This Saturday is the MS walk in Fayetteville. Several of my classmates and I have raised money and are planning on participating in the walk. However, I am currently hearing thunder outside and for the next two days it is supposed to continue storming and even possibly snow on Saturday. Rain, Snow, or Shine I will be anti-MS on Saturday, but rain or snow and I will also be anti-walking-outside.
Today we had a bake sale to raise money. I baked chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies, but due to the extra 5 minutes my peanut butter cookies spent in the oven they never made it to the sale.
As far as school goes this week, SQL server has become my enemy! If anyone knows code and wants to volunteer to help me out, I'm all for some tutoring!
Ok, I have to get back to work now.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
3 class days until Spring Break!!!
Wow! My last semester of grad school is half over. To be honest, I'm a little sad. However, that also means it's spring break time! Thursday we have a test in strategic management and an outline due for a presenation in logistics and then we are out!!! (well, for a week)!
So, last time I was on here I was getting ready to go to Chilirhea. It was delicious! At the same time, it snowed all day and was cold!! Luckily we had plenty of hot chili to warm our bellies! A big thanks goes out to Cory for hosting the event! I'm sure if it was warmer we would have stayed longer, but it ended up being the perfect day for a fire and a movie, so a few of us watched some Big Lebowski!
Arkansas weather is crazy. Last Saturday was around 20* and this weekend it was in the 70's to 80's! I love the warm weather and it really makes me excited for spring! Add that to the fact that it's once again daylight savings time, and I can now start running after work again and not be freezing in the dark!
Well, I have just finished a long evening of an SQL assignment for Enterprise Resource Planning and writing a chapter summary for Strategic management, so I am going to get off here and get ready for bed.
So, last time I was on here I was getting ready to go to Chilirhea. It was delicious! At the same time, it snowed all day and was cold!! Luckily we had plenty of hot chili to warm our bellies! A big thanks goes out to Cory for hosting the event! I'm sure if it was warmer we would have stayed longer, but it ended up being the perfect day for a fire and a movie, so a few of us watched some Big Lebowski!
Arkansas weather is crazy. Last Saturday was around 20* and this weekend it was in the 70's to 80's! I love the warm weather and it really makes me excited for spring! Add that to the fact that it's once again daylight savings time, and I can now start running after work again and not be freezing in the dark!
Well, I have just finished a long evening of an SQL assignment for Enterprise Resource Planning and writing a chapter summary for Strategic management, so I am going to get off here and get ready for bed.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Chilirhea 2009 in the snow!
Well, there's a little dusting of snow outside this morning and it happens to be the day of Chilirhea! With an expected high of 29 outside and the fact that I'm cold natured, I almost thought of not going, but I have been promised heaters. :) I'm not really sure what to expect from today because I have never attended Chilirhea, but I do expect much great food from my classmates and others!
This past week flew by! I went bowling two nights, attended the suppy chain symposium, worked, did some homework, and other than that, I'm pretty sure this week didn't actually have 7 full days in it.
After Chilirhea I will be studying today for our upcomming Global Logistics test on Tuesday.
I've got to get some breakfast and get ready for Chilirhea now. I'll let you know how it goes later.
This past week flew by! I went bowling two nights, attended the suppy chain symposium, worked, did some homework, and other than that, I'm pretty sure this week didn't actually have 7 full days in it.
After Chilirhea I will be studying today for our upcomming Global Logistics test on Tuesday.
I've got to get some breakfast and get ready for Chilirhea now. I'll let you know how it goes later.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
No more SAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today was a day of bittersweetness for our class. We had our first test in ERP over Business Process Management and SAP. This was the bitter part... The sweet part is that we are now done with our SAP lab assignments (at least I'm 90% sure). So, I do realize that SAP can help businesses, but...that is one of the most un-user friendly programs I have ever delt with. I'm glad we're finished with the lab assignments!
So, in my last post I mentioned that our class was in a bowling league. Monday night I filled in for another one of the guys in my class and got the chance to witness one of the most amazing things I have ever seen... A guy on the lane next to us bowled a 290!!! He had a spare on the first frame and then 11 strikes following. It was incredible! I did not bowl a 290 (not even if you add my two games together)!
Today after our test we had our class pictures. It's crazy to think that in May we will already be through this program. Although it has been lots of work and time spent in small study rooms, I think we will all miss it.
