What You Do With It
Wow, so much to say. I havent gotten around to updating this in quite awhile and thats just because things have been completely nuts. Ive been all over the place. So, I guess this will contain an abridged session A update, as well as my trip back home this weekend. Its been crazy, its been overwhelming, but its been awesome. I just got back to the city. Its way cooler than it should be for mid-late June, but at least its sunny so I guess I cant complain.
So, we had our first session, the infamous "Session A" sunday thru tuesday at the beginning of the week. We rocked it out. Session A rocked my socks, literally. In the timeless words of the 04 OLs, w00t! We had Bouve Health Sciences, SGS, Comp Sci and Business majors. I myself had Bouve majors, mostly PT, Athletic Training and one Pharmacy. I was up bright at early at 430 Monday morning to realize my alarm hadnt gone off, and to shower in a clogged shower on the girls side of the floor. Oh inconveniences! The red shirts convened in the CSC Indoor quad to set up, distribute the addendum, eat, chant and get psyched up for our first day of work.
Of course, I was on parking lot duty first thing, 630-830 am escourting parents from Columbus to West Village A. Sure, in one trip it doesnt seem like a long walk, but try 12 round trips on foot talking to parents. I was beat by the time Dana and I went to join the others at the welcome session. The music was a bit too quiet, and the crowd unenergized, but hey, it was but a first run. Morning Meeting went okay I guess. I had four big jocks in the back that were too cool for the beachball game, as well as for most I did. In the end we just gave each other a hard time through most of the session, but it was a good time. I liked them just fine, and apparently they liked me as they left me Husky Points at the end.
Got my good old 4 hour break, gotta love it. Napped, showered, then hit work again. Husky Health presentation was a nightmare. I spent most of the time trying to get everyone to shut up and listen to Pam, although I can understand why they wouldnt want to. Shelley, Matt, Tabs and I were ready to scream. That over it was dinner then Evening Meeting and The NU. Of course, when I went to put the DVD in there were no batteries in my remote, or in any of the remotes in any of the Ryder meeting rooms. I called Ben, who offered to solution. Thankfully, KRoq somehow had found batteries in someones camera for her remote, she ran around hitting play in everyones room. Crisis abated. I gave my kids some snacks since I tricked them into going to Husky Health. Afterwards things went a bit haywire for me for the first time all day.
I was trying to help a student that was locked out of his room, I ended up leaving my C "This session brought to you by the letter C!" in Ryder. So I left him with Marc, ran back to get the C, realized I had left my DVD with Brian, had to go hunt him down, get Evan into his room, and get to my next duty. I pulled it together and went to chill with the OLs on Atrium Mingle duty. After the limbo there was no one there, so after losing Horse to the Marino Center staff and getting a shirt off one of the guys that worked there I headed to afterHOURS. Does anyone know why capitalize the HOURS in afterHOURS? When I got there I was shocked to see everyone actually dancing and having a blast. I found out later some of the early duty OLs had stacked up the chairs so being a wallflower was not an option. We all went nuts after a long day of work. We mingled, danced and *sweated* until midnight out on the floor, a mob of offensively red shirts. Afterwards the OLs mobbed back towards the freshman quads with one Orientee. That was where we had our out-of-pony experience, right in the middle of the quad. Michelle yelled at us to go to bed and get some sleep. We did, eventually.
On my way back up I ended up talking to this kid Aaron who was really great. Apparently they didnt give him a roomate, that sucked. He asked for a wakeup call in the morning, which I said I could do I guess bc he only lived next door. Next morning we grabbed bfast together before I went to mingle it up with some confused looking parents. I had 101 Ell duty late morning, it was like quiet boring materials prep. I stuffed envelopes for an hour, then ran off on a secret mission with Olivia. Things were kind of slow for the rest of the day until evening circle time. We all collapsed in Stetson East lobby until Beth came for closing circle. The best thing about session A was... Dont we just love sentence stems!
That was it, we went out for a lovely 20 person dinner at Chilis to celebrate. We were loud and offensive to everyone else in the restaurant but whatever. We had a blast. Ive never slept so well as I did that night. Two more days of fun and exciting materials prep before I headed back to Shelton for the weekend.
