Busy Week

This has been a big week of new activities for me and I’ve suddenly found myself very busy! Tuesday night was my first night of Community Group through The Apostles Church. I’ve decided to make that the church I give a good try to, so joining a group is essential. I like the church a lot. The teaching is excellent and we actually study the Bible there—imagine that?!? I think I am going to love my group. It’s a girl’s group for those in their late 20’s/early 30’s. I was so excited they offered this because I had grown tired of finding myself in situations with people much younger than me. The girls were great—cute, funny, down-to-earth and about 75% were Texan!! It reminded me a lot of the group of girls I was in Bible Study with for several years in Dallas—I miss them!!! We met in one of their apartments—a tiny, little studio that she had decorated SO cute. There was also, randomly, a girl I knew there. It was really nice to see a familiar face when I walked in! She, Ilyse, used to go to The Journey and I had heard a few weeks ago that she had left there, but learned when I saw her Tuesday that she actually left way back before I did. She was one of the volunteer leaders for Journey Kidz so I had worked with her some Sundays. She seems really sweet and we take the same subway home so I got to talk to her further and it was interesting to here how she likes Apostles vs. Journey. All in all it was a great night and I’m excited to spend the next few months getting to know this group better.

Wednesday night was my first Events class. So fun!! The teacher is a riot. She knows a lot about event planning and has a lot of experience, not only here in New York, but in other cities across the U.S. She has planned events at some of the hottest spots in the city and you know I love to hear about that stuff! Last night, our class was on Site Selection- what you need to keep in mind and look for when choosing your event location. We left class early and took a field trip to Grand Central to see an area where corporate events are commonly held and she pointed out pros and cons to us. Very fun! Then, she told us to go on our own to the Dining area, which I hadn’t seen before….tons of places to eat in there! She also directed us to an apartment building that’s attached to Grand Central. There’s a cigar bar in the lobby she wanted us to see—it was very, very cool. It was a beautiful room and very crowded with people just having drinks. It’s very uppity though with a strict dress code. She told us to tell them we were with NYU and they’d let us peek in. They let us, but I did notice them looking people up and down to see if they were dressed appropriately.

My weekly reading just picked up considerably!! For Bible study, we’re studying Luke, along with a study guide. I’m excited about that because I don’t think I’ve done an in-depth study on Luke before. For the Events class, I have 2 textbooks I picked up today and I've really got to start reading. The class is going to be tough, I’m afraid. Lots of reading and studying to do! Plus a couple of major projects. The first one is on site selection. I have two partners and we have to set up appointments at 2 different sites and do an analysis to determine which place is better for a specific event. Should be fun, but I’m kind of scared! It will be a lot of work. I kind of feel like I’m on The Apprentice! I, of course, am going to want to pick the trendiest locations in the city just so I can say I’ve had a meeting there! We’ll have to see if my partners are interested in that!

Oh, I didn’t get Chik-fil-a on Wednesday. After I blogged last week I found out my class is not on the main NYU campus. The Continuing Education classes actually meet in a high school. So, no chik-fil-a for me every week, but I did get to go today when I was down at NYU picking up my books-- yea!! The class location is actually better because it’s closer to work and I would have been pretty rushed to get down to NYU on time each week. Now, I have plenty of time to get there.