Tomorrow is Thursday and so our week will be wrapped up for classes. I have a meeting in the morning before class with my group from our case presentation to prepare our presentation for the supply chain conference next week. There's a pretty impressive line up as far as speakers go:
Janet Kavinoy, Director of transportational infrastructure congressional and public affairs for the US Chamber of Commerce
Johnnie Dobbs, EVP logistics and supply chain for Walmart stores
Rod Franklin, VP product development/contract logistics for Kuehne + Nagel
I don't want to type anymore, so hopefully you get the picture.
It's pretty cool because last week in global logistics class we read a case on Kuehne + Nagel.
Ok, well, I'm going to get off here.
So, in my last post I mentioned that our class was in a bowling league. Monday night I filled in for another one of the guys in my class and got the chance to witness one of the most amazing things I have ever seen... A guy on the lane next to us bowled a 290!!! He had a spare on the first frame and then 11 strikes following. It was incredible! I did not bowl a 290 (not even if you add my two games together)!
Today after our test we had our class pictures. It's crazy to think that in May we will already be through this program. Although it has been lots of work and time spent in small study rooms, I think we will all miss it.
Tomorrow is Thursday and so our week will be wrapped up for classes. I have a meeting in the morning before class with my group from our case presentation to prepare our presentation for the supply chain conference next week. There's a pretty impressive line up as far as speakers go:
Janet Kavinoy, Director of transportational infrastructure congressional and public affairs for the US Chamber of Commerce
Johnnie Dobbs, EVP logistics and supply chain for Walmart stores
Rod Franklin, VP product development/contract logistics for Kuehne + Nagel
I don't want to type anymore, so hopefully you get the picture.
It's pretty cool because last week in global logistics class we read a case on Kuehne + Nagel.
Ok, well, I'm going to get off here.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Living the busy life
Well, it's been a while since my last post. Not much has really gone on in the last week, other than the tree cleanup around town. However, this week is proving to be much busier. Monday we had an SAP assignment due over the master data portion and entering new materials and requisitions. After class I went directly to Land O' Lakes for work which has been very busy recently. Yesterday Iwas working on some possible scenarios for our butter if another brand goes into Walmart stores nation wide.
After work and after the gym was the most exciting portion of my day.....Bowling!!!
Our MBA class has a few teams in an intermural league. Last night was an all guys night (I didn't know this until I got there), but I got to step in for Norris who couldn't make it. (Norris better watch out or I might steal his spot) After bowling I headed home to work on a case assignment which was due today for strategic management. This case (BMG) was much better than the last one we did on Monsanto.
Today at school I went and visited the career fair held at our school. I made some contacts with Casestack, BNSF, and Unilever. I also think I will have an interview soon with Campbells for a supply chain analyst position. It's a rough job market out there for everyone. Even Walmart announced today they were letting go of about 700 or so jobs here in Bentonville. This only increases the competition for jobs in the area. However, many companies came to the career fair today.
Well, I just got home from co-ed bowling night and I think I'm going to go to sleep. :)
After work and after the gym was the most exciting portion of my day.....Bowling!!!
Our MBA class has a few teams in an intermural league. Last night was an all guys night (I didn't know this until I got there), but I got to step in for Norris who couldn't make it. (Norris better watch out or I might steal his spot) After bowling I headed home to work on a case assignment which was due today for strategic management. This case (BMG) was much better than the last one we did on Monsanto.
Today at school I went and visited the career fair held at our school. I made some contacts with Casestack, BNSF, and Unilever. I also think I will have an interview soon with Campbells for a supply chain analyst position. It's a rough job market out there for everyone. Even Walmart announced today they were letting go of about 700 or so jobs here in Bentonville. This only increases the competition for jobs in the area. However, many companies came to the career fair today.
Well, I just got home from co-ed bowling night and I think I'm going to go to sleep. :)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
An appreciation for camp stoves and fire places
This is me standing by one of my trees.
For those of you who are not familiar with where Fayetteville lies on the map, it lies exactly to the north of the places that basically never get winter weather and directly to the south of the places that often get winter weather. In translation, whenever some winter precipitation falls in Northwest Arkansas, let's just say people get excited. Usually this excitement is somewhat over exaggerated and those of you from the north would find it to be somewhat annoying.
This week Northwest Arkansas received winter weather. Not the fun white powder snow everyone wants, but the rain/icy rain that freezes to everything it touches. The 5 o'clock news last night (which I got to watch because for some reason my house got electricity back even though none of the businesses close by had electricity) called this storm "Ice Storm 2009." This has proven to be rather correct and descriptive but dull. I think it looks more like a tree terrorist has become raged and attacked every tree in the area.
