I think this week has been very productive in many ways. Work has been pretty busy because we leave for service trips in less than one week! Also, my graduate school interview happened and is in MSU, Mankato's hands. I also finished my first book binding book and have started to work on my second!
As I stated, service trips are heading to their destinations in less than one week! I will be going to Georgia with 11 students, 2 student leaders, and another administrator. We will leaving next Saturday around 8:00am for our Americus, GA adventure. We will be driving our way to Georgia, which is about 12.5 hours but we will be stopping in hotels on the way their and back for one night each way. We will have 4 people in each room so it will be a little tight, but that is what service trips are all about- getting to know each other in close corners and helping however we can! We will be at The Fuller Center during the day and we are spending nights at a local church. This church is allowing us to use their full kitchen and 2 full bathrooms, so we will be able to shower! I am getting very excited for this trip for multiple reasons; I have never been on a service trip before and I will be seeing my brother. I think I will definitely learn a lot from this experience, I will be learning new skills involving handy-work and carpentry but also how different students work together in a week. I am sure I will learn new conflict-resolution strategies as well as get to know the students. This week at work, I will be preparing about 14 first-aid kits to put in each vehicle that is going on trips, helping create contact lists, making and printing maps and road instructions to put in each van, sorting out t-shirts and water bottles for each trip for the students, and taking in coffee and tea fundraiser forms and placing an order for that! I am starting to brace myself for a busy week- I think it will go very quickly but it may be very tiring in the process.
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| Color Scheme for second book, also all materials used. |
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| Cover of first book with button |
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| First attempt at book binding |
I have officially finished my first book in book binding! This is the second week we have had this class (we didn't have it last week because of snowy weather). I am thrilled that we were able to finish it this week! I have been thinking about it a lot the past two weeks because I have been wanting to finish it! It does not look perfect, but that isn't the point of book binding, it is supposed to look hand made. I love the creative aspect of it, being able to cut or tear paper the way you want it, decorate however you choose and then be able to bind with whatever color binding you want. Binding was not easy, but I also do not have a background in sewing, if you know how to sew, this would probably be very simple. When I first go to class, I didn't realize that you binded with two needles, which is why it is called 2- Needle Coptic bind, this upcoming week, we are going to try to do 4-Needle Coptic bind, which is exactly how it sounds, using 4 needles. We are having our class on Friday evening next week so we can finish the book, we had "homework" this week to cut each of the pages which are called signatures, and decorate our covers, then we will actually bind it in class since that is what is the hardest part. I have loved learning this new craft, if you know me, I love being crafty. I love painting and scrapbooks, I know a little about how to knit and crochet and cross-stitch, so this is a new trade for me! I will try to make the second book, which is a little bigger, more clean and neat, but still colorful and fun.
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| Interview Ready Picture |
As stated, graduate school is now in the hands of MSU, Mankato. On Friday, I had my individual interview with the program Counseling and Student Personnel- College Student Affairs, I feel that my interview went really well! I think I showed my personality well, I just hope I didn't scare them by being overly excited and eager to do whatever they ask. They asked some questions that I didn't expect- one was what was the last book you read and why you read it. I was genuine when I answered, I have been reading Harry Potter the past month and now on the 4th book, I was genuine with my answer but after thinking about it, I don't really know if I should have said that particular book, not that it is a bad thing, but because it's not related to psychology or anything related to an "adult" book. They also asked questions about self-awareness, conflict mediation, counselling. and about why you want to be in the program. I will find out in two weeks if I will be accepted into the program or not. I did receive praise from Dr. Lewis about submitting in graduate assistantship forms in weeks early, because I was not their to meet and greet with the different directors of programs, I am not able to ask questions, so she said it was great that I turned them in early so they could read them before they meet other candidates.
Other exciting things that will be happening soon- I will be joining Tina's family for Easter and will be watching Harry Potter movies all day, everyday! Tina and I will soon be watching Pitch Perfect to prepare for Pitch Perfect 2 in May. We are going to call this marathon "Pitch Slapped" and may involve a fruity drink. I am very thankful for Tina and her family, they have been so welcoming to me the second I got to Harrisburg, I spent my Thanksgiving with them, attend art museum events, Tina has given me countless rides, picked me up and took me to the train station and many other things! I'm very lucky to have met such a special family!
I will most likely not write next week, so stay tuned for a long blog! Till next time.
Love,
Katie
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