Going home was actually awesome this time! Im really glad, I needed that. For the first time in my life my parents werent a huge pain in the ass. I was just like, Im going out, be back whenever, and they were like, aight. Weird. First night stopped to see Jim, Dave and Mike. Rolled in around 1am and passed out. Got woken up around 10am to go tubing. It was cloudy and cool when we got there, without getting lost this time. The water was only 59 degrees. Brrr. We were also the only ones on the river. Mike ended up getting dumped out of his tube and bounced off a few rocks in the rapids early on in the trip. It was kind of funny until I noticed he was bleeding, then it took awhile to get funny again. We recovered and contiued down the river, enjoying the sun when it finally decided to come out, and being wary of any future rapids and rocks. I, however, never fell out of my tube. So ha.
Decided to wander around northern CT, ended up at the Brass Mill mall over in Waterbury for dinner, then back to the house for a bit before he had to take off. Overall it was an awesome day I hope theres plenty more of. :) I wasnt home long before I wanted to get out again, Kyle and I decided to take off for the night. We ended up going to see The Chronicles of Riddick. Suprisingly enough the movie was *excellent*. I expected it to be a big let down, but I absolutely loved it. w00t! From there we cruised around some more, then went to go smoke some cigars and bond since we never get to talk or see each other. Got home a bit after 1am and crashed out for the night.
I was able to get my hair cut on Saturday, had a hilarious convo with my cousin/hairdresser. Ran back home to meet up with my family for our happy everything party. Celebrated my birthday, my dads birthday, fathers day, my parents anniversary and vickis birthday. Kyle and I took off again afterwards with no particular destination in mind. A bit up route 8 we decided, hey, why not go get ice cream in Torrington? So, we drove an hour to Torrington just to get ice cream, and hang out in Wadhams grove. It was nice. He moves up to camp next week, Im hoping to go visit him in early July. Insert frustrated screaming noises here. That is if I dont go nuts first. Denied a keg party goin on in town and went home relatively early. Left to come back here early this morning, and now, here I am. Gonna take a nap before working early arrival and leaving my mind at 5 hours of the info/checkin desk with Bobbys.
I was able to stop and see my great aunt doris and rita on the way home on Thursday. Theyre awesome old ladies. Its hard to accept that theyre old, they do everything. They travel, golf, boat, everything. They were both high school teachers and my aunt doris always has some wisdom for me. We were talking about what Ive been doing and she kept telling me how Im so lucky to have so many options. So much opportunity. She kept telling me how the world is my oyster, unlike when she was growing up. I suppose its true. I can do absolutely anything I want, most of us can. I guess we should enjoy it while were young and have that ability. We have eternity to decide what we want to do with it. Mike and I were talking about where we might end up. Out west, DC, Boston, maybe even another country. Texas, Florida, who knows. Life has endless options and opportunities. Its mind blowing if you really think about it. Wouldnt it be a shame to be too afraid to ever do everything you can with it? So then everywhere I went all weekend I heard that new Tim McGraw song, live like you were dyin. Its really true. To live like you were dying, to do everything you want to all the way, whole heartedly, with the lack of fear possesed by those have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Maybe we could live our lives that way. What could we do?
Apparently Brett hasnt finished changing my journal up yet. I look forward to seeing what it looks like when its done. I know exactly what I want, which is scary. lol. Hes a brave soul to take it on. He also got me a paid account for my bday, thanks Brett, its awesome :). I think Im going to go home again the second weekend in July, is there anything going on then Id miss? Well anyway I think I should unpack, or just go fall asleep while I still can. yawn. Drop me a few comments. Its good to be back in the city, but I miss the people from the suburbs.
*I asked him when it sank in that this might really be the end, hows it hit ya when you get that kind of news? What do you do? I went skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain Climbing, I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu. And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I gave forgiveness Id been denyin. And he said someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dyin. Like tommorow was a gift and you got eternity to think about what you do with it. What should you do with it. What can I do with it. What would I do with it.*
Lesson(s) of the Day:
-Live like you were dyin.
-If you listen at night, you can hear the house parties.
-To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
-Be spontaneous, it makes life so much more interesting.
-Work hard, play hard, sweat hard.
-Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
-I miss my brother, hes awesome.
-Argrgggrrggr! You understand, dontcha?
-Birthday cake icecream is great.
