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RLF Session 5 – Wonderful Learning Experience

During the past two days,  I participated in session #5 of the Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) I have been attending all this year.  As usual, the agenda and activites were phenominal.  It was a little lighter for me because this time, I didn’t have to present on any books like the last session we had.  Even though this set of books was not my favorite, we had wonderful discussions about them.

QCenter

We also had the guy who helped found SIM (Society for Information Management) and the RLF come and speak to us.  There was so much he gave us it was hard to digest it all.  Fortunately, over the past 5 sessions, I have taken almost 100 pages of notes!  🙂

Last night, we had a group activity on the St. Charles Q Center campus where we all played Frisbee Golf.  It was a LOT of fun.  We followed that up with a nacho bar and open bar for drinks.  The water and Sprite tasted great!  🙂

It’s hard to believe that yet another session is over.  We only have one session left in September before we all meet in Seattle in November for the SIMposium and our graduation.  That will be sad, as I have met some incredible people during this past year that I will never forget.  We have become a very close group and have stayed in touch quite a bit between sessions.

By |2009-08-04T20:11:05-07:00August 4th, 2009|Work-Related|0 Comments

Sarah Completes Music Leadership Seminar

Sarah, just like Brittany, has been busy on the leadership front.  As a marching band section leader at Metea Valley High School next year, she just completed a 2-day leadership seminar at the VanderCook College of Music in downtown Chicago.  They learned leadership skills as well as worked on sectional music practice.

VanderCook-Music

She is very excited for the coming year.  It’s good to see her have a more positive attitude about going to the new high school.  It took her awhile, but I think she’s there!  🙂

Crepes-BreakfastWhile Sarah was gone, Angela and I went on a long walk (actually I joined Angela at the end of her run) around the Waubonsie lake.  I did about 3 miles with her after she had already run over 3.  It was a very cool morning and it felt GREAT to be outside.  We then went home and made some AWESOME crepes for breakfast.  I made the crepes and Angela made a WONDERFUL cream cheese, sour cream, lime yogurt, and fresh squeezed lime filling that was to die for.  We topped that with fresh-picked blueberries and powdered sugar.  We probably ate too many of them!

We spent the rest of the day cleaning house, and tonight, Brittany had a final summer bash with 10 of her friends.  They ate a bunch of junk, played ping pong, played Wii, played Apples to Apples, and then watched Twilight.  They had a great time!

Brittany-Party-1

By |2009-08-02T04:21:13-07:00August 1st, 2009|Home Life, School|0 Comments
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