Non-existent internet on Tuesday means cutting and pasting from a Word doc on Wednesday:

Between 2-4pm, I helped pack more tote bags than I will probably ever see again in my life. We filled it with all sorts of sponsor goodies like highlighters and deodorant and mints and who knows what else. Believe it or not, all that stuff will come in handy at the convention—the mints prevent employers from reeling back when you approach them. The highlight will help you.. highlight stuff? I don’t think I need to explain deodorant.

(The deo was for the community service– my mistake).

On Tuesday night I had dinner with my National Leadership Council counterpart. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this, the National staff (those of us in the DC. office) are each assigned to work with one member of the National Leadership Council for the entire year. We keep track of what they’re doing, whether they’re staying on course with their goals, are having problems with something etc.

Matthew Kimberlin is my NLC counterpart. After dinner with him (and Jim Duncan, my co-blogger AND his counterpart, the VP of Nontraditional students, Sue Blue) I got the chance to watch all the regional VPs interact and come up with goals for chapter recognition, outreach and many other things. As someone fairly new to NSCS, it was edifying.

More blogging and prep work on Wednesday. Thursday, I will officially be swamped.

I had virtually no internet access on Tuesday. Thusly, here are posts that I wrote on my laptop on Tuesday night in a Word doc, that I have since posted here.

9:30am: I am the Guardian of the Stuff. It’s an unofficial title that Adam and I came up with, after he realized that he had to run upstairs to get more boxes, but didn’t want to leave the boxes downstairs unguarded.

Here is a picture of me guarding stuff.Please note the saber in my hand/ flexible ruler thing (what is that anyway?).

It’s eight days to the Convention. As it turns out, the outreach/ communications work is adding up. I’m currently working on an e-newsletter for attendees, a press kit, and promoting our community service project.

Meanwhile, we’re slowly learning about our travel arrangements and what we, as the staff, will be doing hour-to-hour. Exciting stuff, I know.

Pictures to come tomorrow. There really are faces behind the names on the NSCS website! I’ve met them all!