Happy Holidays!

To be honest, I have attempted to write something in here several times over the past two months, but each time I got to the "Create a post" page I got overwhelmed with all the other little things I should be doing instead and I clicked the little red X in the top right corner, promising myself to get to it later.

Time flies and I cannot believe that I am already a quarter of the way done with the program. The first semester was definitely tough and stressful in terms of time management but I think that figuring how to live in that kind of atmosphere has taught me a lesson I couldn't have learned otherwise. As far as classes go, my biggest surprise was the Marketing Strategy course. I thought Marketing was all fluff and was pleasantly surprised seeing all the numbers pop up throughout the course. I am looking forward to the Managing Marketing Programs class in the spring.

I am back in San Francisco for the break though so far it doesn't feel like vacation because all I have been doing is dropping resumes and cover letters. I took advantage of the reciprocity program we have with other business schools and visited the career services at Haas last week to get some Bay Area internship listings. In a week I have an appointment to do the same at Stanford so hopefully some good contacts will come out of all these trips. I received two unsolicited invitations to interview from companies flipping through our resume books and am trying to schedule those. It definitely feels nice to be wanted. I am jealous of all the people who already have interviews and even more envious of all those people that have offers. My goal is to be done with applying by the end of 2006 and celebrate by going to Hawaii for 5 days. I definitely need a vacation.

Speaking of vacations, Spring Break in Brazil is all booked with AMAZING housing in Floripa and a super cheap flight. It just so happens that my birthday falls in the middle of the trip so needless to say I will be celebrating in style!

Happy Holidays, everyone!