-You meet the awesomest people in the strangest places.
-Its funny the things that feel like forever.
-I just cant get you out of my head, boy its more than I dared to dream about.
-w00t!!!
So, we had our first session, the infamous "Session A" sunday thru tuesday at the beginning of the week. We rocked it out. Session A rocked my socks, literally. In the timeless words of the 04 OLs, w00t! We had Bouve Health Sciences, SGS, Comp Sci and Business majors. I myself had Bouve majors, mostly PT, Athletic Training and one Pharmacy. I was up bright at early at 430 Monday morning to realize my alarm hadnt gone off, and to shower in a clogged shower on the girls side of the floor. Oh inconveniences! The red shirts convened in the CSC Indoor quad to set up, distribute the addendum, eat, chant and get psyched up for our first day of work.
Of course, I was on parking lot duty first thing, 630-830 am escourting parents from Columbus to West Village A. Sure, in one trip it doesnt seem like a long walk, but try 12 round trips on foot talking to parents. I was beat by the time Dana and I went to join the others at the welcome session. The music was a bit too quiet, and the crowd unenergized, but hey, it was but a first run. Morning Meeting went okay I guess. I had four big jocks in the back that were too cool for the beachball game, as well as for most I did. In the end we just gave each other a hard time through most of the session, but it was a good time. I liked them just fine, and apparently they liked me as they left me Husky Points at the end.
Got my good old 4 hour break, gotta love it. Napped, showered, then hit work again. Husky Health presentation was a nightmare. I spent most of the time trying to get everyone to shut up and listen to Pam, although I can understand why they wouldnt want to. Shelley, Matt, Tabs and I were ready to scream. That over it was dinner then Evening Meeting and The NU. Of course, when I went to put the DVD in there were no batteries in my remote, or in any of the remotes in any of the Ryder meeting rooms. I called Ben, who offered to solution. Thankfully, KRoq somehow had found batteries in someones camera for her remote, she ran around hitting play in everyones room. Crisis abated. I gave my kids some snacks since I tricked them into going to Husky Health. Afterwards things went a bit haywire for me for the first time all day.
I was trying to help a student that was locked out of his room, I ended up leaving my C "This session brought to you by the letter C!" in Ryder. So I left him with Marc, ran back to get the C, realized I had left my DVD with Brian, had to go hunt him down, get Evan into his room, and get to my next duty. I pulled it together and went to chill with the OLs on Atrium Mingle duty. After the limbo there was no one there, so after losing Horse to the Marino Center staff and getting a shirt off one of the guys that worked there I headed to afterHOURS. Does anyone know why capitalize the HOURS in afterHOURS? When I got there I was shocked to see everyone actually dancing and having a blast. I found out later some of the early duty OLs had stacked up the chairs so being a wallflower was not an option. We all went nuts after a long day of work. We mingled, danced and *sweated* until midnight out on the floor, a mob of offensively red shirts. Afterwards the OLs mobbed back towards the freshman quads with one Orientee. That was where we had our out-of-pony experience, right in the middle of the quad. Michelle yelled at us to go to bed and get some sleep. We did, eventually.
On my way back up I ended up talking to this kid Aaron who was really great. Apparently they didnt give him a roomate, that sucked. He asked for a wakeup call in the morning, which I said I could do I guess bc he only lived next door. Next morning we grabbed bfast together before I went to mingle it up with some confused looking parents. I had 101 Ell duty late morning, it was like quiet boring materials prep. I stuffed envelopes for an hour, then ran off on a secret mission with Olivia. Things were kind of slow for the rest of the day until evening circle time. We all collapsed in Stetson East lobby until Beth came for closing circle. The best thing about session A was... Dont we just love sentence stems!
That was it, we went out for a lovely 20 person dinner at Chilis to celebrate. We were loud and offensive to everyone else in the restaurant but whatever. We had a blast. Ive never slept so well as I did that night. Two more days of fun and exciting materials prep before I headed back to Shelton for the weekend.
