Saturday, August 29, 2015

Summer Reflections

It has been a summer like never before.  New places, new people, and new stories.  Monday it is back to reality when Sloan orientation starts and the LGO bubble will be popped as we join the full Sloan population.  Thinking back over the summer there was so much that happened.  Since my thoughts tend to come in bullet points with numbers, I tried to summarize the summer that way.

Summer School

Unlike most MBA programs where classes start in the fall after a summer of traveling or still working, the LGO program starts classes the first week of June.



When Life's a Beach

I have heard that 50% of the US population lives within 50 miles of the coast.  There were certainly no coastline in Kansas so for the first time in my life I am one of them.  It is wonderful.

We had a three day weekend in July so Sandy coordinated all of us to head up to Manchester-by-the-sea for a day of fun in the sun.  In addition to just sun, sand, and water, we also have a classmate (Jordan) with enough beach game to host a children's camp.  Since we are basically children, it was perfect.  We played volleyball until the sand burnt the bottoms of our feet.  Turns out we have some players in the class.  One of my main skills in volleyball used to be my height (5'8" when I was 13), compared to the guys I am a shrimp who can't jump.  It was a blast.