Last night on the news the weather report showed the ice accumulation totals for the entire northwest area. Sitting right on the map where my house would be was the highest amount at 1.5". The news described this level as "devastation." I don't know if I classify this as devastation, but there are a few cars with trees on them, some houses with trees on them, several downed powerlines, and the majority of the area is without electricity. I do know, however, that this storm has succeeded in closing down the University of Arkansas for 4 days!!!
As we have had no school and no power for a few days I have really not worked on any homework, but have cleaned my house, built a fire, cooked random things on the campstove, put on all my ski gear and took my dog on a walk, sat, and tried to read a book (when it was light outside).
Well, now that I have electricity and the sun is shining I am going to go try to get some work accomplished. I will likely go in to work at Land O' Lakes if they have also re-gained power. Imagine being a vendor for Walmart and having no power for a few days. I bet things are going to be a little crazy back at the office.
Attached are some pictures so you can check out "Ice Storm 2009."
This is my neighbor's tree. Basically every bradford pear in the neighborhood looks exactly like this one. Do not plant bradford pears where you might have an ice storm one day.
This is a nearby street to my house. You can't see very well, but there are several trees on the road and on the houses.
For those of you who are not familiar with where Fayetteville lies on the map, it lies exactly to the north of the places that basically never get winter weather and directly to the south of the places that often get winter weather. In translation, whenever some winter precipitation falls in Northwest Arkansas, let's just say people get excited. Usually this excitement is somewhat over exaggerated and those of you from the north would find it to be somewhat annoying.
This week Northwest Arkansas received winter weather. Not the fun white powder snow everyone wants, but the rain/icy rain that freezes to everything it touches. The 5 o'clock news last night (which I got to watch because for some reason my house got electricity back even though none of the businesses close by had electricity) called this storm "Ice Storm 2009." This has proven to be rather correct and descriptive but dull. I think it looks more like a tree terrorist has become raged and attacked every tree in the area.
Last night on the news the weather report showed the ice accumulation totals for the entire northwest area. Sitting right on the map where my house would be was the highest amount at 1.5". The news described this level as "devastation." I don't know if I classify this as devastation, but there are a few cars with trees on them, some houses with trees on them, several downed powerlines, and the majority of the area is without electricity. I do know, however, that this storm has succeeded in closing down the University of Arkansas for 4 days!!!
As we have had no school and no power for a few days I have really not worked on any homework, but have cleaned my house, built a fire, cooked random things on the campstove, put on all my ski gear and took my dog on a walk, sat, and tried to read a book (when it was light outside).
Well, now that I have electricity and the sun is shining I am going to go try to get some work accomplished. I will likely go in to work at Land O' Lakes if they have also re-gained power. Imagine being a vendor for Walmart and having no power for a few days. I bet things are going to be a little crazy back at the office.
Attached are some pictures so you can check out "Ice Storm 2009."
This is my neighbor's tree. Basically every bradford pear in the neighborhood looks exactly like this one. Do not plant bradford pears where you might have an ice storm one day.
This is a nearby street to my house. You can't see very well, but there are several trees on the road and on the houses.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
loving that today is the middle of the weekend, not the end
Usually Sunday is bittersweet because it is a weekend day, but the last weekend day. Not this weekend! MLK day is tomorrow, so no school!!! I will be going in to work tomorrow, but no big deal.
As far as what I have on my agenda for classwork...
This weekend I will be working on a case assignment for our Strategic Management class, navigating through SAP for Enterprise Systems, and beginning research on sustainability and global logistics for my Global Logistics class.
Currently I am very glad I took an extra class last semester because with only three major classes this semester I now have more time for work and for doing other things (this is why I actually went to the gym multiple days this week :)).
Well, today is a beautiful day in Fayetteville, so I am heading out to enjoy it!
As far as what I have on my agenda for classwork...
This weekend I will be working on a case assignment for our Strategic Management class, navigating through SAP for Enterprise Systems, and beginning research on sustainability and global logistics for my Global Logistics class.
Currently I am very glad I took an extra class last semester because with only three major classes this semester I now have more time for work and for doing other things (this is why I actually went to the gym multiple days this week :)).
Well, today is a beautiful day in Fayetteville, so I am heading out to enjoy it!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
