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Makenzie
Monday

8:30am – First alarm… pressed snooze
8:45am- Second alarm… pressed snooze
9:00am- Third alarm and I finally rolled out of bed.
9:15am- Out the door for the 10 minute walk to campus.
9:30-10:20am- Reinforced concrete design class with Dr. Ley. We discussed why concrete is the best material on earth… I was convinced.
10:20-11:20am- Library with my friend, Leah, working on an article summary for our construction class.
11:25am- Struggling to turn in the article summary on Dropbox. Finally get it to work (stupid D2L) and run to class.  D2L is the online classroom platform my college uses.
11:30-12:30pm – Construction Project Management. Very hard to pay attention in here… but we learned something!
12:30-1:30pm- Senior Design class (all seniors in my college have major, group, design projects to complete during Senior year). Today we were prepping for our first meeting with the client (on Wednesday). I am really excited for this project.
1:30-2:30pm- Lunch at Orange Planet in Human Sciences Bldg (on campus). I also got to watch an episode of Hawaii 5-0!
2:30-4:20pm – Construction Project Management Lab. We did an excel assignment that could have been homework, but we finished it in class so all is well.
4:20-7:30pm- Lounge around, watch Netflix, and eat dinner (frozen chick nuggets because I am a child)
7:30-9:00pm- Work on planning a convention for my service fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi. It’s in Brownwood, TX this year. There is a lot of late night phones calls with the host chapters and different people making the event happen.
9:00-11:00pm- Skype movie date with a friend
11:30pm- My favorite time of the day, Bedtime.

Tuesday

​8:30am – First alarm… pressed snooze
8:45am- Second alarm… pressed snooze
9:00am- Third alarm and I finally rolled out of bed.
9:15am- Out the door for the 10 minute walk to campus.
9:30-12:00pm- Work for the Student Services office for the Engineering College (my college).
12:30-2pm- Concert Band. I am primarily a flute player, but I have recently become a percussionist. Catch us at our first concert, March 1st.
2:00-3:30pm- Give a tour for prospective engineering students (I'm an Ambassador for my college).
3:30-5:00pm- Work for the Student Services office.
5:00-5:10pm- Walk home
5:10-8:00pm- Lounge around and eat dinner
8:00-9:00pm- Work on convention planning
9:00-11:00pm Late night Braums (local ice cream store) with friends.
11:30pm- My favorite time of the day, Bedtime.

Wednesday

​8:30am – First alarm… pressed snooze
8:45am- Second alarm… pressed snooze
9:00am- Third alarm and I finally rolled out of bed.
9:15am- Out the door for the 10 minute walk to campus.
9:30-10:20am- Reinforced concrete design class with Dr. Ley
10:20-11:20am- Went to the Student Services office to hangout and send some emails
11:30-12:30pm – Construction Project Management.
12:30-1:30- Meet up with my Senior Design group and drive to Edmond, an hour away
1:30-2:15pm- Eat lunch at Cane’s (chicken restaurant) in Edmond
2:30-4:30pm- Meeting with Client at the Edmond Parks and Recreation office.
4:30-5:30pm- Drive around Arcadia Lake to see our project site. We didn’t have any luck because the park is closed for the off season
5:30-6:30pm- Drive back to Stillwater
7:00-9:00pm- Dinner with friends
9:00-11:00pm – Skype movie date with a friend
11:30pm- My favorite time of the day, Bedtime.

thursday

8:30am – First alarm… pressed snooze
8:45am- Second alarm… pressed snooze
9:00am- Third alarm and I finally rolled out of bed.
9:15am- Out the door for the 10 minute walk to campus.
9:30-12:00pm- Work for the Student Services office.
12:30-2pm- Concert Band.
2:00-2:30pm- force my brother (he's a Freshman) to buy me lunch in the student union because he has meal plan.
2:30-5:00pm- Work for the Student Services office.
5:00-5:10pm- Walk home
5:10-8:00pm- Lounge around and do work for Kappa Kappa Psi
8:00-11:00pm- Bingo night at the Garage (restaurant)
11:30pm- My favorite time of the day, Bedtime.

Friday

​8:30am – First alarm… pressed snooze
8:45am- Second alarm… pressed snooze
9:00am- Third alarm and I finally rolled out of bed.
9:15am- Out the door for the 10 minute walk to campus.
9:30-2:30pm – Work
2:30-4:30pm- Senior Design Lab
4:30-5:30pm-  Work on a presentation I am giving this weekend for Kappa Kappa Psi
5:30-6:30pm- Concert Band Sectional
7:00pm-4:30am-  Drive to Lake Charles, LA for a Kappa Kappa Psi workshop with some friends (yes, we drove all night).
4:30am- Time for a quick nap before the workshop 

saturday

​7:30am – Wake up from the nap, and quickly get dressed.
8:00am- Arrive at McNeese State University for the workshop
10:00am-11:30am- Present my workshop on Officer Transitions. It went VERY well
12:00pm – Lunch at Cane’s
1:00-4:30pm- Continue with the rest of the workshop day.
4:30-6:30pm – Drive to Houston, TX to stay with a friend for the evening
7:00-9:00pm – Dinner at Chuy’s! wow, I love Tex-Mex
9:00-10:00pm- Drive to Katy, TX where my friend actually lives, traffic was pretty bad
10:30pm- After looking around the amazing house… my favorite time of the day, Bedtime.

sunday

​8am- Wake up and have breakfast with our amazing friend and her parents
8:30am – Get on the road back to Stillwater
10:30am- Hit some sleet in Waco
11:00am – Stopped at the famous Czech Bakery in West. I would highly recommend if you every go down there.
11:30am – Back on the road
2:30pm – In Fort Worth… got into a wreck. Someone rear-ended us, so not our fault!
3:30pm- Filed my first police report. Exciting. Also met some nice firemen.
4:00pm- Given the all clear to leave. My car was drivable… but not for the rest of the way back to Stillwater. Luckily, I am from the Dallas area, so we just went to my house. 
5:00pm – Arrive at my home. Traded cars with my dad, and got back onto the road.
9:00pm- Made it back just in time for a chapter meeting
9:30pm- Made it to my apartment and unpacked a little
10:00pm- 11:00pm- Called my friend and told him what happened, we laughed about it.
11:00pm - My favorite time of the day, Bedtime.