It's going to be a busy class weekend!

We're in the midst of some interesting winter weather.  Lots of snow.  Lots of "wet snow".  Some of it melts overnight, some of it doesn't.  It's very windy.  Driving conditions are yucky.  I will be hitting the road at 6am and will be likely skipping the gym today.  Not because I won't want to go, but because it will likely take me 90 minutes to drive what normally takes 20 minutes.

After a fun-filled day of statistics and negotiations, my team and our families are going out for pizza and bowling! A social outing.  I know!  Who'd have thought it was possible?  (Then we will all run home and finish our work on managerial accounting that is due for tomorrow.)

Saturday night the EMBA Chicks are going to see a play.  A second social outing!

It's going to be an excellent weekend!

63.4% of all statistics are made up

... or so I have heard. (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-diet-aid.html)  That is kind of disheartening when you realize how much time and effort I am putting into the stats class.  Fortunately, the work is paying off in that I am getting the grades I need to succeed.  I don't know if I am actually learning, though, or if I am getting better at following a prescribed set of steps to get to an answer.  The reality is that I just need to pass this class and that is my focus.

Well, I have an assignment in stats due tomorrow night.  We're having a quick Skype call to review the content of the team exercise in a couple of hours...  Better get cracking!

Getting Ready for Ottawa Race Weekend

I signed the whole family up for Ottawa Race Weekend activities the other day.  Alan is running a 10K with Tim.  I will be running 5K with my lovely daughters.  So, now I have to get into shape for it! 

What I am doing to prepare:

• On Wednesday, I went to the gym and did 2.5K in 30 mins.  I was mainly walking.  I will be going back to the gym today at lunchtime and will try the "intervals" feature on the treadmill.  My plan is to do treadmill work at least once, preferably twice, per week.
• I mapped out 5K in my neighbourhood.  Once the weather clears up, the kids and I can practice walking/running the route.  Alan can do it twice, if he wants.
• I printed off the map for the actual 5K route for the race.  It goes near my office and is actually only a little bit longer than the walk I used to do along the canal on warm days.  The difference is that my canal walk was much more picturesque.  I posted the map in my workstation so that I see it every day.  When the weather improves, I will start a walk/run of the route from work.

So, I have a few things going on towards being successful for the race.

Have a great weekend!

The EMBA Chicks

There are five women in the program.  We come from varying backgrounds and all different stages of life. 

I am trying to schedule an EMBA Chicks-only outing and have proposed going to see a play at the National Arts Centre:  Mrs. Dexter and her Daily.  One person has yet to confirm.  I picked two dates for shows that follow our class time so we would be together already and it would not be too disruptive for our families.

I've got my fingers crossed that it'll work out!

What are you doing to create memories?

Part of the reason for creating this blog was to collect my experiences so that I could remember everything later.  I must admit that I must have known that the time would fly past so quickly and that the things I wanted to remember would slip away.

There are tons of things from our Creativity and Innovation session that I which I had made a note of.

There was the day that some of us looked up Douglas Adams quotes and posted them in the "comments" section of a classmate's Facebook status.  I took that silly activity a degree further and placed Douglas Adams quotes in a paper.  (It was for the Creativity and Design class, so I figured I could get away with a more fun, casual approach.)

I still have the UQAM LipDub of "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas running through my head.  I actually go to YouTube and watch it when I need a boost!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN_VBVo

Or the Fun Theory project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw

So, here I am, bogged down with Statistics homework and I need to remember that it is part of the process and that there are some fabulous memories still to be made and tracked.