A fun weekend in Minnesota

So I have arrived back to the state of 10,000 lakes. I have had a fun time being back so far. I played volleyball on Wednesday (Go Bacos!), played poker on Thursday (realized I can no longer play poker), went to dinner at Manny's on Friday (with my old boss) and then on Saturday Dave and I threw a party. It was definitely a fun time. We had lasagna for dinner and then played some Cranium and poker. Some others played a super long game of darts. I tried and tried to get Katie to dance with me but she wouldn't. But overall, it was a fun night.
On Sunday we spent most of the day cleaning and then went to Seth's concert. The Plymouth Concert Band was awesome, i was so impressed. Probably one of the best bands I have heard play. Then Seth, Ed, Dave and i went to sushi in uptown. The sushi was phenomenal as well. Lots of good food this weekend between Manny's and sushi.
Today I went back to General Mills to talk to a few people about an internship, I think i have a pretty good shot, I just need to wow them with my marketing expertise (well, first I need to get marketing expertise). I also made a roast for Dave and did more company research and reading on marketing and branding. I know, sounds exciting.
Tomorrow I hit the outlet mall and talk to Mattel!
It is weird, I never thought I would miss classes but I do. Although I have had a blast in Minnesota, and I am loving seeing my Minnesota friends, I also miss my Kellogg friends. It is weird not seeing the people I have seen every day for the past 10 weeks for a month. I realized I am missing seeing some of them in class, or having the random Kellogg discussion or the random Tuesday night at the Keg or Nevins. I got my grades back and I did ok. I didn't do as well as I would've liked in Finance but other than that I did as expected. I guess considering the class was full of investment bankers whose grades actually mattered I did okay. No marketing company will ever ask me about my grade. It is funny, I did best in the classes I didn't study for and worst in the classes I spent the most time on. Which means i have a new strategy for next semester- no more studying.
Of course how could I finish a post without giving a shoutout to my super cool sister Ayesha and her super cool friend Liz ;-)

Derivatives, Long Run industry Structure, and Network Extermalities

Just a few of the fun things i got to spend this weekend learning about. It is amazing to me how one can learn 10 weeks worth of classes over one weekend. I have strategy tomorrow at noon, and i think i will do okay on that, that is my one B class for the semester. Then I have Finance on Tuesday- I really want to do well in that class since I plan to have finance as a major and Accounting on Wednesday, which I haven't started studying for yet. The weekend was spent on Strategy and Finance.

On a different note, it seems like my Wolverines were robbed. I know there are lots of opinions out there on how interesting a rematch would've been, but I was looking forward to the prospect. It would have been an interesting game, to see the two teams go at it again but on neutral turf. So sad that instead an inferior Florida team will get to play in the national championship (although I know there are also mixed opinions on the inferiority of the Florida team). Which bring on an even bigger predicament... now I have to root for Ohio State- how wrong is that? The Michigan/ USC game should be interesting. While I think Michigan is a better team, they don't necessarily have the best record in bowl games as of late. Plus, USC is essentially playing at home in the Rose Bowl. Well hopefully Michigan blows out USC, and (I never thought I would say this) Ohio State blows out Florida. Go Big Ten! Go Blue!