April Blog post

I'm getting closer to my "1st of the month" deadline I set for myself! Today is only the 3rd and I am updating my blog.

Okay so what is new... The semester is almost over, my first finals are on Monday April 29, one at 9:30 and the other at 11:30 am!  I no longer have to take a final in my MGT 3110 class (managing organizations and people) because my group worked over 100 hrs. I explain that in a bit.  My last final is on Thursday May 2 at 9:30 and is only expected to go an hour and a half max with 100 multiple choice questions.  I'm very excited about that!  I figured out my schedule for next fall, I'll be taking 18 credits but not all at once because of the 2 credit (1/2 semester) classes I'll be taking.  My last semester at Utah State (at least for my bachelor's degree) will be 13 credit hrs and 5 of them will be 2 credit classes!

Okay so my MGT 3110 class... we had this semester long assignment/group project. It was a service or fundraising project for a charity/cause of our choice. We were given the requirements of the project and an extra incentive for raising money/service hours.  If the group as a whole raised $1000 or more OR worked 100 execution hrs or more, the members of the group would receive an A on the final... My group decided that we would aim for 100 hrs because the organization we decided to donate to is the Cache Valley Food Pantry. We organized food drives at 3 local schools, 2 private elementary schools and a charter school: elementary and Jr High.  We have collected over 4500 lbs of food so far and over $100 in cash donations (which we will use to purchase food and get the weight above 5000 lbs). We reached our hrs goal on Friday after hosting "congratulations" parties for the top 2 classes in each school and still had a concert planned on Saturday (that went extremely well) so we are well beyond our goal of 100 hrs.  All we have left to complete for the project is our presentation that is scheduled for the last week of classes.  We spent roughly $10 for everything (1000 prints, 10 pizza's, 6 large tubs of Aggie Ice Cream, 25 bags of candy and advertisements) and that will be reimbursed by one of my group member's employer also with a $300 donation to the food pantry from the same employer!  This project has been a wonderful opportunity to learn how to interact with members of the community and learn how to utilize all possible resources.

Work:  so work has been going pretty well, I wish I were working just a bit more but thankfully summer is just around the corner so I will be given more hours. I picked up someone's shift today from 11-2 so I was able to talk to my manager.  He wanted to make sure I would be here during the summer, which I assured him I would be, he also wanted to talk to me about my availability during the summer because he wants me to work opening shifts starting as soon as possible. The girl who worked open until now has given her 2 weeks notice and will be done in a week.  There is another girl who can work opening shifts right now but he  prefers her as an expediter rather than a cashier.  With that I might be able to actually find an additional job for the summer working nights somewhere else (like a restaurant) and just save money. In addition I will have at least 4 mornings a week during the fall semester when I am available to work so I might not have to work as many closing shifts anymore!  I'm quite excited about that.  Everything is falling into place with work and school to coordinate easily!  I am training a new hire tonight because we apparently are losing 6 front of store employees so they have hired 2 new people for the summer so we wont be completely short handed (but they don't want to hire much more than that because they want to be able to give people more hours for the summer).

Social/Romantic life: Not much is new in this department.  I'm still single, still not dating anyone.  I'm frustrated because there is someone that I know has feelings for me and cares about me, but I just don't think he cares enough.  I haven't heard from him in forever and I haven't talked to him in forever because I am tired of putting my life on hold so everyone else can move forward.  I am also tired of waiting for the same people over and over again and I want someone to want to be with me enough that I am worth making sacrifices for.  I have made a decent share of sacrifices for others without the same courtesy in return!  I just want to be pursued and wooed! I think I deserve it!

General life: That's pretty much everything. I filed my taxes and I will be getting a decent return.  I'm waiting to hear/contact someone about housing but have been unsuccessful in making contact!  I'll try again today before work and tomorrow and so forth until I reach someone!  But other than that nothing too new! I am excited for my sister and my brother-in-law who are expecting a little girl in May!  I keep them and the rest of my family in my prayers and I can't wait to see everyone soon!  I love you all!