The week from hell is over.  Let’s recap.  Stayed up until 4AM Sunday night working on combo of presentation on Bumrungrad International for Integration & Innovation in Services and business plan for Venture Capital classes.  On Monday we were the last of 5 groups presenting in Integration & Innovation in Services class.  Ran out of time a bit, although we did do two run-throughs prior to class, hopefully it won’t have a big impact on our grades.  Spent the rest of the day working on business plan for VC and presentation on Etsy for Networked Business Seminar class.  Up until 3AM that night.  

Decided to print our business plan in color on Tuesday morning, which meant that fiance had to take me by his office to print.  Yes, we carpool now.  Saving on gas and helping out with the environment.  Yay!  Very close call thanks to Charlottesville traffic - had to run to class since business plan was due right at 10AM. Tuesday was a crazy long day too. Was there from 10AM until about 9:10PM without leaving once.  By the way, Networked Business Seminar is the longest class ever!  Three hours.  My group had 1.5 hours to give our presentation aka lead class discussion.  Now even more impressed with what Darden professors do so well.  We tried to make sure we have lots of questions and other ways to stimulate and lead the case discussion.  At times, I swear I could hear crickets chirping, but overall I think we did a great job.  After that class got out at 7:30, I had half an hour to myself, followed by a meeting with my group to prep for the Dollar Tree negotiation.  This was for Entrepreneurial Thinking class.  At 8:30 we met with the other team and tried to negotiate a deal.  By the time we reached an agreement it was 9:10.  Unfortunately, my day didn’t end there.  After getting home it was time to put the finishing touches on the prototype for the Developing New Products and Services design fair.  We were building a website and thankfully I have some experience with that.  Bed time - 1AM.  Not bad.  Although, I officially drink coffee now.  

Team at the design fair

Wednesday wasn’t too bad, except for the fact that I have 8AMs late week.  Was groggy but managed to make it through Valuation and Entrepreneurial Thinking without falling asleep.  I think.  Design fair went well, my group didn’t win overall, but we got “best presentation” award.  Plus, afterward one of the judges gave us excellent feedback.  The other teams also did an amazing job (I would tell you what the projects were but I don’t want to give away any trade secrets).  I’m sure our professor was very relieved that everyone pulled it together.  I was home by 5PM and 30 minutes into my three hour nap by 6PM.  It was glorious.  I woke up for a couple of hours to prep my valuation case and went back to sleep.

Thursday was a breeze compared to the beginning of the week.  It was the last day of classes for all late week courses.  We even had pizza in Developing New Products & Services class.  I then enjoyed a very nice long nap prior to watching the debate.  Thankfully Friday was a reading day.

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