#7: Go to Ben and Jerry's Factory

I scream, You scream, We all scream for ICE CREAM!

In July I had the opportunity to go to Stowe, VT with my good friend Jen Whitlock. Of course, one of the reasons we went was for a 30 for 30 item that desperately needed action: Visit the Ben & Jerry's HQ. That famous ice cream in the sky is an irresistible temptress.


For $3 visitors can purchase tickets to tour the one and only Ben & Jerry's factory, which incidentally makes a quarter of a million pints of ice cream a day! Photography is not allowed of course; B&J don't want any potential ice cream entrepreneurs or spies stealing their famous recipes.

By the end of the tour, we were all screaming for ice cream. Thank goodness, the tour ended with a sample of a flavor that is yet-to-be released. Jen and I got to try "Late Night Snack": vanilla ice cream with a salty caramel swirl and chocolate covered potato chips. It was delicious. Look for it in stores soon, folks, you've got to try it for yourself.

#29: Truth-tell at STH (and big news!)

After a great deal of discernment, prayer, and conversation with those I trust, I have accepted the Associate Registrar’s position at Oklahoma City Community College. This is not a decision that I have come to lightly. Boston has become a part of who I am. This awesome community and city has become an integral part of my identity, and I will greatly miss the folks who have become a part of my "Boston family". That said, I have chosen this path in part to be closer to my family in Oklahoma. I also have faith that my passion and gifts in higher education administration will take on new directions at OCCC, where I will work with a new team of folks to provide affordable and accessible education opportunities to all.

In light of this big, upcoming transition, I have begun to adopted a new attitude at work. Rather than taking things personally, I have started to let things roll of my back, as the saying goes. I still care about my job, and I certainly want to leave the office better than I inherited it, yet at the same time I'm learning how to put myself first. My weekends are more enjoyable when I'm not hooked to my iPhone/email like a hospital patient with an IV drip. In leaving my position as Registrar at STH, I have actually begun to find more of the balance that I crave between work and personal life. I am also dedicated to bringing this new mentality to my new position at OCCC.

Because of my upcoming departure, I have also had the chutzpah to say some of the things that I have been thinking and feeling. I have attempted to have my "truth-tell" in a kind manner; I have also been surprised by how well my brutal, yet respectful, honesty has been received. Because this is the internet, I'm not going to name names, but suffice it to say Megan's "truth-tell" at STH has been completed.