I think they call it burnout?

These last few weeks have been very draining. I have been through my father being in the hospital for more than a week for a 4-day maximum surgery. In addition I was initiated as the newest president of Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Fraternity, and I have been busy with classwork and exams. So, with all of this going on plus staying active at work and doing lots of meetings and seminars I am beginning to feel a burnout.

Luckily, I have a couple more weeks and then I will be given a break for about eleven days. I plan to relax, sleep in, and get my butt into the gym more often. I have put on some of the weight that I lost in France this year. I was in the gym for a while until my dad went into the hospital. I got so busy going to see him and with school that working out went down on the priority list.

For those of you interested, I am going to be participating in a few things this summer that I am really excited about. First, after meeting the Deloitte recruiters at our spring banquet I sent a letter to see about opportunities. I was asked to participate in the annual Deloitte National Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is a great chance to meet a lot of partners and senior managers along with 450-480 students from universities across the country. I am anxiously awaiting to participate and represent my university.

In addition, I am going to the Beta Alpha Psi Conference in Washington, D.C. This will be great to help me get ideas on things to do to make our organization superior chapter for the 11th time. I know that I am going to be busy, but it is a great opportunity for me and you never know where it may lead.

Until next time, Sean

Mr. President

This week I took a major step toward my future. I am going to be the next president of the Beta Alpha Psi Honorary Organization. It is for Financial Information professionals and students. I have been active with the organization since participating last semester as an associate pledge. As an associate pledge you get all of the benefits of being a member without having to meet the requirements of a pledge. As you may imagine I do not like to just sit at the wayside, so I was active from the start and attended 80% of the meetings and also volunteered about 8 hours to community service. This semester I was eligible to pledge and did so. I became more active and when the time came to elect new officers I decided that I wanted to become president.

In a few more weeks, this semester will come to a close and I will begin a one-year intership with General Electric. I should say that I still have to sit for an interview, but I feel very good about my chances. I will also be going to summer school to lower my burden next semester and give me the time to begin a systems minor or major to add to my skills. Then, I plan to do a summer internship with a "big four" accounting firm before entering the Master of Accounting program at UNCC, or at Melbourne Uni if an internship down under comes through. All in all, I am busy but I think that the best is definitely yet to come.

I miss Lyon, I miss my friends, I miss the feeling I had back in France. However, I know that it will come again and I try to think of this time as the time in between. I will be in Australia and France before you know it. I am actively moving in that direction and I am staying very open to new possibilities. I better run, the cafe that I am in is closing.