It's been a very up and down week at work. It's time again for the Thank You Breakfast, and I've encountered several hiccups and for awhile, we were considering canceling it to save money, but it is back on, just on a smaller scale.
Another day though, my boss received an email from the creative director of the national UW (The guy who designs EVERYTHING for UW). Earlier in the year, I submitted a bunch of the projects LIVE UNITED projects I worked on during the past year. Apparently, he loved our video that I put together so much that he wants to show it at the upcoming conference for all of the United Way's Senior Staff leaders. He also wants to start using for some of their things.
Also, yesterday, I received a call from the national PR director. She said she was working with a USA Today reporter on a story about Millenials Giving Back. She wanted to submit my name as a contact to be interviewed on our Student program and upcoming Charity Ball (which is put on by the students and us). She said the reporter would contact me in April, but she wanted to give me a heads up.
Well, about 15 minutes after I hung up I received an email from the reporter. She wanted to schedule an interview for Monday. It created for a busy day, but I think it will be well worth it. I had to get talking points together and work on training our Student President and Student Coordinator, so they will be prepared. It would be so great to receive some national coverage. The reporter said she is even considering sending out a photographer for the ball in March. I really hope things go well on Monday! Wish us luck!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Surprise!
The wedding festivities have already began. I can't believe that next week is the week. A few days ago, a couple of the girls from work threw me a bridal shower. It was a lot of fun and a good opportunity to get to interact with all of my coworkers in a setting other than the office.
Earlier in the week, our friend Jeremy, who is the ward executive secretary, told us the Bishop needed to meet with us one more time and asked us to meet with him on Thursday at 9. The bridal shower went right up until nine, so I raced over to the church. Since I was coming from the shower, I was just going meet Matt there. I pulled into the parking lot and was surprised to see a large number or cars, but I didn't think much of it and figured something like choir practice was going on. I went in and met Jeremy in the hall who told me the Bishop was still in the previous appointment and to just take a seat.
I started to get suspicious when another friend of ours poked his head out and was quickly shooed away. When Matt finally arrived (he was about 20 minutes late), Jeremy asked us if we could help him move something and we headed to the cultural hall area. When we opened the door, there was a room full of our friends from the ward, a table full of food, speakers and a video projection screen.
It was such a nice gesture of our friends Angela and Jeremy. It was a lot of fun to see everyone from the ward again. Angela and Stephanie had even put a video together of when they interviewed the two of us about our courtship. It was really fun to see how Matt responded to all of the questions and hear his side of the story.
It was a great evening, and I'm so grateful for our wonderful friends.
Earlier in the week, our friend Jeremy, who is the ward executive secretary, told us the Bishop needed to meet with us one more time and asked us to meet with him on Thursday at 9. The bridal shower went right up until nine, so I raced over to the church. Since I was coming from the shower, I was just going meet Matt there. I pulled into the parking lot and was surprised to see a large number or cars, but I didn't think much of it and figured something like choir practice was going on. I went in and met Jeremy in the hall who told me the Bishop was still in the previous appointment and to just take a seat.
I started to get suspicious when another friend of ours poked his head out and was quickly shooed away. When Matt finally arrived (he was about 20 minutes late), Jeremy asked us if we could help him move something and we headed to the cultural hall area. When we opened the door, there was a room full of our friends from the ward, a table full of food, speakers and a video projection screen.
It was such a nice gesture of our friends Angela and Jeremy. It was a lot of fun to see everyone from the ward again. Angela and Stephanie had even put a video together of when they interviewed the two of us about our courtship. It was really fun to see how Matt responded to all of the questions and hear his side of the story.
It was a great evening, and I'm so grateful for our wonderful friends.
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