Hello everyone!
Wow, it really has been forever since I wrote in here. I guess I just got too busy and started to lag a bit.
Some exciting things have happened since my last post. I have been chosen to be a co-coordinator for Homecoming this coming academic year! Super exciting! I will be planning one of the biggest events on campus with another student (who also is an RA) and I can't wait! It's going to be great (and I get paid!)
I have decided to not be an RA again next year. The job is okay at times, but mostly I just want to be able to do other things with my life and time in college than be tied to a building. So I will be living in a house with four other friends and it should be a great time as well. I'm sure a lot of learning and life skills will be brought about next year, but it has to be better than living in the residence halls.
Things otherwise are going well. School is going surprisingly well. Looking forward to summer classes and a full load again in the Fall. Only 1.5 years left, and it feels like I just got here yesterday. Time flies.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Another Tuesday
It's been forever since I updated!!! Been really busy.
Tonight is our big event of the semester for Student Alumni Association. I've been working on it for so long, so I'm wayyy happy that it is finally here!!!
Nothing to exciting going on in the halls lately, just same old same old.
School is going well right now, but I'm definitely looking forward to next semester and to be done with these classes! (Especially NonWestern World!)
Speaking of school, it's time to leave for class!
Adios!
Tonight is our big event of the semester for Student Alumni Association. I've been working on it for so long, so I'm wayyy happy that it is finally here!!!
Nothing to exciting going on in the halls lately, just same old same old.
School is going well right now, but I'm definitely looking forward to next semester and to be done with these classes! (Especially NonWestern World!)
Speaking of school, it's time to leave for class!
Adios!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The End of October
Well, October was a busy month. There wasn't a day in October that I didn't have some sort of responsibility to tend to, whether it was SAA-, RA- or school-related.
Things aren't very good right now. I've documented a lot of people, and there are residents with a lot of attitude. I just got done trying to salvage all of my residents door name signs (door decs) after someone ripped them all down, bent them, tore them, basically mutilated them last night.
It's really frustrating. I'm just doing my job.
Things aren't very good right now. I've documented a lot of people, and there are residents with a lot of attitude. I just got done trying to salvage all of my residents door name signs (door decs) after someone ripped them all down, bent them, tore them, basically mutilated them last night.
It's really frustrating. I'm just doing my job.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday.
Hello! It's MONDAY.
This week shouldn't be too bad. I had an exam today, and have another class that I should leave for in about five minutes. Hopefully that'll be enough time for a quick update.
We aren't having one-on-ones this week or our weekly staff meeting, so my Tuesday should be a lot less hectic. I have some studying to do though, and a pretty important paper due Wednesday. No SOC class Wednesday, though, so that's definitely a plus. Other than that, things are pretty normal.
I'm not hosting any programs this week, either, but planning one for next week. We have to do certain programs based on Residence Life standards, called "Foundations." I'm hosting an academics-based program next week with another RA in the building for one of our Foundations requirements. We haven't decided what it will be on yet, but eh we're not too worried about it. Not a lot of people come to academic programs, so we need a way to trick them into coming, be it offering food or just changing the name so it sounds cooler than it actually is.
Haven't had any resident issues lately, which is good. Everyone seems to be settling down a little which is encouraging. However, this weekend is Central vs. Western, so things will probably be crazy. Half of the staff will be on duty for the weekend (just Friday and Saturday) but it still kind of sucks because that means we don't get to go to the game. The other half of staff will be on duty next weekend for Homecoming weekend. I mean, this is what we signed up for. We are supposed to have to make certain sacrifices. But we're also college students and a rival football game at home is a pretty big deal. I'd be more upset if I was like a senior or something and it was like the last chance to go to the game, but, in reality it's not that big of a deal. I'm sure we'll all just end up watching it on TV in the lounge. Eh.
Okay I've got to get to class. BYE.
This week shouldn't be too bad. I had an exam today, and have another class that I should leave for in about five minutes. Hopefully that'll be enough time for a quick update.
We aren't having one-on-ones this week or our weekly staff meeting, so my Tuesday should be a lot less hectic. I have some studying to do though, and a pretty important paper due Wednesday. No SOC class Wednesday, though, so that's definitely a plus. Other than that, things are pretty normal.
I'm not hosting any programs this week, either, but planning one for next week. We have to do certain programs based on Residence Life standards, called "Foundations." I'm hosting an academics-based program next week with another RA in the building for one of our Foundations requirements. We haven't decided what it will be on yet, but eh we're not too worried about it. Not a lot of people come to academic programs, so we need a way to trick them into coming, be it offering food or just changing the name so it sounds cooler than it actually is.
Haven't had any resident issues lately, which is good. Everyone seems to be settling down a little which is encouraging. However, this weekend is Central vs. Western, so things will probably be crazy. Half of the staff will be on duty for the weekend (just Friday and Saturday) but it still kind of sucks because that means we don't get to go to the game. The other half of staff will be on duty next weekend for Homecoming weekend. I mean, this is what we signed up for. We are supposed to have to make certain sacrifices. But we're also college students and a rival football game at home is a pretty big deal. I'd be more upset if I was like a senior or something and it was like the last chance to go to the game, but, in reality it's not that big of a deal. I'm sure we'll all just end up watching it on TV in the lounge. Eh.
Okay I've got to get to class. BYE.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
It's Already October?
Well hello!!
I haven't written in here in a while and I have some time so I thought I'd update.
Things really haven't changed much. My residents are still pretty great, and I'm still liking the job. The only downside to the job is the feeling of no freedom. I mean, we aren't in jail. But, sometimes it feels like it. Especially when you want to do something, like go to the WMU/CMU game, and can't. But, we signed up to do this.
