Happy Thanksgiving!

Got back into Bloomington yesterday afternoon after a couple crazy travel days trekking. It's great to be home!

Charlton's dad is here visiting us from Cleveland and to help us celebrate Thanksgiving here in the apartment. This is only the second Thanksgiving away from my family, so it should be interesting to be away from so many of the people I am thankful for. I plan on calling them all today or trying to skype so hopefully it won't be too bad.

We have had an amazing year, full of once in a lifetime experiences and have met some lifelong friends. We are truly blessed and I am thankful for all we have (including that turkey that is ready to go in the oven!)

Happy Turkey Day everyone!

Congratulations are in order! The Kelley Case Competition team took home 2nd at NAWMBA, a great way for us to end the conference!

Saturday was full of more great presentations and opportunities to meet other MBA students. And not to mention the case comp, where we got to see our team present their solution to creating a NAWMBA global leadership retreat. They did a fantastic job. Then we all went to the closing ceremony, and then all went our separate ways to celebrate Halloween.

I spent mine in Disneyland with one of my Kelley buddies and then went trick-or-treating at Sephora. Was a great night.

We left really early on Sunday, but I was able to get in a visit with my parents which should tide me over until winter break.

All in all a great experience and a wonderful weekend.

So I made the decision to save my trip home until Christmas, instead of going back for both holidays. While I am going to miss the family (this will only be my second Thanksgiving away from them) I can’t justify spending $275 for Addie to fly with us, and another $175 or so for Casey. I may try to head down to Charlotte for a few days and visit my aunt and uncle and then we will have Charlton’s dad over to see IU and our new place. Not the big Thanksgiving I am used to, but hopefully a nice one just the same