So Here's The Deal . . .

Unfortunately, my "difficult decision" had nothing to do with dating; rather, my dilemma squared solely on school. There's this CIBER International Business Case Competition at Ohio State University every year, with teams from different universities around the world that participate. BYU won the last two years, and finished third the previous year. In order to interview to be considered for the team, you have to be recommended by a professor. So I was asked to interview, and a few days after I did, they told me I was on the team if I wanted it. I figured two things had happened: 1) they needed a female on the team and I was the only female to interview, and/or 2) they made a massive, massive mistake.

Seriously, though, I'm really excited for this. It's an intensive competition and adding a whole chunk of work to my schedule I was starting to love because it *wasn't* a killer. But the week of the competition . . . we fly there on a Tuesday and get settled in. Wednesday morning, we might go to the Honda manufacturing plant and see cars being built. Then, a hockey game that evening (this is based on what happened last year, and what they anticipate for this year). Thursday morning at 7 am, we report to the competition and get our case. We work on it for what may be 24 hours straight, get out presentation time the next morning at 7 am--when we turn in our flash drive with our PowerPoint--and then we present once or twice, depending on whether or not we win in our group. Then we fly back on Saturday. Sounds awesome, huh? I met my other team members today and they are three really great guys--I'm looking forward to working with them and getting to know them. Good times.