Oh how busy the days have been
Okay, so I haven't posted in awhile. This has nothing to do with lack of interesting things happening (which was usually my excuse over the summer). Mostly, I've had zero time to do anything aside from RA training, eating and sleeping (let's just say that if you've never had to create a door dec, lucky you). Not that this upsets me, it's been so amazing to get to know all of the people I will be working with this year (and possibly a couple years following). Basically, starting Sunday, August 21st at 5pm, I was thrown head deep into training, community building, RA camp (seriously awesome!), role playing, and sessions dealing with everything from how to deal with conflict to bloodbourne pathogen training (we love you Owen...thud...). And the inside jokes start rolling in...good times, good times.
So, starting at the beginning, I was quite apprehensive going into this. I was faced with a lot of stories about how well everyone got along last year and how close all the staff members were, and I was honestly intimidated. We had a couple meetings on Monday and Tuesday, and then it was off to camp. There are 31 people on staff (27 RAs, 2 ICs [involvement coordinators, too hard to explain] and 2 Senior RAs) and of that, only 8 of them are women. We stayed at a YMCA camp, in a cabin that had a "boy" and a "girl" side. Well, we had to have 4 of the guys sleep in our room cause there wasn't enough space. These are the joys of going to a school with 25% women (that's up from the 18% last year just with the huge freshman nursing class).
Camp was so amazing! We did low ropes/community building, staff expectations, archery (yeah, they gave me a bow and arrows, crazy), boating, the blob (opted out of that one this year...maybe next year), campfires (yummy s'mores), wall climbing, high ropes courses (oh, I really don't like heights) and really did a lot of getting to know each other. I have to say I wan't at all uncomfortable with any of the guys. An all around great group. We spent Tuesday night, Wednesday night, and got back to campus on Thursday afternoon. We got the weekend off, and I didn't do much of anything (except for door decs...yeah, they were a pain, but turned out very well). I got to take 2 of my girl friends to church with me on Sunday. It was a great service, as always.
Week 2 of training started out and will continue to be eventful. We actually only had Monday and Tuesday training. Today started the move in madness. Well, not so much madness yet. Returning students moved in today and that's a lot more low key. Tomorrow and Friday brings the freshman/new students. That's the fun part. Plus, our campus decided to have a "fun" parking year. That is, we are down 3 lots because of construction and the lot we're using for during the school year won't be available until the first day of school. Yep, loads o' fun.
In short (hehe, not really) I've had a really great couple of weeks. I get to spend the weekend with my floor, hopefully getting to know the girls really well. Then, classes start on Tuesday. I miss my kids so much, it's crazy. I don't get to see them again until Wednesday and Thursday of next week. What joyous days they will be!
Anywho...I just finished watching a movie, am in the process of doing laundry, and I helped move things for people (well, I more just supervised the last one). I think another movie will be in order while I wait for my laundry to dry. More fun to come in the next couple of days...
posted by Katie @ 10:20 PM
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