I've also found that it is very hard to live where you work. I like A/S and I'm so happy I received placement here. However, I have residents coming to me at all hours of the day. They don't care that it's 11:00pm and the only thing I want to do is sleep. They don't care that I've just gotten home from class and need to take some time to recover from a hectic day. They need help when they need help. Normally it's little things, like advice on an outfit or information about a club or other campus resource, or a lock out, but when you have 39 residents, the requests can seem daunting. I don't mind doing things for them though, that's why I'm here. If they weren't such good residents then I might be less willing to help them out.
I have done some programs recently. I did a diversity program with beading and that turned out really well. My friend (and fellow RA) Danielle and I put on a Girl's Night program that was a big success, too. I thought that programs would be daunting and hard to accomplish and that no one would attend, but we seem to be having a lot of attendance at programs this year. Tomorrow, another RA and I are putting on a Ping Pong tournament for the hall. I think that'll be pretty cool, too.
Lots of homework lately. But, I'm well on my way to that 4.0 that I'm after. Things are looking up.
I haven't written in here in a while and I have some time so I thought I'd update.
Things really haven't changed much. My residents are still pretty great, and I'm still liking the job. The only downside to the job is the feeling of no freedom. I mean, we aren't in jail. But, sometimes it feels like it. Especially when you want to do something, like go to the WMU/CMU game, and can't. But, we signed up to do this.
I've also found that it is very hard to live where you work. I like A/S and I'm so happy I received placement here. However, I have residents coming to me at all hours of the day. They don't care that it's 11:00pm and the only thing I want to do is sleep. They don't care that I've just gotten home from class and need to take some time to recover from a hectic day. They need help when they need help. Normally it's little things, like advice on an outfit or information about a club or other campus resource, or a lock out, but when you have 39 residents, the requests can seem daunting. I don't mind doing things for them though, that's why I'm here. If they weren't such good residents then I might be less willing to help them out.
I have done some programs recently. I did a diversity program with beading and that turned out really well. My friend (and fellow RA) Danielle and I put on a Girl's Night program that was a big success, too. I thought that programs would be daunting and hard to accomplish and that no one would attend, but we seem to be having a lot of attendance at programs this year. Tomorrow, another RA and I are putting on a Ping Pong tournament for the hall. I think that'll be pretty cool, too.
Lots of homework lately. But, I'm well on my way to that 4.0 that I'm after. Things are looking up.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
A Challenging Situation
Tonight I was on duty and ended up having to document my own residents for a policy violation. My residents are used to me being nice to them, being interested in what they have to say, watching out for them, etc., so tonight was a bit of a challenge. I'm not afraid to do my job. If they do something to make me do my job, I will. The rough part is...they don't like that. All of the sudden I'm the bad guy. It's okay when I tell them to quiet down, but not when they are actually documented. Normally when I tell them to quiet down I'm firm but nice. Tonight I feel like I was the same way. Now two of my residents are pretty upset with me. I feel bad. They said things like "Why are you doing this to us?" and "What did we do to you?" and "We're not talking to you anymore." It's not my fault. They broke policy, so they got documented. I tried talking to one of them after the fact, but that didn't go over well. I'm sure things will eventually go back to normal. Right now its just frustrating that they're so mad, when really, it is their fault that they were documented.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Another Day in the Life of an RA
Well, today was pretty darn busy.
It all started at 8:00am. Woke up, thought to myself "A few more minutes" and hit, what I thought, was the snooze button. Unfortunately, I was incorrect.
So, at 9:41am I woke up and realized "Crap. I have to be at class in 19 minutes." Normally on M/W I leave for class at 9:40am. And, lucky again, I had a paper due at exactly 10:00am. I jumped out of bed, threw some water on my face and brushed my teeth and basically jogged to class. I made it, and handed in my paper. Success.
The day continued as normal, class from 10:00am-4:00pm. Six hours of class, two ten minute breaks in between. Classes went pretty well though, I was very rested ;).
I got back to the residence hall and was informed that I needed to go to HR to fill out some form for my job. Nice. That walk back to campus was AWESOME. Sarcasm.
Then I got back, finally got to take a shower. Then I worked on my RA weekly report, and headed to dinner with residents. Had some really good resident interactions at dinner.
Then I went to SAA. It was fun.
Came back to A/S, worked on RA stuff like program planning, poster making, and floor sign making.
Then, at about 10:30pm, it was time for homework! Luckily I only have one class on T/R. Read, and now it's time for bed.
Busy day, great day.
It all started at 8:00am. Woke up, thought to myself "A few more minutes" and hit, what I thought, was the snooze button. Unfortunately, I was incorrect.
So, at 9:41am I woke up and realized "Crap. I have to be at class in 19 minutes." Normally on M/W I leave for class at 9:40am. And, lucky again, I had a paper due at exactly 10:00am. I jumped out of bed, threw some water on my face and brushed my teeth and basically jogged to class. I made it, and handed in my paper. Success.
The day continued as normal, class from 10:00am-4:00pm. Six hours of class, two ten minute breaks in between. Classes went pretty well though, I was very rested ;).
I got back to the residence hall and was informed that I needed to go to HR to fill out some form for my job. Nice. That walk back to campus was AWESOME. Sarcasm.
Then I got back, finally got to take a shower. Then I worked on my RA weekly report, and headed to dinner with residents. Had some really good resident interactions at dinner.
Then I went to SAA. It was fun.
Came back to A/S, worked on RA stuff like program planning, poster making, and floor sign making.
Then, at about 10:30pm, it was time for homework! Luckily I only have one class on T/R. Read, and now it's time for bed.
Busy day, great day.
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