I am a diet lacking in fiber...
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I was invited to be on an Alumni panel for the All-U Leadership Conference for UCI this past weekend. The conference was in Palm Springs(man was it hot out there) at the Doral Princess Resort(good thing we were indoors with A/C). Of course prior to the panel, I was pretty nervous. The people they had me sitting with were quite accomplished and I was a little intimidated, plus, I hadn't really interacted w/ students for over 4 years...most of these kids came in AFTER I graduated...goodness I'm old now. Anyway, once the panel started, I think I eased back in to the role of playing mentor and I felt more comfortable with each passing question, though there was one question I didn't really answer, as Cic pointed out to me. Soon enough the panel was over, and I kinda wished it had lasted a little longer. When you want to contribute something, you always realize that you could've added more at the end. Anyway, I sure do miss doing stuff like this, giving back to students, providing mentorship, advice, etc. It's what kept me goin when I was in school and was definitely a refreshing experience. There was a motivational speaker, Steve Farber, who served as the weekend's keynote speaker. He was awesome, and I would love to do something like that. Cic thinks it's something totally up my alley...I wonder how you actually get into stuff like that though. I guess I'll start researching it a bit. I know I'd have a lot to work on though, in the matter of my public speaking skills. It's one thing to love to talk to crowds, it's another to be able to.
Play Ball!!!
So yesterday, I finally went to my first practice w/ the Shockers...my first recreational softball league team. A bunch of the crew peeps and then some are on the team, and needless to say, practice pointed out that we needed a bit more of it...he he he. Too bad our first game is going to be next week. Practice was a lot of fun though, except for the batting part...cuz i suck bigtime when it comes to hitting, and the tan line... I go all summer w/o getting one, and one day, in early October, BAM...tanline. Argh. But it was cool to see everyone tryin to catch pop balls, field grounders, run bases, etc. Good 'ole fun in the sun.
Gonna try and run tonight, before I go play ball...took all last week off...hopefully the shins healed up a bit...
I was invited to be on an Alumni panel for the All-U Leadership Conference for UCI this past weekend. The conference was in Palm Springs(man was it hot out there) at the Doral Princess Resort(good thing we were indoors with A/C). Of course prior to the panel, I was pretty nervous. The people they had me sitting with were quite accomplished and I was a little intimidated, plus, I hadn't really interacted w/ students for over 4 years...most of these kids came in AFTER I graduated...goodness I'm old now. Anyway, once the panel started, I think I eased back in to the role of playing mentor and I felt more comfortable with each passing question, though there was one question I didn't really answer, as Cic pointed out to me. Soon enough the panel was over, and I kinda wished it had lasted a little longer. When you want to contribute something, you always realize that you could've added more at the end. Anyway, I sure do miss doing stuff like this, giving back to students, providing mentorship, advice, etc. It's what kept me goin when I was in school and was definitely a refreshing experience. There was a motivational speaker, Steve Farber, who served as the weekend's keynote speaker. He was awesome, and I would love to do something like that. Cic thinks it's something totally up my alley...I wonder how you actually get into stuff like that though. I guess I'll start researching it a bit. I know I'd have a lot to work on though, in the matter of my public speaking skills. It's one thing to love to talk to crowds, it's another to be able to.
Play Ball!!!
So yesterday, I finally went to my first practice w/ the Shockers...my first recreational softball league team. A bunch of the crew peeps and then some are on the team, and needless to say, practice pointed out that we needed a bit more of it...he he he. Too bad our first game is going to be next week. Practice was a lot of fun though, except for the batting part...cuz i suck bigtime when it comes to hitting, and the tan line... I go all summer w/o getting one, and one day, in early October, BAM...tanline. Argh. But it was cool to see everyone tryin to catch pop balls, field grounders, run bases, etc. Good 'ole fun in the sun.
Gonna try and run tonight, before I go play ball...took all last week off...hopefully the shins healed up a bit...
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