Days 2 and 3

I passed out last night before updating on my first work day in MN.

I visited 5 schools and attended a college fair. of the school visits, the first couple didnt have any students show up, and then the 3rd one had 8 students! then one or two for the others. My GPS was not quite as friendly as i wanted it to be and it caused me a lot of u-turns. luckily I wasn't late to any visits.

I found a place called Cristos for dinner before my fair. It is a greek restaurant with excellent hummus, but the pita sandwiches are stuffed inside the pita (like a pocket) instead of the pita wrapped around it (like a taco) so all the meat was on top and all the lettuce was in the bottom, good food, but that was weird. I got baklava to go and it was delicious!

I got to the fair and don't see my name listed. the organizer comes over and says he got an email that was sent to all the fair organizers that said we had cancelled all our fair visits for the week!! I thought he was joking, but he wasnt. So I called work (it was still before 5pm at home) and told them we had been cancelled for the week, and they got on it right away to get me back on.

The organizer was so nice, he had given me a table in the back (fairs always put the schools in alphabetical order) so I was near West Point, but then he moved my table all the way to the front of the A's so I would at least be in my part of the alphabet. it was perfect! I was the first table every student saw! I even made contact with an alumni that would love to help. Over all it was a great day!

Today, I had four schools and a fair. the school visits in general had better turn out but the most embarrassing/funniest thing that could happen did. I walked into my second school and the career counselor had the exact.same.outfit.on. I am not joking. we had the exact same sweater vest on (from NY & Co) over a white button down shirt and black pants. the students all had to comment on it, and it was kind of hard to laugh it off, but what else are you going to do?! it was so crazy.

Then I get to the fair tonight and the woman at the table next to me had a sweater on that was exactly like my sweater vest again but it was a full sweater. Still it was noteworthy for the other reps - how did that happen to me twice in one day! this fair wasn't nearly as busy either.

I ended up eating at a chain restaurant here called Leeann Chin - it is like Panda Express, but not as good. Tomorrow after my schools I am either going to the Mall of America or downtown Minneapolis. I haven't decided yet.