Roaming Horned Frog

I've been at IU for 5 weeks and two days!!! WOW! Time goes by quickly! I'm only 5 weeks away from training/going back to East Lansing! Oh how I miss it so! I absolutely love it here in Bloomington! I went to Indianapolis this past weekend and had a blast! I saw Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen in IMAX and it was incredible! Did a lot of shopping and had incredible creole/cajun food at Yats (the original location)!

The weather in Bloomington is quite unusual. Last week, it was very humid and hot. Today, the high is about 75 and tomorrow it will be 72 or so. I am used to the upper 90s and low 100s in Texas. I am definitely enjoying this weather!

My internship is pretty sweet. I'm enjoying my time learning and spending some informal time with the students. I believe I can relate to them, being a first-generation student. They might not know it, but I am hoping to connect with them in the next 5 weeks. They finished their 4th day of classes today and have about 5 more weeks of classes.

The Resident Assistants are incredibly bright and talented. They are putting on phenomenal programs: Guess that RA, Speed Meeting, Club Teter, Sex in a Fishbowl....etc. They plan on doing more this summer: Top Chef, Biggest Loser, Amazing Race, So You Think You Can Dance Crew, etc. I'm very proud of what they have accomplished and am excited for the rest of the summer.

I've lost some weight, not because of what I'm eating, but because of my free membership to their student recreation center! I love putting in an hour of cardio each time I go! Gabe was right! The food is very greasy and it gets really old: chicken, sandwhiches, sbarro, and some Chinese that I have yet to try.

I've tried a lot of great local/townie restaurants and am very impressed. My Thai is not as good as Thai Kitchen. Bloomington Bagel Company (BBC) needs to come to East Lansing. Laughing Planet Cafe - wow! I'm definitely doing a video blog update for the Foods of Bloomington/Indianapolis!

This 4th of July -- I'm going to Chicago!!!! Going to the Taste of Chicago and am super excited! It will be my first time exploring the city. The other times, I've flown in for layovers and spent one night in the O'hare airport! Can't wait to go to the Container Store and Harpo Studios. Thinking of going to a Cubs game!!!!! Brewers are coming into town and the tickets are about $40. Cubs better impress!

Until next time,

Cleds

June 17, 2009

Indiana University -- the best decision ever! I love it here! I can't believe I'm in the middle of my 4th week being here! Time goes by so quickly!

Andres, my colleague, gave me a great idea ---- VIDEO BLOGGING!
I've already uploaded my first video and posted it on my http://cledasatiu.blogspot.com blog. :) I'll be making another post after this.

Andres and I worked on Orientation Schedules for our students that are coming in on Saturday! We have a Master Schedule and 10 separate schedules for 10 different "teams." We have to call them teams and not groups because the program's name is "Groups" and it would confuse the students. LOL.

The weather. It's interesting. Humid. Hot. Cold. Windy. Sunny. Humid. Cloudy. Damp. Fall-like. Spring-like. Hot. Just a mix of everything in one day. LOL. This happens often. Michael assured me in our one-on-one that the weather is abnormal this summer, thus far. It's supposed to be really hot the next couple of days and possibly all next week! We'll see how it goes.

So, I miss everyone in Michigan! Kind of miss my parents and my brother. Miss my dog and my cat. Miss my godmother. *sighs*

So...until next time,

<3 Cleds

June 2, 2009

Wow. I almost put May instead of June. How silly of me. I can't believe it is already June. Before we all know it, the summer will be over. 10 Weeks in Indiana, one week done, nine more? I'm sad already. I don't want to leave. I love it here in Indiana. You can read about my time there by clicking here or clicking the link at the top of the Blog.

So, I've thoroughly enjoyed the weather. I do have to admit that although the high 80s and low 90s are warm, it is way better than the Texas heat. This is my first summer not living at home. The past three summers, I worked for Breakthrough Collaborative, specifically the Fort Worth site. I've lived at home -- Teacher/Program Coordinator by day and retail with parents at night.

This summer, I'm an ACUHO-I intern with Indiana University - Bloomington. Woo! IU! Go Hoosiers! This will be my second Big Ten experience!

Anyways, just wanted to let you all know that I loved my first full week, thus far and look forward to the next nine weeks!

<3,

Cleds

P.S. I really miss my cohort and East Lansing. I do have to say that Bloomington is pretty sweet and they have Oberon here! :)