holding letters. They came up to my room and handed one of the two letters to me. Both of the men were from Student Foundation (the group I had my interview for on Monday). I opened my letter and the first word was CONGRATULATIONS! I made it into Student Foundation!!! I am super excited about this. I get to stay involved on campus and be in touch with a lot of rich alumni. Can someone say networking? It is the group I really wanted to be a part of and I got in! I thought I would share the good news!

update

Last Saturday we met my friend Tarin and her boyfriend in Omaha and saw Alegria-Cirque de Soleil. It was really neat and crazy. Robert's favorite part were the clowns that were basically time wasters between the real acts. I told him next time I would just take him to the circus because those tickets are ALOT cheaper. Then today I was in the office at school and noticed a sign that said, "Free tickets to the CIRCUS!" with a bunch of tickets next to it. It made me laugh, but I didn't pick any up. I guess he will have to wait until next year!

Robert's friend Kevin and his family are staying with us this week. They are visiting from Oklahoma. Last night we decided to tear down the wall between our kitchen and living room. Here is a picture of Robert "managing" the project:

And here is a picture of Dad's favorite super hero who came by to help out:

My work week is over and I'm excited to get some house stuff done in the next 5 days! I will post if I have any good "after" pictures!

PURDUE

At Delta Sig we have a tradition that the pledges go on a trip to a different chapter in the country. The goal is to "sneak" out of the house and leave for the weekend without the actives knowing. My pledge class decided to go to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. I had never been to Indiana and visiting all 50 states is on my bucket list so I was all for this. We watched the greatest basketball game of the year on Thursday as K-State beat Xavier in double overtime and then we headed to Purdue at midnight. Obviously starting the drive at midnight we had to rotate drivers and have the others sleep. It was a long drive, but very entertaining. I drove from the middle of Illinois to Indianapolis. We decided to stop in Indianapolis because it is home to the Delta Sigma Phi National Headquarters, Taggart Mansion.

This is a few of my pledge brothers and part of our pledge committee in front of Taggart Mansions "throwing up" the Delta Sig hand sign. Indianapolis is also home to this years Final Four, so as we drove around downtown Indy we saw lots of cool Final Four signs. Knowing K-State had to win one more game to make it to Indy we were all pretty excited about a possible trip back.

This is one of the many cool Final Four signs. With K-State's loss to Butler I will no longer be enjoying the Final Four in Indianapolis...maybe next year? From Indianapolis we drove to Purdue and hung out there for the weekend. I had a great time bonding with guys in the house and hanging out in Purdue. They have a really cool house and Purdue is the 3rd largest greek system in the country. That was my weekend!

In other news, I had an interview for Student Foundation on Monday. Student Foundation is an organization that puts on philanthropies on campus and also works with distinguished alumni. I would love to be involved with this organization. I don't know how well the interview went, but I find out on Wednesday! I will let you know. Also, I have initiation week starting on Sunday! I am almost done!

A typical Friday night

On Friday night I went to a friends house for dinner. On my way there I noticed I was running out of gas. Since I like living on the edge, (and I was hungry,) I decided to fill up after dinner.

I got back in my car after a yummy salad and noticed I only had 4 miles to get to a gas station. I was confident I could do it. After consulting my iphone, I made my way to a Shell station just up the street. While I was driving, I noticed that the miles were going quickly and got a little nervous that I was going to be stranded. With the Shell station in sight, I hit 0 miles until empty and cruised into the station just in the nick of time.

I pulled up to the first pump, got out of the car, put in the pump and ran my credit card, relieved that I had made it. To my dismay, the pump was broken. I began to sweat, worried that my car was not going to even start because I had no gas left. I started the car successfully and celebrated as I pulled forward to the pump in front of me... then I heard a BOOM.

I got out of the car quickly to see what had happened and noticed a giant hose hanging from my gas tank. I had forgotten to put the pump back, and it had disconnected from the top of the station and was hanging out of my car. A crazy man came up to me and yelled "what the hell did you just do?" I said, "I think I forgot to put the pump back." He said, "If I were you, I would get out of here quick!" I looked at him sadly and quietly whispered, "I dont have any gas..."

I decided to demonstrate accountability, (Target terminology,) and go inside to see what I needed to do, plus I didnt really have another choice. The second I walked in the man looked and me and said, "I saw what you did." I said I was sorry and he then told me the fine would be 30 dollars. My initial reaction was, where will this fall in my budget? Gas? Car Repair? I decided on entertainment, since that is where I usually categorize money that is spent on doing stupid things and making a fool of myself, (see previous post about martinis.) I asked the clerk to ring me up for gas, (on the pump that still had the hose) with the fine and he ran my card. He handed it back and told me that because I was brave and came in to tell him about the incident he wasn't going to charge me for it, and just rang me for the gas.

I walked back to my car, wrapped the hose up and placed it on the now really broken pump. Then, very carefully, I filled up my car, returned the pump to its proper place and drove away. I am 362 miles away from my next trip to the gas station. Wish me luck...

I'M SO EXCITED! I'M SO EXCITED!! I'M SO... SCARED!

Anyone else immediately think of the Saved By The Bell episode when Jessie OD's on caffeine pills? I did!

So... I applied for an internship with Baylor Law School's Marketing Department, and I have an interview with them tomorrow morning! It's only a 4 week internship though.
I also applied for an Art Director internship (which has a good chance of turning into a full time job) at DS News yesterday, and I am working on scheduling an interview with them next week!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I'm actually generating interest!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come and see how good I look!

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