Fantabulistic Day

Well, I just made up a new word. Fantabulisitc. That's what my day was. It was fabulous and fantastic. Let me start at the beginning. I woke up at 7 and didn't have any problem getting into the bathroom (I share with five other girls). Then I walked to campus with Beka and Katelyn, who are the two sisters that live in the basement. (If I do move out of the Red Room, I'll move in with them.) Then I worked the Blood Drive. I had the 8am to 10am shift, which was set up, so we moved all the furniture in one of the rooms in the library, hauled in all the beds, all the boxes of supplies, etc. It wasn't too bad. I was working with Aaron, one of the DU's, which was pretty fun too. He's one of my favorites. However, the Red Cross forgot the bags to collect blood with, so we were delayed. I ended up staying an extra hour to help out with more set up and... wait for it... to drive a GOLF CART through CAMPUS passing out free ICE CREAM. It was so awesome! I went with Austin, who I met today and found out was a Sig Ep.

He's really outgoing and loud, so I drove the cart while he shouted "Blood drive, library, 12-6, free ice cream" and passed them out. It worked well. I saw a lot of people that I knew too, which was really fun because I didn't know I knew so many people. I also learned volunteering really does have it's benefits, because not only did I get to drive the golf cart on campus, I also got 2 free wraps and a free sandwich. Since we were postponed four hours (due to the bags we didn't start until 2, when I got back from class), there was a lot of extra food, so if we didn't eat it, it would be thrown away. So that was my lunch today.

Then I went to class at 11. Marketing. It seems like it's going to be fun, I like the professor, and Beka's in the class with me so we're sharing a book, which is always good, and Beka always makes everything fun. Then I went to Spanish. I was so uber proud of myself today in this class. First, I was about seven minutes early, but the back of the class was full, it's hard to explain, but there's six tables set up in the back, then a U shaped one in the front, but on a lower level so you have to go down steps. Well I sat in the last back seat, because I was too timid to move to the front. But after a few minutes, I moved! It's the little things I guess. Then we went over the syllabus for a few minutes, and then Talia had us do a test to see if we were in the right level (aka whether she thinks we can handle the workload or not). Well, the front page was a short story and the back was comprehension and interpretation questions. I was able to understand the story and answer all the questions in Spanish. In about ten minutes. When I left the class (passing all the people at the tables) I saw other papers, most students were about halfway done. I felt proud of myself.

Then I went to Institutions. Not much to say other than I think it'll be boring. Then after that I went back to the Blood Drive, because Rachel (the woman in charge of it and coordinating the volunteers) was freaking out because she didn't know if she'd have enough people. I stayed until my next class at 5. The bags got there just after I did, so we had work to do then. I talked to one of the girls on my broomball team while she donated and she thanked me and said I really helped her by talking to her and distracting her, so I felt good about myself too. Plus I got another free sandwich when I left at 5. 

I went to Husky Game Development after and it seems like it's going to be good. I'm not completely sure how it'll work since I'm not a CS major, but we'll wait and see. I think I'll be doing a lot of the marketing and advertising aspects of the games, as well as the written documentation for them. I'm actually pretty excited to potentially get some real-life experience with technical writing and marketing. Then I came home!