Well, not the end of everything but the end of a few things. And due to the fact that I just don't feel like writing out a narrative of everything that has happened in mi vida in the last few weeks, I'm gonna do a list.

• Spring semester is over! I finished up the semester last Thursday and did pretty well considering I had some major senioritis the whole time. Most of the people I started my program with graduated last Saturday, which was a little sad for me not to be there with them but I wouldn't trade my time in Europe to be able to do that so that's the sacrifice I made.
• Summer semester is starting! So they didn't give me much of a break. Literally 24 hours after I finished my last exam of Spring semester, I got a list of possible projects to work on for my thesis project this summer. This will be my last class of my MBA - a consulting project with a team of fellow MBA students with a local company yet to be assigned - and it will be done in the middle of August. I also had to take another class so I can be full-time for financial aid so I am taking Oceans, an undergrad online course that is only a month long and I thought it'd be interesting at least.
• Internship continues and more to come? I am still working with the same small marketing agency that I have been with since February and I am planning to stay with them through the summer at least. I am also up for another internship this summer at a large global company headquartered in San Diego. I'm really hoping to get that position because I think it would be great to see what it is like to work for a large company so I can compare that with the smaller entrepreneurial experience that I have in the other internship and see which works best with what I want and how I work. It would also give me the chance to not have to work at Sport Chalet anymore, which I would greatly appreciate.  I've been back there for a little over a month and that is about enough.
• Friends in Europe, Marnie in San Diego :( I can't be too sad cause I was just there but my best friends left this morning for a two-week European vacation in honor of Michelle's recent graduation. The trip was rescheduled after the volcano in April that canceled the first one. I wish I could be there with them but it is nice to have some time to myself to get started on the right foot with my thesis project and more work as I begin to shift away from being a student again.
• LOST ends... And I can't forget probably the biggest non-school or work-related news in the last couple weeks - my beloved show, LOST, has ended. I had the amazing opportunity to go to a concert earlier this month to celebrate the show. It was mostly like an industry event that some fans were invited to attend. The concert was at UCLA and they had about 20 of the cast members there from Sawyer to Jin to Desmond to Ben. The composer of the score for the show, Michael Giacchino, conducted an orchestra of the studio musicians who originally recorded the music for the show and played about six of the main themes from the show. Absolutely awesome to see live and watch him conduct the music. He also had a surprise performance at the end of the theme from "Up", which he won an Oscar for last year for Best Score. After the concert, they showed the audience the next episode, the last one before the finale. It was so great to see it with all fans and have the reactions of everyone together in the concert hall. Very awesome experience and a great way to end the show. Sorry I didn't get any pictures but they were crazy about security and wouldn't even let us bring our cell phones into the theater. So then the finale...this last Sunday was definitely a sad day. A few of my friends that have all watched LOST together over the years held a party at their dad's house up in the hills above Rancho Bernardo. They went all out with the decorations and we got to watch the recap and finale in the theater he has built in his house (quite a house!). It was emotional and I loved the finale. The end was a discussed a bit but it was pretty universal among us all that it was ended the best way they could do it. Of course, I still have questions but we'll just have to wait for the BluRay and see if they answer more in the commentaries or something. Here are some pictures from the finale:

Hey Everyone,
I'm not sure how it happened but I've been able to get involved in the planning of the 2010 Stinchfield Reunion. I had a lot of fun looking at the great places there are to vacation in Washington, we can't wait until we get there! For this year we found a fantastic place, right on Lake Mayfield, the original destination. This place has a lot of appeal for a few reasons:

1. We are able to rent out the entire unit giving us some privacy and space to spread out
2. It's nearly half the price of the original place
3. Each family will be able to have their own bedroom
4. The condo's have nice kitchens, dining areas and a living space
5. Deck's that wrap around the entire home on each level
Plus more... but I'll let you check out the website.

http://www.lakemayfieldvacationrentals.com/lakeside_condos

So now the trick is how to divide up rooms and cost. I put my total non-math brain to work and came up with a feasible plan. I know there will be some things that need to change and I don't know everyone's situation on what will work best for them so please don't be offended. I had to start somewhere. So here is the plan I've come up with:

We will be renting the three condo units. The total cost breaks down like this:

5 night rentals: $2500
Cleaning fee: $225
Tax: $242
Total: $2967. let's round that to an even $3,000

We have eight bedrooms, they break down like this:

Queen Bed
Double Bed
2 Bunk beds
Queen Bed
2 Bunk beds
Queen Bed
Double Bed
2 Bunk beds

3 Sofa beds

We could break it down and assign each bed a cost:

Queen Bed $450
Double Bed $400
2 Bunk beds $200= $50 a bed
Queen Bed $450
2 Bunk beds $200
Queen Bed $450
Double Bed $400
2 Bunk beds $200

3 Sofa beds $85 each


Here is an example of assignments:
Queen Bed $450 D&A
Double Bed $400 T&T and Alyssa
2 Bunk beds $200/4 Isaac, Taylor, Parker, Hayden
Sofa bed $85 Morgan and Danica

Queen Bed $450 M&B
2 Bunk beds $200/4 Jane, Sadie, Ellyn, Sawyer
Sofa bed $85 Marnie

Queen Bed $450 K&B
Double Bed $400 A&P and Camie
2 Bunk beds $200/4 K&T and Melia/McKenzie
Sofa bed $85 Andrew and Beck

By family it would break down like this:

D&A $642
TNT $492
M&B $650
K&B $450
A&P $485
K&T $200
M $85

Unknown factors I don't know (hence the term unknown) are issues such as this:
What is the best sleeping arrangement for Ellyn? Maybe she'd rather be in the room with M&B... in which case maybe Morgan wants to in the bunk bed room with Sadie...
Maybe Marnie would rather be on a bunk bed so she can sleep in late in the mornings if everyone just goes out of the bedroom and hangs out in the living room...?? Maybe she wants to take the bunk with Kim when Treven is gone... I don't know their schedule... ??
These are just the things I've thought of with two minutes of thought, I'm sure I've missed other things so please tell me your feelings and I am sure can work it out.

I figure we will put the sofa bed sleepers to bed in a bedroom and then move them when the adults go to bed... for example, Danica and Morgan will go to bed in D&A's room and then we will carry them out when they go to bed. Same idea with Andrew and Beck... or maybe Anne is up so much with Camie that you'd rather be out on the sofa bed and your boys can sleep in with Peter...

Okay, you get the idea.... but like I said, I needed something to get us going. I hope you're all as excited as we are! Our trip to the states is going to be short (and outrageously expensive) but we know it will be worth it! We have a few other assignments being worked on including chores and food so stay tuned.