Band camp!
So I moved into my dorm room yesterday, and I'm really happy with it. There's a room for studying and a room for sleeping which I think will work well. It's twice as big as the room I was in last year. My friends are right across the hall and one of them is across the lobby and down the hall, so I know people here.
It's closer to the music building and the library and the rec center and ... you get the picture. Last year I felt like I was separated from everyone else.
I was a late add to the band camp staff as a drill instructor, which is someone who checks on marching style and drill charts and how the section looks as a form.
I'm so happy that I was added to staff. I was a bit disappointed when I found out last year I didn't make it because I had actually worked up the courage to face an interview that was intimidating for me. Then I got a call/email over the summer asking me to take the position because someone dropped and I jumped at the opportunity!
I've heard that if you want to be a leader, you shouldn't be, but I don't necessarily think that's true all the time. I've had a few leadership positions, and I think some part of you has to want it, otherwise, why go to the trouble?
Maybe that saying means "If you think you are better than everyone else" or "If you think only you can do this" you shouldn't be a leader; that makes more sense.
But I appreciate the caliber of people that I'm surrounded with on staff. I have a love/hate relationship being in a group with those I consider my betters. On one hand I'm happy; surrounding myself with those I strive to be like will make me a better person. On the other hand, I feel as though I can never catch up to them and will continuously be comparing my abilities and actions to theirs. However, I'm confident this week will have positives that outweigh the negatives. No one is perfect.
And we play the friggin Big House on Saturday! SO EXCITING.
Anyhoo.
Eating dinner sometime in the next hour.
Organizing the room some more.
Then sleep! Woohoo!
It's closer to the music building and the library and the rec center and ... you get the picture. Last year I felt like I was separated from everyone else.
I was a late add to the band camp staff as a drill instructor, which is someone who checks on marching style and drill charts and how the section looks as a form.
I'm so happy that I was added to staff. I was a bit disappointed when I found out last year I didn't make it because I had actually worked up the courage to face an interview that was intimidating for me. Then I got a call/email over the summer asking me to take the position because someone dropped and I jumped at the opportunity!
I've heard that if you want to be a leader, you shouldn't be, but I don't necessarily think that's true all the time. I've had a few leadership positions, and I think some part of you has to want it, otherwise, why go to the trouble?
Maybe that saying means "If you think you are better than everyone else" or "If you think only you can do this" you shouldn't be a leader; that makes more sense.
But I appreciate the caliber of people that I'm surrounded with on staff. I have a love/hate relationship being in a group with those I consider my betters. On one hand I'm happy; surrounding myself with those I strive to be like will make me a better person. On the other hand, I feel as though I can never catch up to them and will continuously be comparing my abilities and actions to theirs. However, I'm confident this week will have positives that outweigh the negatives. No one is perfect.
And we play the friggin Big House on Saturday! SO EXCITING.
Anyhoo.
Eating dinner sometime in the next hour.
Organizing the room some more.
Then sleep! Woohoo!