Week Seven at UGA

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Week Seven at UGA

Week seven concludes the holiday week here at UGA. I enjoyed my Fourth of July kayaking down the Broad River, this time taking a little bit more adventurous route. Afterwards we celebrated by eating copious amounts of... well, Mexican food. :)

Hmm, which one to choose..?

Tuesday found Erin and me shopping with Craig for New England decorations at Hobby Lobby and Michael's. We ended up getting some neat supplies and looked forward to getting a start on putting the decorations together. Afterwards we met with Chef Sam to discuss some logistics about our event.

On Wednesday, we had the opportunity to shadow Katrina who is the HR coordinator for Dining Services. It was awesome getting to know more about her role in hiring new employees, terminating employees, and how to handle employees who take a FMLA leave. She gave us a really in-depth view of her job and I'm really appreciative of her taking the time to explain it all to us. Afterwards, we got our hands dirty with paint as we started painting wooden lighthouses for our event. It took a lot of patience, especially when you're painting a lighthouse for two hours! But I was definitely happy with the outcome.

Thursday was really exciting because we got to go on a field trip! Craig took Erin and me to U.S. Foods in Atlanta where we met Travis Summers, the director of sales support. Travis was kind enough to take the time to explain his hectic work schedule to us and even take us out to lunch after we got to tour their warehouse. I was blown away by the size of the facility. There's definitely always something going on there! It was such a neat experience. I'm really grateful for all of the networking I've been able to do down here. Afterwards, we stopped for a sweet treat (homemade ice cream) at Mayfield Dairy. It was delicious to say the least.

Mayfield Dairy

On Friday, we worked at the Commissary preparing some items for catering. Those items included baked beans and strawberry lemonade. It was interesting helping to make some of the food that we had enjoyed just a few weeks ago when we participated in the freshmen orientation. The rest of the day was spent doing more decorations.. everything is coming together!

Erin stirring up some baked beans

Boiling strawberries for strawberry lemonade

This weekend has been a lot of fun for me because my sister came down to visit. I've had a blast showing her my favorite spots around town and the overall beauty of the city of Athens, not to mention all of the amazing food.