The University of Oklahoma Week 4

The Weekend
This weekend we spent Friday out in Bricktown with our friend Jack!  Lindsey was craving Italian food so we went to Zio's and then we went to a cupcake place called Pinkitzel.  After that we went to Fuzzy's again and hung out for awhile!  The next morning Lindsey and I woke up early to drive to Remington Park in OKC to watch her sister show horses.  That was really interesting since I have never really been around that sort of lifestyle, so I learned a ton!



 














We then went back to our apartment and did some chores and went grocery shopping.  Later that evening we returned to Remington park for a charity dinner for a group that her sister is a part of.  The next morning we went back up for the real competition to take place!  It was the perfect day for it, and I got significantly burnt.  There were a ton of food trucks there and we both got Margherita pizza and a S'mores calzone.  Yum.  I also got to hold a baby kangaroo and it was the cutest thing ever!

Monday
Today was Lindsey and I's favorite day so far by a long shot.  We went up to the Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.  Unfortunately when we arrived no one was aware that we were supposed to be coming up, so we went to Healthy Hearth since they are the most busy establishment up there so maybe they would have something for us to do.  It turned out that they for sure did!  They were amazing up there.  Once we got there, we dove right in and I worked with the daily features and wrote up their descriptions and sent out an email to around 450 people with all of this information!  Then I worked with Catherine, who is the baker for the Healthy Hearth, and she and I worked with the customers all day and getting them their food, filling drinks, taking orders, making pizzas, and much more.  I was busy all day and the time flew by.  They then made us lunch, and after that they let us organize their inventory and draw up charts for it.  They gave us the perfect amount of direction and flexibility.  I loved Lara, their manager, and Chris, their chef.  They treated us like we were professionals and taught us a lot!  It was so sad to leave them at the end of the day, and they told us to come back, and we definitely want to!  We stayed so busy and felt so respected.  Lara really wants us to work on getting the nutrition information for all of her menu items.  She also bought Lindsey and I one of their cupcakes (PEACH, so yummy!!). 

Tuesday
Today we met with Lauren Royston for the New Employee Orientation.  She was so energetic and excited about what she does for the University.  She listened to everything we had to say, and came back with a lot of suggestions.  It is clear that she really wants every employee to have the best possible experience they can have while working at OU.  She took us out to lunch after, and we really just got to spend a lot of quality time with her.  It was nice to have someone take the time to get to know us on a personal level, and actually seem interested in who we are as people.  She really made us feel welcomed, and I'm extremely grateful for spending the day with her! 

Wednesday
Today we had our mid internship evaluations, which went well.  In the afternoon, we spent time with Marcia Musser.  She works at Couch in Operations.  She showed us all around the building and told us a lot more about the specific operations that they have within Couch and how they differ.  We worked with her to set up a picnic for the Camp Crimson that is currently going on at OU!

Thursday
Today we worked at Couch with Chef Gary in the morning.  However, he really did not have a lot for us to do so we ended up being passed around to the different supervisors.  We spent time with Chris, Diane, and Sherri.  We helped get the salad bar ready for the day by slicing tomatoes and rinsing fruit.  We then spent a very long time in baking with Sherri where I got cookie trays ready, made cookies, and filled rolls in bowls.  In the afternoon, we gave our Presentation on Manage Weight Sooner at the Manager's Meeting.  I am very glad that it is over; one less thing to worry about.  In the evening, we went out to the Warren Theater in Moore to see 22 Jump Street to celebrate being done with our presentation.  It was awesome!  We sat in the balcony and there are waiters who serve you at your seat.  I had an entire couch to myself and they are heated seats so I just laid back and relaxed.  It was so fun!

Friday
Today we were supposed to meet with Francis in the morning who is the store room supervisor at Couch.  She works a lot with the supervisors and inventory and trying to keep the numbers low.  After this, we went around with Frank Henry to look at the soon to be Union Market and also Bookmark Cafe.  We also spent time with Chris Kaeser, who is the manager of Starbucks.  We did a short coffee tasting with him and he was teaching us about the different aspects that are incorporated into various types of coffee.  Frank showed us around the campus also and told us a lot about the history of OU.  I really enjoyed this time!  In the afternoon we met with Sam, who is the manager of Couch.  We talked over their allergy process and how we could improve the process overall through the communication of students, Dot, supervisors, workers, and Sam.  We thought that it would be nice to display the allergy information someway on the food.  He also went through a lot of numbers with us of all the different food service operations of OU and explained what the numbers meant and where they should be.  This was really interesting to learn about.  He also let us eat cake, so that was awesome. :)