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I want to congratulate my father, Mr. Stephen Smith, on winning the election last night for City Council in Hiawassee, Georgia. I know you will serve the community with passion and resolve. I love you Dad!

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I was happy to Dad’s campaign manager. I handled his media strategy including web and print campaign materials.

Here are a couple items I designed:

Campaign Flier, photograph by Laura Womack

Campaign Yard Sign

As promised, here are some photos from last weekend’s trip to Portland. All of these photos were taken on a quick 30-minute stroll before the event got started on Saturday. Enjoy the autumn colors and cute historic homes…

Just a quick update before I have to get back to studying. Tomorrow I have a big Statistics Final and then on Wednesday I have an Organizational Behavior Final. I left yesterday morning (Saturday) and traveled to Portland to host a youth rally at Holy Family Church in Portland. (I snapped some photos of the autumn colors that I’ll post later this week.) The afternoon was beautiful but quick. I returned to Phoenix in less than 24 hours. In the seven hours since my plane landed, I have been studying.

I am vaguely aware that the World Series will be soon. I just went downstairs to get some water and saw that the Yankees might knock out the Angels tonight and progress to the World Series. I haven’t watched baseball in sometime. Actually, I haven’t watched much of anything. I am excited to not have class later this week. I’ll take off a few days from work and get out of town and try to find my equilibrium again.

I feel like I owe my friends and family an update on my life. Basically, the last eight weeks have been a whirlwind of challenges. I have three groups in my life who expect a lot from me: 1) Candyce and Norah 2) My team at work and 3) Professors and my team in class. There is no such thing as a lazy twenty minutes in my day. I need every waking moment to be purposeful or this whole thing unravels.

You like the idea of a challenge because it tugs on your ego’s desire to accomplish something you didn’t know you could. That’s why it is easy to get drawn into tales of others overcoming challenges. But make no mistake, when you are in the middle of a challenge, it sucks. I do keep an attitude of gratitude, but the reality is there is no romance in being pulled in three directions all day. I don’t feel like a hero or a champion. I feel tired.