It is three weeks into my final semester at McCombs. Even as I type this sentence the words do not seem real. I cannot believe the journey I began in March 2008 when I sat down and took the GMAT is almost over. Sometimes I feel like I just moved to Austin!
Whitsundays, Australia
After the hardest semester of my McCombs career I boarded a plane with four of my classmates. Our next stop was Christchurch, New Zealand. We were rewarding ourselves for surviving John Doggett, Reuben McDaniel, leadership commitments, and the other land mines we so confidently set for ourselves during fall 2010. Our trip was highly anticipated and minimally planned. A little crazy since our feet weren’t scheduled to touch down on US soil again for five solid weeks. The trip was filled with “pinch me” moments, moments where we had to remind ourselves that we were not asleep, and this was indeed real life. Perhaps the most notable “pinch me” moment was when I launched myself out of a perfectly good airplane attached to an absolute stranger over Airlie Beach.
Out and about in Melbourne
As incredible as our trip was, nothing could have prepared me for how “pinch worthy” this last semester at McCombs has been so far. In the last two weeks I’ve passed the GBC President torch, bought a plane ticket to South Africa for my Global Connections trip, and started writing my final paper for my research project with Reuben McDaniel. While this semester has so many exciting things in store for me and my classmates, I can’t help but get sad when I think that this is the last one.
My classmates and I returned from Australia with a thirty item bucket list to complete before we each go our separate ways. Some of the highlights include: Brunch at Moonshine, Chicken Sh*t Bingo, concerts at Stubb’s and La Zona Rosa, Hamilton Pool, and coming up with a brilliant skit for MBA review. It may be the beginning of the end, but I am prepared to take this last semester at its fullest!