This last week has been a whirl wind! Lets see what all I can remember has happened in the last week!
Last Saturday, I spent the day lounging around and catching up on some cleaning and football watching. Matt and I went out the a restaurant to watch the Broncos game which turned out to not be very exciting.
Sunday was another pretty chill game. I went and walked around the major street by our house and rode a bus around. It was pretty chill. I'm learning to like relaxing.
Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and we were part of the Marade here in Denver. Here is my journal reflection from that day:
Wow. Incredible. Moving. Inspiring. Amazing. So many words come to mind when I think back to the events of the last 6 days in relation to Martian Luther King Jr. week. For me, it started on Tuesday of this week with the Humanitarian awards and symphony concert. I was not at all sure what to think going into it, and thought it would be a boring night at the symphony as I am not a huge concert person. But when I sat down and the ceremony started, I was amazed. The integration of the awards and the concert in addition to the slideshow was empowering. I felt like going out and changing the world. I was moved by the whole event and reminded why we celebrate. So often growing up in Iowa, we do not do very much to commemorate. I am so used to taking a day off. Instead, today was a day on. The marade this morning was so empowering. I did not do much marching with the group, but instead enjoyed time wandering through the crowd and talking with people. It was so inspiring to see 30,000 people marching together for peace, unity, and equality. People marching for different political reasons, for personal reasons, for whatever reason, we all marched together. We marched together for a common cause. The ‘day on’ was a day of remembrance, a day to see how far we have come. It was totally different from just doing a service project at Wartburg. That is all good, but to me, it wouldn’t hold any meaning. It was another day of service, something I did on a common occurrence. But today, in Denver, the MLK day activities reminded me where we are from, and why we need equality. Even marching in the parade, I heard a Caucasian man, when talking to an African-American man, say “your people.” We were all marching, yet there was not straight equality. All the different groups were marching, yet they didn’t seem to be intermingling with each other. Why, if marching for a cause, were more people not intermingling and spreading the word or equality?
The most inspiring thing though, was seeing the thousands of people marching to reach this car and seeing the people lining the streets supporting us, even if not marching. This was an MLK day that I will never forget. An event, a week, I will cherish and remember. It will shape my actions and my thoughts and empower change in me. It has moved me, inspired me, and amazed me at how well the residents of Denver can come together for a good cause and change the community in which they live in.
Tuesday-Thursday I was back at work. My task for last week was working on the demographics survey for our Dream House Raffle and working on a history project for my supervisor. This consumer my week as I read back stories, talked to the first executive directors son, and some other people from the company. Also last week, we continued to work the annual report. On Thursday, my supervisor, Rick, and I presented the history presentation. We were expecting 3 people and got about 30. It was so rewarding. I don't think we really did much the rest of the day.
Friday, we had class in the morning again and then I went down to Coors Field (the baseball stadium) and took a tour of it. It was absolutely amazing and I very much enjoyed it.
Saturday, I went with some alumni for my first alumni event (we all do two) to a wine tasting. First, they took us to brunch at a place called the delectable egg. It was absolutely delicious. The wine tasting was also very good and we got to try some very good, expensive wine. Saturday night, Matt, Sarah and I went out for a couple of drinks and time to just unwind.
Sunday Sarah and I went to church, and then I spent the day unwinding and doing some homework before watching football and making some more Hamburger Cheese dip for Sarah Matt and I to enjoy during the game. I'm glad to say that both teams I was cheering for won!
This week at work, I worked on our Raffle. It launched on Monday and we have sold about 1,100 tickets already! Only 35,000 more to go! i was comparing credit card numbers to make sure they all matched, ran reports, and wrote thank you notes to people who bought more than three tickets. I also worked some more on the survey in order to get it up and ready to test today. All went off without a hitch! It was such an awesome week. Everyone was super high stressed, so everything was funny, and we all got along really well. The raffle is super stressful, and we are running low on money for market research, but i think it will work out. The supervisors are super excited about conducting market research.
So I think that catches us up to today. I will try to keep this updated a little more. Pictures are on Snap fish and the link is here: Denver Pics!
Tuesday-Thursday I was back at work. My task for last week was working on the demographics survey for our Dream House Raffle and working on a history project for my supervisor. This consumer my week as I read back stories, talked to the first executive directors son, and some other people from the company. Also last week, we continued to work the annual report. On Thursday, my supervisor, Rick, and I presented the history presentation. We were expecting 3 people and got about 30. It was so rewarding. I don't think we really did much the rest of the day.
Friday, we had class in the morning again and then I went down to Coors Field (the baseball stadium) and took a tour of it. It was absolutely amazing and I very much enjoyed it.
Saturday, I went with some alumni for my first alumni event (we all do two) to a wine tasting. First, they took us to brunch at a place called the delectable egg. It was absolutely delicious. The wine tasting was also very good and we got to try some very good, expensive wine. Saturday night, Matt, Sarah and I went out for a couple of drinks and time to just unwind.
Sunday Sarah and I went to church, and then I spent the day unwinding and doing some homework before watching football and making some more Hamburger Cheese dip for Sarah Matt and I to enjoy during the game. I'm glad to say that both teams I was cheering for won!
This week at work, I worked on our Raffle. It launched on Monday and we have sold about 1,100 tickets already! Only 35,000 more to go! i was comparing credit card numbers to make sure they all matched, ran reports, and wrote thank you notes to people who bought more than three tickets. I also worked some more on the survey in order to get it up and ready to test today. All went off without a hitch! It was such an awesome week. Everyone was super high stressed, so everything was funny, and we all got along really well. The raffle is super stressful, and we are running low on money for market research, but i think it will work out. The supervisors are super excited about conducting market research.
So I think that catches us up to today. I will try to keep this updated a little more. Pictures are on Snap fish and the link is here: Denver Pics!
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