Going home was actually awesome this time! Im really glad, I needed that. For the first time in my life my parents werent a huge pain in the ass. I was just like, Im going out, be back whenever, and they were like, aight. Weird. First night stopped to see Jim, Dave and Mike. Rolled in around 1am and passed out. Got woken up around 10am to go tubing. It was cloudy and cool when we got there, without getting lost this time. The water was only 59 degrees. Brrr. We were also the only ones on the river. Mike ended up getting dumped out of his tube and bounced off a few rocks in the rapids early on in the trip. It was kind of funny until I noticed he was bleeding, then it took awhile to get funny again. We recovered and contiued down the river, enjoying the sun when it finally decided to come out, and being wary of any future rapids and rocks. I, however, never fell out of my tube. So ha.
Decided to wander around northern CT, ended up at the Brass Mill mall over in Waterbury for dinner, then back to the house for a bit before he had to take off. Overall it was an awesome day I hope theres plenty more of. :) I wasnt home long before I wanted to get out again, Kyle and I decided to take off for the night. We ended up going to see The Chronicles of Riddick. Suprisingly enough the movie was *excellent*. I expected it to be a big let down, but I absolutely loved it. w00t! From there we cruised around some more, then went to go smoke some cigars and bond since we never get to talk or see each other. Got home a bit after 1am and crashed out for the night.
I was able to get my hair cut on Saturday, had a hilarious convo with my cousin/hairdresser. Ran back home to meet up with my family for our happy everything party. Celebrated my birthday, my dads birthday, fathers day, my parents anniversary and vickis birthday. Kyle and I took off again afterwards with no particular destination in mind. A bit up route 8 we decided, hey, why not go get ice cream in Torrington? So, we drove an hour to Torrington just to get ice cream, and hang out in Wadhams grove. It was nice. He moves up to camp next week, Im hoping to go visit him in early July. Insert frustrated screaming noises here. That is if I dont go nuts first. Denied a keg party goin on in town and went home relatively early. Left to come back here early this morning, and now, here I am. Gonna take a nap before working early arrival and leaving my mind at 5 hours of the info/checkin desk with Bobbys.
I was able to stop and see my great aunt doris and rita on the way home on Thursday. Theyre awesome old ladies. Its hard to accept that theyre old, they do everything. They travel, golf, boat, everything. They were both high school teachers and my aunt doris always has some wisdom for me. We were talking about what Ive been doing and she kept telling me how Im so lucky to have so many options. So much opportunity. She kept telling me how the world is my oyster, unlike when she was growing up. I suppose its true. I can do absolutely anything I want, most of us can. I guess we should enjoy it while were young and have that ability. We have eternity to decide what we want to do with it. Mike and I were talking about where we might end up. Out west, DC, Boston, maybe even another country. Texas, Florida, who knows. Life has endless options and opportunities. Its mind blowing if you really think about it. Wouldnt it be a shame to be too afraid to ever do everything you can with it? So then everywhere I went all weekend I heard that new Tim McGraw song, live like you were dyin. Its really true. To live like you were dying, to do everything you want to all the way, whole heartedly, with the lack of fear possesed by those have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Maybe we could live our lives that way. What could we do?
Apparently Brett hasnt finished changing my journal up yet. I look forward to seeing what it looks like when its done. I know exactly what I want, which is scary. lol. Hes a brave soul to take it on. He also got me a paid account for my bday, thanks Brett, its awesome :). I think Im going to go home again the second weekend in July, is there anything going on then Id miss? Well anyway I think I should unpack, or just go fall asleep while I still can. yawn. Drop me a few comments. Its good to be back in the city, but I miss the people from the suburbs.
*I asked him when it sank in that this might really be the end, hows it hit ya when you get that kind of news? What do you do? I went skydiving, I went Rocky Mountain Climbing, I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu. And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I gave forgiveness Id been denyin. And he said someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dyin. Like tommorow was a gift and you got eternity to think about what you do with it. What should you do with it. What can I do with it. What would I do with it.*
Lesson(s) of the Day:
-Live like you were dyin.
-If you listen at night, you can hear the house parties.
-To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
-Be spontaneous, it makes life so much more interesting.
-Work hard, play hard, sweat hard.
-Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
-I miss my brother, hes awesome.
-Argrgggrrggr! You understand, dontcha?
-Birthday cake icecream is great.
-You meet the awesomest people in the strangest places.
-Its funny the things that feel like forever.
-I just cant get you out of my head, boy its more than I dared to dream about.
-w00t!!!