Week 6

This week was another busy one mainly because of the 11 AM football game.

On Monday I worked on projects that I've been putting off for the internship (no worries, I'm caught up now).
Tuesday I went back to Crossroads and met with Mr. Baker in hopes that I could do my Performance Improvement Project with him. We discussed areas of Crossroads that he felt could use improvement, and together brainstormed how we could make the team even stronger. We came up with some pretty good ideas, and I'm excited to see them in action.
Wednesday was more office work but Dot gave me a fun project- I had to go to Couch and test out a recipe for the Look Local fair coming up next week. Thanks to everyone who helped me find the ingredients I needed as well as supplies!! I made vegan chocolate zucchini muffins. Yes, I got some questionable looks when I told people what I was making. But guess what? They were SO good! And healthy- for 9 muffins I only used 1/4 cup of agave nectar for the sugar component. Luckily a bunch of managers were on their lunch break at Couch so I had them try the muffins and the consensus was that they were delicious! Success.
Thursday I met with Shawn Henry, Director of Retail Operations, who kindly took time out of her day to tell me all about her job. It was really interesting learning how the retail operations differ from Couch. It was also fun to learn the future plans for OU when it comes to what retail operations may come.. or go. Thursday was also my in-service presentation at the weekly manager meeting! I taught about wellness, speaking about 14 tips to live healthier (mainly diet tips). I hope everyone enjoyed the presentation and learned a few new things!
Friday I spent at Couch prepping food for the game. I cracked over 500 eggs- all one-handed thanks to Chef Brock showing me the proper technique. I'm now a professional egg cracker. After that, Chef Brock set me up with a ton of raw alligator tail to chop up.. this took the rest of the day. Thank goodness Amberly came over to help me chop otherwise I would've been working on that gator into the night. And also shout-out to the Couch crew again for helping me find stuff and sharpening my knives and just in general making me feel very welcome!
Saturday was game day!! Spoiler- we won!! This game was at 11 AM though, which meant I had to be at work at 4 AM. This wasn't a problem until about the 2nd quarter, where my lack of sleep finally caught up to me. It was a fun shift and I did most of the same things I did at the last game- prep and bake pizzas, prep pretzels, slice over 40 pies, and just help wherever needed.

Another successful week!!