Howdy y'all,
After a lonely beginning of August, our lovely assistants finally made their way onto campus this past Monday to join us in our preparation efforts. While we have been firming up reservation confirmations and lining up Commons catering orders to feed all 343 AESOPers and 96 trip leaders for four days, they have been incredibly busy finishing the gear move from the gear attic to our brand spanking new gear spaces in Chase Hall. With that under wraps, Katie, James, and Bryan have begun the leg work for some of the other logistical details that make the trips run smoothly, including itinerary fine-tuning and map-copying, so that when our leaders show up here on Sunday (three days away!) for leadership week, they're roaring and ready to go. Amidst meetings galore and phone call madness, we are slowly crossing items of our own to-do list and are feeling pretty ready for the invasion of our leaders. Wilderness First Aid training, Van Certification class, leadership trips, Coordinator chats, camping skill sessions, and van caravans are just a few of the many things we have planned for next week... all in preparation for you guys to come on the 26th!
It hasn't been all work, however. Last night, we made it over to Freeport to eat lots of homemade pizza at Josh's house. It was capped off with a spin on some mopeds (pictured below are Bryan and Allie grinning ear to ear post moped race), some golden retriever loving, and chocolate chip squares- all of the things that AESOP is truly fueled on.
Stay tuned, more to come soon...
AESOP love forever,
Josh and Allie
Working hard or hardly work, guys?
Sleeping bags up the wazoo and a happy Bryan
A rare sight: a clean and empty gear attic
Katie, Bryan, and James sorting some med kit supplies!
We took a break last night to visit Josh's house over yonder in Freeport, which almost always comes along with homemade pizza and a whirl on some mopeds.
Allie crushing it in the new AESOP office...
...and Josh pretending to.
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