New Faces and Old Acquaintances

How do I put this? I had the most amazing, full week ever. And its not even over yet! I feel richly blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life.

I'm going to start with the new faces. I've met many wonderful people in my business classes, especially my friends who help me with my finance homework. We got together two nights in a row to do our homework together and ended up doing really well on the assignment! Plus, I feel like they are my real friends already, our friendship is so much more than homework. We worry about each other's personal lives and get really excited when exciting things happen in our professional lives. I love meeting people like that!

Also, this week was great for meeting new professional faces. I had to attend the career fair on Wednesday for a class, and I handed out five of my resumes. I actually had an interview for a marketing internship at Petsmart's corporate office THAT SAME DAY. I felt so incredibly lucky to be one of just ten people interviewed out of the THOUSANDS at the career fair! I felt like the interview went well, and I was just excited to have the experience.

I also had the opportunity to be at a lecture given by the president/CEO of a local company called Del Sol. I've met the owner before and I was impressed by his enthusiasm for his company. I've been really wanting an internship with them because 1) their marketing strategy is amazing and 2) I've been wanting a winter internship and they send their interns to San Francisco, Florida, Hawaii, St. Thomas and the Cayman Islands!!! Yes, paid vacation PLEASE!!! So when I saw the president again at the lecture, he said I looked familiar (which in itself is incredible!) and I asked him if there was any way he could make sure I got an interview for an internship since I had already applied. He gave me his email address and told me to email him and he would get me an interview.

EEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

But the best part about this week was reuniting and reconnecting with old acquaintances. I was able to go rock climbing with one of my friends from EFY four years ago who is still one of my best friends today (by the way, rock climbing was not designed with Chantel in mind... yikes), make dinner with my freshman roommates, and spend the night with my favorite roommates from EFY. It was so fun realizing that the connections we had from before were still there.

I'm so grateful for all those who helped me out this week, and for everyone who made me feel worthwhile. I have some of the best friends in the world. :)