Not so fast....

Even though finals officially ended on Tuesday...I wasn't quite done. My field study group still just had a little work to do for our final paper and presentation (or so we thought).

We arrived at the Tanner Building at 8 am on Wednesday...and in this picture, here we are still in the lounge at 11:00 p.m. (Geneva looks how we all felt)

Yep. That's right. 11:00 p.m.
Still working...

Finally done....at 12:45 p.m. Yep that is right. 17 hours in the Tanner Building. Ouch! We were officially the LAST people in the building after the semester.



But that is not all... we were back the next morning at 7 am to practice for our 8 am presentation.


All our work paid off. The clients loved it! And we got it done. Whew! We were officially done with our first year of business school.

I would like to say this kind of marathon group work was an isolated incident, but during year 1, I often found myself burning the midnight oil in a cramped study room with a group.

But these experiences are some of the most memorable so far. Even though our 17 hours in the Tanner (that has GOT to be some sort of record) were tough and long and all sorts of other hyperbolic adjectives...we also laughed as hard as I've ever laughed and forged friendships that will last for years to come. And this was the case for almost every group I've been in this year.

Really. Business school is about learning stuff. But more important is the who we are learning the stuff with.