Week 7

This week was another event in the rock garden- the Look Local fair. Most of the week I spent prepping for this and assisting Ms. Dot wherever possible. The event showcased all of the local vendors that OU purchases products from. As you can probably guess, there was a ton of free food! And we even had giant pumpkins delivered for students to decorate and take home. The vegan zucchini muffins that I made last week were a hit and so were the "zoodles"- noodles made of zucchini and squash that were lightly sauteed and then tossed with a vegan pesto. Everything went wonderfully :). Afterwards, I was supposed to help with a Presidential dinner, but by the time I arrived, most of the set-up had already been done and the managers let me go since they had enough staff to help cater (which was awesome, because I was pretty tired from working at the fair all day).

Friday I started first thing at the Great Reading Room in the library- there was a luncheon at noon for visiting high school principals and counselors. I helped with set-up, service and break-down after the event. It was fun finally being able to see the entire process from beginning to end (since usually I only do two out of the three parts). It was a beautiful location and I learned that all of the books lining the shelves are actually theses written by former students. A very cool room and I can see why students would want to study there (also it looks very Harry Potteresque). I'm including a picture of it below!