August Update

I completed orientation for my EMBA program this past week. It's off to a great start. I met my classmates and my new 4-person team that I'll work with for the next 15 months. I just finished drafting my first paper for Microeconomics. I wrote a report on the market price of silicon, which was more interesting to me than I would have thought.

I bought a Sansa e200 MP3 player from Amazon. I wanted to listen to MP3s in the car during the 1.5 hr commute to school every other week. It also has a voice recorder so I can record lectures. I also like the fact it has an FM radio so I can listen to the TVs at the gym that are hooked up to FM transmitters so people on the treadmills can hear the audio if they tune to the right station. I know everybody is crazy about iPods, but I feel like I'm getting more needs met for less $$ with this player.

Today I volunteered at the VA hospital in Bath. The West Point Society of the Finger Lakes served food at a picnic there for the veterans. Everybody felt pretty good about it. I'd do it again.