Leadership Transitions

Other than the god-awful cold, the biggest topic of discussion around here are leadership transitions. Now is the time when MBA1's run for positions in different clubs or in the SGA (I think that stands for Student Government Association - clearly i'm not running for SGA.)

There are definitely a couple of things I want to do next year - leadership wise. I love the spirit of giving back, but I want to make sure I don't overdo it so i get completely overwhelmed. I remember MBA2's looking frantic for most of Fall semester. I notice that most of the major conferences/events are during Fall semester (there are a few in Winter A). I realize now that's because MBA1's can't really committ to helping out with a conference or attending one after Winter A because they may be in some random city/state/country. We'll see what happens.

Oh, and I'm somehow getting used to this weather. Monday morning, as I walked to class in negative 8 weather, that was painful. But later in the day, when it warmed up to say, 5 or 6...it didn't seem so cold anymore. Now that's scary!

Deep Freeze

OK, this is just nuts. I clearly spoke too soon on my last post. You know it's cold when...

* the news uses the words "deep freeze", and "dangerous cold"
* perishable items left in the car overnight aren't spoiled, and water bottles freeze in the car.
* just going outside hurts any skin not covered with some form of clothing. Thank god for winter gear.

Yes, we're getting a "deep freeze" that will bring "bitter cold" to the area - and the worst is coming this weekend. We're also expecting some really nasty wind chills. I mean, the HIGH for Sunday is supposed to be 6 freaking degrees. This is seriously making me reconsider where i want to be post-MBA. I used to think I'd be cool with living in Chicago (I love that city), but my thin California blood can't handle this crap. This is the coldest weather I've had to deal with.

Here's the temp for the next few days:
Saturday - High 16/Low 3
Sunday - High 6/Low -1
Monday - High 10/Low 0
Tuesday - High 12/Low 5
Wednesday - High 17/Low 5
Thursday - High 22/Low 13 - Yeah, a heatwave!

And now:
Current Temperature: 5 degrees.
Current Windchill Factor: -10

Why did I move to this state again?

It's COLD

We've had a pretty mild winter thus far. The massive snow storms that terrified me before I moved out here haven't happened yet. Fortunately for us, they've been a bit west (Chicago had a bad one before Winter Break, Denver's airport kept closing). I've been pretty proud of myself for adapting to the cold thus far. I didn't even think it was that cold when it was in the mid 20's.

But lately - I don't know what it is...maybe it's the single digit wind chill (what the hell does 0 feel like anyway?), or the almost constant cloudiness (so you can't even pretend it's warm), but I've hardly wanted to go outside lately unless I absolutely have to. I park as close to store entrances as possible, just so I don't have to be outside for any longer than necessary. Yes, I know I voluntarily moved to Michigan, but I can still whine about cold weather. It's my god-given right as a Californian!

We got our MAP assignments yesterday. I didn't get one of my top ones, but it's a cool project so I can get excited about that. I'm also officially done with recruiting. I am super excited about where I'll be working this summer. I'm still not going to say where I'm going, but life is good.