I did absolutely nothing today. I watched Band of Brothers for like eight hours straight with Eric. We also picked up some, what we like to call, Flava Flavs, and were completely lazy all day. It was one of the best days in a long, long time.

Note: THESE are Flava Flavs. You may know them as ice pops, push up pops, whatever. All I know is they are delish. Go get some if you don’t believe me.

Look at that good lookin’ mug, eh? Haha, NOT. I woke up late this day and couldn’t figure out how to get my eyes opened and my brain awake.

This is my picture from the Cyclone Aides website that shows who we are, and what we do! So, introducing the 2009-2010 Cyclone Aides for Iowa State University!

So today began intensive training week for my Cyclone Aide job. Just as a review, Cyclone Aides are students working for the Office of Admissions during the summer to help run orientation. Cyclone Aides are undergraduate students who help facilitate new student programs throughout the year. They provide new students with an introduction to campus and its resources, provide campus and residence hall tours, prepare students for academic advising appointments, serve on panels, and share information about Iowa State with new students and their family members.

Cyclone Aides also coordinate the Destination Iowa State program and assist with campus visits and student recruitment throughout the year. We serve on committees that help plan Destination Iowa State activities, such as financial management, surviving your first year of college, the comedian on Friday night of DIS [Destination Iowa State], and many others as well. Part of our training for Cyclone Aide is over 100 hours of specified training concerning campus resources, departments, colleges, and student services offered to Iowa State students. We have to be prepared to answer literally any questions about Iowa State in a professional and accurate way. It takes a lot of training, and during the Spring semester after you are accepted, you attend two morning trainings a week, Tuesday and Thursday 8:00-9:20am, and then an Intensive Training Week from May 21-29th, where we have a detailed schedule from 8:00am-5:00pm almost everyday.

Today we have an intensive schedule, with speakers and internal panel training, as well as informational sessions, phone skit training, etc. Pretty crazy when I look at all the information we have absorbed over the semester, but this week will be even more intense.

We had training today, and then tomorrow, and then a three day weekend. I plan on helping Eric pack up his place, and then just hangout and spend some time relaxing before next week’s intensive training. The three day weekend is for Memorial Day, and I think Eric and I are going to watch a Band of Brother marathon, so it should be fun. =]

Until next time,
I will be learning anything and everything about Iowa State,
Seanna

So, I’ve been here in Omaha for about a week, and Eric’s mom told us all aboutWicked visiting the downtown Civic center. There’s not a ton to do here, besides go on bike rides, go shopping, and relax and hang out, so we all thought it would be fun to go and see a show together.

FYI: Wicked- the story of the wicked witch of the West and why she is the way she is. The story is of the two witches, Glenda, the Good Witch of the North, and the Wicked Witch ofthe West; they were both friends before dorothy ever dropped into the scene, and how they turned into who they are.

Today Eric’s mother, he and I went to downtown Omaha to see if we could buy tickets forWicked. I have never seen Wicked, but everyone always talks about how great it is. I’m not much of a musicals person, because randomly bursting out in singing and dancing isn’t necessarily my thing, but I wanted to see what all the hype was about.

There were weekly showings, but we were hoping to see a Sunday afternoon show. We drove all the way downtown to purchase the tickets, but they were all sold out!! I was pretty excited about them, too. I was willing to give Wicked a chance. But I guess, sadly, Wicked will have to wait.

Instead of going to Wicked, however, all of us went to see Angels and Demons, the movie. I am still not quite sure how to react to it. It was good, but far too graphic for my taste. Being Catholic, it was a little hard to watch men portraying holy figures in the church being burned alive and whatnot. I think that will stay on my list of “only watch once in a blue moon,” list. So I feel I won’t be adding that movie to my collection anytime soon. I thought the movie would be more like Da Vinci Code, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I thought it would be full of mystery and puzzles, but . . . it wasn’t. Rather, it seemed like a gruesome race for lives. Tom Hanks was wonderful, as usual, and the other actors and actresses in the movie were great, but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
 

Until next time,
TV sitcoms will have to do,
Seanna

Only after going back and thinking about the title of this post do I think it might not come off the way I wanted it to.

Oh well.

So today Eric and I headed out to Omaha. After hanging out in Ames a couple of days, we finally packed my three suitcases and my “Martin Tub” [the name I gave to my Wal-Mart plastic tub that carries everything I need for surviving in Martin for Orientation], and Eric’s stuff and headed to Omaha for two weeks. I’m not sure how often I will be able to get to the blog, but I will try my best to keep up! I don’t have much longer before I am writing my farewell post [hopefully just for the summer ] so I have about a two month break from lonestarcyclone.com, sadly enough. But never fear! It will give me plenty of info to dish out in my posts in the fall! Plenty of juicy tidbits and dirt to let you in on. Just kidding. But really.

I’m happy to go to Omaha for about ten days. It’s nice to have a break and not actually have anything planned. Besides riding our road bikes together and hanging out and enjoying each other’s company, we’re also going to see some friends in West O, as the Omaha-ians call it, and catch up with his parents. Eric’s brother’s fiance also lives in Council Bluffs, which is right next to Omaha, so that will be fun to catch up on. Katie has asked me to be her personal attendant on the day of the wedding, so I’m pretty excited for that. She’s my soon to be sister-in-law, so I might as well get to know her. Hah, hint, hint.

I’ve been taking trips to Omaha since fall of 2006, when Eric and I first started dating. Memorial Day Weekend, in fact, was the first time I went and stayed with him and his family. I had met his family two weeks before that when they drove up for a football game [back when both of us were in band together! sheesh, it seems like so long ago!], so I had already gotten to know them and everything. Oh, how the time flies. It’s weird to think about it now, but that’s a completely different post. Good idea for a post, though. I’ll make sure to jot that down! Coming soon, advice from a college student on “What I Wish I Knew!”

Anyway, hope all my readers are doing well! I know it might seem a tad bit boring if you read my blog and it’s not all necessarily about school, but I think it makes it more interesting for you to get to know who I am.

Wow. Check out the difference between these pics! Hah! The top one is from the week I visited him in Minneapolis, if you were following, last summer, and the bottom one is from the first trip to Omaha! Not only does time fly, but your self-concept and your appearances sure do, too!

If you have any questions, feel free to email me! Wish me safe travels!

Until next time, 
Seanna