Forced

It's becoming forced. I need to rethink this through.

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We're having our last staff meeting w/ Barb tomorrow! sad sad. We shall miss her dearly!

So I realized how long I hadn't taken a french class when I looked at a piece of paper with french words in them and i was like... huh?

It's funny b/c I can perfectly understand what Prof. D says in french during class... but somehow on paper... seems so different.

People have been asking me today if I'm in the doc. doc as in doc research. How WEIRD is that....

Anywho... gonna get some shut eye... because i CAN.

Work

First "week" of classes ... it was weird. Because I feel like it's still summer. But I know it isn't. It's weird.

Classes are going to be interesting I think. I like most of my profs. I am kind of undecided on one or two. Believe it or not, Liz's class might be actually fun to be in. Go figure. The Plants class will be cool too... if I can understand these articles that are being given to us.

It's been busy between classes, CC manager work, and RA-ing.

Fun though. Fun.

Yet, I feel as though I've been attending classes for the past three months instead of three days.

Went to the mall w/ Joe yesterday -- I got a new printer and funny shirts... and oh yea... some school supplies...

Joe bought many many things at aeropostale thanks to his dad who got him a gift certificate of 150 bucks I think.... Crazy no?

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Right now, I'm working at CC.... til 630. then... calling RA John w/ the girls... then... Duty...

Tomorrow will be my first official floor program. Whee... I got 2 of my residents to talk about stuff I thought they wanted to bring up in the first floor meeting.

There will be pizza and things.... Hope a lot of my residents come...

If they dont... there will be DEATH!!

well... not really.... hehe

Back to work for me.

Work. Breaks the backbone.

Denial

That's what I'm in. I am in denial that classes are starting tomorrow (well, today). I am also in denial that my room is a pig sty. Well, not really the second one.

But, I really can't believe that school is starting already! Where did the time go?? Looking back, summer seems to have whizzed by. I still have to write a paper for the Dana Internship Scholarship stuff... ARGH... I just haven't had time... rather... the motivation for it was quite lacking.

Oh... fun stories...

today at my first official floor meeting, I talked about the most... horrible stories... EVER... le sigh. I'm not sure what kind of impression I made on my floor... Probably an annoying PRAT... damn it... I didn't mean to do that.

So I go to knock on a resident's door so I can drag him forcibly to my meeting. As I knock on the door, I suddenly hear the tell-tale sound of "squeak squeak" of bedsprings.... So i stopped knocking and turned away... but in that moment, part of me thought... DAMN IT don't have sex... come to my MEETING!! it's mandatory... the posters said so :P ... but I didn't actually say that... maybe I should have... probably wouldn't have heard me anyways over all that squeaking...

I like my floor. Even if I made a bad impression on them. So far. I make no promises about liking them in the future.

Now I shall pass out.

Goodnight people.

Been busy...

It was a long day yesterday... started at 10am w/ infodesk, then to emerson check-in, then to building manager shift at CC, then to RA staff meeting, then finally ending around 2am w/ finishing up duty and working on the LBLC online board thing....

Tonight's my first floor meeting... yay

then i'm off to cc for s.o. shift... booorrinnngggg

well i really gotta clean up this joint... ppl are starting to want to see this pig sty....

Oh, by the way...

Some sad news...

Barb is definitely going to Philadelphia... Sept. 2nd, 2004. :( I can't believe that we're going to lose her so soon, but it's important that she makes this move. Hope everything works out for her... I hope we get a good RD replacement....

What a DAY

Today has been one of the longer days that has gone by in a haze. After "training" at the campus center from 930-12, which was pretty standard... I then went to Check-in from 1-5 ish. It's been a long day. By the end of the check-in, I was cranky because I just didn't want to be there, but people kept coming in... I guess it's not their fault :P...

But, otherwise, my staff and I bonded some more... it was fun.

Let's talk about parents.

This mom walks into check-in, and asks, how can i get the shelves moved? And, we're like, huh? She says that it's too close to the bed, etc., and we're like, you can adjust the shelves... but she actually wants to move it to another part of the wall... and we're like... uh... talk to physical plant? But we all know that pp would never drill new holes into the walls to move the shelves like 2 feet from where they are already...

Anyways...

A lot of freshmen (or first-yrs to be more pc) checked-in today... a few were on my floor when i was doing check-in... they seem nice :)

Heard there was already trouble in Landon, w/ the poster theft and the dry erase marker thefts... bizarre truly.

I can't believe that school starts soon... I don't think I can take it...

well, i'll write some more later... gonna go zone out.

RA Training

So, I haven't posted in a while... and now, I've decided to create a new blog for the academic year. I will probably making another one for going abroad, if I do end up going... which I hopefully will be.

For the past 1.5wks, I've been in RA (Resident Assistant) training, and a little bit of CC (Campus Center) building manager training. It's been interesting and fun, and I will probably get more into it in later posts.

But, I'd like to say, I simply adore my staff -- I know, I know, we're probably still at the "FORMING" stage... regardless, I like them so much that I almost don't want to go to London, but I am not foolish enough to NOT realize that not going to London would be one of the biggest regrets of my life.

Tonight, we went to dinner at the Boatyard as a staff... SO GOOD! the food was good, but the company and conversations were even better. We were separated by tables, because they couldn't accommodate 15 people at one table; most of the newbies at one and most of the returners at the other. I was w/ the newbs... We had a great time bonding through food. I feel like our staff is going to be going through a lot of dynamics... but I think I'm ready for it... and so is my staff, i think, at least we're getting there, together.

I think we were chatting and eating at the Boatyard for about 3 hours ish i think.... Zach had a full rack of ribs... I actually don't know if that's the right term... and he finished most of it! Which is quite impressive... but mine was good... Bistro Shrimp Scampi... whee

I'm gonna pass out now... TOO TIRED.