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Social Diary: A week out with the outgoing ASG president

Published: Saturday, March 8, 2008

Updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009 19:10

Wednesday the 27th- I got to Norris about noon, and worked on projects/had meetings in the building all afternoon. The ASG Senate meeting went late, and then I met with some ASG people, which means I didn't get out of Norris until 12:30 a.m. Wrote some e-mails, including responding to someone who for some reason thought I was empowered to allow "bounce-houses" on campus, and went to sleep.

Thursday the 28th- Class and meetings. Got up at 6:30 a.m. to catch up on e-mails before my 8 a.m. breakfast meeting. Class most of the day, and then meetings at Norris until about midnight. Then wrote 30 or so e-mails in the ASG office, and headed back to my apartment.

Friday the 29th- Suit day. Had three presentations to administrators during the day, ending with the Undergraduate Budget Priorities Committee final presentation to President Bienen and others. Finally got home around 5 p.m. and got out of my suit, then worked with a friend all evening/night on making a Web site for a state house campaign I'm working on. Went to the "24@NU" kick-off party at Bat 17 for a while.

Saturday the 1st- Work day. Got up at 7 a.m. to spend the day working to complete ASG projects for the year - and write a paper for class. Procrastinated by reading political articles online and watching Obama speeches on YouTube. Only 45 more days as ASG President…

Sunday the 2nd- Travel day. Flew to Missouri early in the morning to spend a few days working on the state representative campaign I'll be spending my time during spring/summer on. Spent most of travel time writing ASG e-mails and catching up on ASG projects.

Monday the 3rd- Campaigning in Missouri. Had eight campaign meetings during the day, and worked on Web site content and e-mails between them all. Spent the rest of my time reading about the Obama/Clinton race and watching campaign videos on YouTube. At least I didn't have to work until 5 a.m. like my campaign's communications director did.

Tuesday the 4th- Election Day! Campaign meetings all day. Flew home at night, checking my Blackberry constantly throughout the evening to hear about the Texas and Ohio results. Finally got home about 11:30 p.m. and watched election results until 2 a.m. or so. I got pretty angry at Texas for messing up their chance to redeem themselves after giving us President Bush. Still, election days are like Christmas morning for me!

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