Roamin' with Romagni

Hello out there and welcome to my first blog post!

Before I tell you about the epic weekend I had, I feel I should tell you a bit about myself:

I am now a senior majoring in communication with a focus in public relations. Upon graduation, (if the economy has improved) I hope to find a job with a PR/communication firm or work in Washington D.C. in public affairs. I’m hoping that my internship with UT provides the adequate experience needed for me to be competitive. Speaking of my internship, I work in the department of marketing and communications as a PR intern. This has been a great professional and social experience for me because it has given me the opportunity to stay up on campus happenings and meet a wide range of people. Plus, the people I work with are awesome! Other than that, I’m your average college student trying to graduate!

Now, on to my epic weekend:

Before this weekend it didn’t really seem like summer started for me, as I have been busy with my internship and moving to my new apartment. However, I decided to take a few days off for the holiday weekend. I feel that summer should be a time for students to do all the things they didn’t have time to do during the school year. One of those things for me has always been skeet shooting with my family and friends. Since my hometown is in the country, I have grown up doing outdoor-related sports. Since hunting has never really been my thing, I stick to shooting brightly colored targets called clay pigeons. So, my friend and I loaded up his Jeep and hit the range for an afternoon of fun.

My favorite part of summer is the large amount of weddings that take place. Since I am hitting that age when some of my friends are settling down, I have been invited to multiple weddings… and that means bachelor parties as well! I got to spend all day Saturday golfing with some of my oldest friends in celebration of my friend’s last few weeks as a bachelor. Unfortunately for me, I had to leave early for a 5-hour drive to Michigan for a different wedding that next day.

The day of the wedding, some of the groom’s friends and family got together for a round of golf before the festivities began. It really seems like the more frequently I play golf, the worse I get! I guess it didn’t matter because I had a great time. The wedding ceremony and reception was held at a country club, with the ceremony being held on the 18th hole of the course. My favorite part of the wedding was the fact that there were so many people I didn’t know, which gave me the chance to meet some new (and rather interesting) people. Since most of the people I knew were in the bridal party, I was placed at a table with what I suspect was other random singles like myself. Let’s just say there were some interesting comments made!

The highlight of the reception was when the very popular “hang on sloopy” song came on, some of the very few OSU football fans in the room began chanting “O-H-I-O” during the song’s chorus. I guess we sort of forgot about the huge group of Michigan fans that surrounded us!

That pretty much concluded the kickoff to my summer. It was awesome!

Now, back to reality!