Networking

I never was so sure about things in my life until this semester! I have amazing professor who all seem to care about me, my successes and where I'm headed in life. They are checking up on me regularly and one of them is even helping me set up my own curriculum for my major (I'm her experiment).

I'm waiting to hear back about this job offer from the BLM, but what it looks like is that I will be the adaptive specialist for her outdoor adventure program. This lady takes the kids from elementary schools all over the valley to different outdoor activities like kayaking and rock climbing, so they can have a positive and conducive experience with nature (most of them are inner city children and will never have the any other opportunity to be exposed. The evidence shows that the earlier a child has an outdoor experience, the more they will like it and the more they will do later in life to help conserve it). Anyway the point to this is that I will be helping modify the program (as part of my college curriculum) so that children with special need or physical barriers will be able to have the experience too. I can't wait to hear from her and I hope I get to do this.

Today I had another chance to network. I went to a luncheon with only 5 other students and I was able to meet professionals in the fields that were related to my major. To be honest with you, for me it was a bit of a struggle since everyone knows that I tend to be on the shy side. But I was able "schmooze" with a lot of people and practically went through an interview right on the spot with all the professionals at my table. They were asking all kinds of questions and giving me business info/cards. So today's lunch was a success. I was able to impress people and meet people that may be able to provide me other opportunities in the future. That's exactly what my professors wanted and that's exactly what I was able to do.

Fantastic News

Ok so I have some fantastic news. If this doesn't confirm that this is what I am meant to do I don't know what is.

My favorite professor approached me on Wednesday and told me that she was going to nominate me for a scholarship. Then I had to meet with my academic advisor today and we got all the complicated stuff ironed out. Because UNLV doesn't actually offer the degree that I'm working for I have to take some distant education classes from ASU. However there are 2 rules that are complicating things so there is a possibility that I may have to transfer down to ASU to finish my degree.

Then after I got done talking to my adviser I went to follow up with my professor, since she's overseeing my program, and she told me that she wanted to invite me to a luncheon next week. This luncheon is for professional networking and only 10 of the top students get to go. So I'm feeling really good about this and I'm so excited.

This Better Work!

Ok so I got a personal trainer a few weeks ago and I've been working my booty off trying to get this weight off of me. I feel like I'm practically starving myself because of this horrible diet he's got me on. And believe it or not I've been getting up around 5:30 am every morning Monday-Saturday to get to the gym before my day starts, because I know myself well enough that if I don't get to the gym the three days that I'm not working with him, I won't get there at all because my days are non-stop until around 7 pm and then I'm too pooped to really work at working out!

It has only been 3 weeks, but I'm frustrated because I'm not seeing any results beside 4 pounds. No real change in my body, unless I just can't see it. I'll post my before picture as soon as I get it, so that you can see my afters in 12 more weeks.