Showing posts with label Duke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duke. Show all posts

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Styx Was Wrong

I do NOT have too much time on my hands.  In fact, I'm finding I have nowhere near enough.  We've barely begun the academic portion of the class and I'm finding myself with about 40% less sleep than I'd like.  In other words, I go to bed late, get up early, and don't get to nap.  Fortunately, classes are interesting and I have a tendency to talk, so dozing off doesn't seem likely. 

Had I been writing every day, I'd have better recollection of our ropes course day, ethics class, and various meals with my teammates.  I'd also go into greater detail about my running loops by the golf course, through west campus all the way to the hospital where I took the elevator to the 8th floor and saw Dad's class photo, and sneaking into Cameron, where I pretended to shoot 3 pointers.  However, it's Thursday, and I've been doing a lot of reading and homework and can't elaborate on the aforementioned.

It's 4:30 and I've been in class since 8am.  I am reading case study from now until 6pm, at which point, we have a presentation/lecture/q&a from/with the Dean.  Then, it's a quick dinner followed by a team work session for a presentation tomorrow.


Monday, July 14, 2008

Day One


Orientation was scheduled to start at 1:30 PM and I wanted to get there early so I could pick up some notebooks and maybe a t shirt.  I left the house at 10am, and after a quick breakfast stop at Bojangles for a Cajun Chicken filet biscuit, I was en route in Mom's Sebring with the following CD's on full blast:
1. Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell
2. Trio
3. Everly Brothers
4. Disneyworld Anniversary CD
5. A silly mix I'd made for mom and dad some time ago
6. KT Oslin's 80's Ladies (yup, I'm serious)

The drive went well and, per Theresa's instructions ("Just take Science Drive; it's in the 180s"), I started to pay attention to the exit signs at Exit 180.  Oops.  When I got to Exit 190 and was pretty sure I had driven past Durham, I turned around. And I drove back.  All the way to Exit 170.  

Wasn't planning on the extra 40 miles of driving, so I skipped going to the Bookstore.  Oh well.  
I went straight to the business school, checked in, and headed to the dining room.  I have no idea who I sat with for lunch, but we didn't talk much because orientation was starting shortly.  Off to the giant conference room for 3 hours of, well, orientation (it's pictured at right).

It's late, I'm tired, and am going to bed.  More on orientation and everything else tomorrow.