Brushing the dust off my blog...

I feel like there should be tumbleweeds rolling around on my blog. It's been a while since I put up any thought-provoking content. That's in part because my "thought-provoking" content is going towards my large piles of homework.

So, I've decided to do a general update.

I really enjoy my job as a TA. It is really fun because I get to interact with my favorite professor, some of my favorite classmates, and a lot of great business minors. I love hearing that I helped someone succeed, and I love that it's not a crazy parttime job. On the busiest weeks I work maybe 10 hours a week. But that's great play money!

And that play money has been going towards some great things. Like purchasing my *drumroll please* THIRTEENTH pair of boots. They are faux leather cognac ankle boots. Super cute (and unlike any of my other boots. So I feel justified in buying them). I also bought an immersion blender because my mom keeps raving about hers, and I think that would motivate me to cook more healthier food.

And lastly, the days of the platinum blonde hair are gone. Linsey and I added lowlights! So now I'm back to my stripey-dark blondie self. It looks more natural while still being blonde blonde. I'm very happy.

Picture of the boots, the blender and my hair.
But it was a bad hair day. Don't judge. 

School is really really really busy. I'm taking 16 credits this semester, and that means I'm on 6 different teams this semester, and they all want to meet at least 2 hours each week. So I'm usually on campus from 9:30-8 or so. It really sucks. But what's really irking me is the simulations in class. I'm in two classes that are running different business simulations, one for "sensors" and one for cars. They are really expensive (one was $40 and the other was $50 to buy the license) and honestly, quite pointless.

Here is what I've learned from my simulations so far:

1) 3 or 4 college students should never run an entire company by themselves with little training. Ever. (They basically throw a manual at you, say "read this", and expect you to succeed).
2) I'm pretty sure that you can never win. Right now both industries are losing money big time. But anything we try to do to save money costs money, and our stupid competitors have us in a price war for market share so that NO ONE can succeed.
3) Simulations are NOTHING like real life. The simulation is a computer. In the real life, you can't just throw money at things and expect the situation to improve. In the real world, you can do SMARTER things with the same amount of money and get different results.
4) No matter how hard you try, no amount of prayer will change a computer's mind. I've tried. :(

And my team's performance in these simulations is a big chunk of my grade for the semester. So it's a really good thing I have a job!! Because my grades might not be so pretty after this semester. Oh well.

Lastly, I think Provo got the memo about winter too late. It's been a blizzard here for the past couple of days. Yeah yeah, I'm from Idaho, but doesn't that give me more reason to dislike the snow? I've lived with it my whole life, and I'm sick of it. So right now I'm dreaming of warmer places, like San Antonio.

Or St. George. It's closer.