My First Encounter with my Residents as an RA

The longest day came before me yesterday and it was not cool at all, until the end. The day before, I slept around 2:00am finishing all the decorations in my residence halls and finishing the welcome posters for the college. The following morning all of us (the RAs) had to wake up at 6:00am to prepare for MOVE-IN! I sat in the parking lot for about 9 hours directing traffic and greeting angry, nasty, distasteful, cranky parents. I don't want to get too much into it, just explaining it hurts. Anyways, this is when the day got better, when we were done, around 8:00pm we had to perform skits conveying different types of common scenarios that involve conflict. And YES I had a pretty big part. I had the first skit which intended to address Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Intersex issues and Homophobia. Basically I played the role of a Frat Boy and I had a roommate who is gay. Let's just say everyone had a great laugh. There were five other skits involved. The skits were done and then we had meet our residents for the first time! At around 9:30pm, the RAs conducted "first hall meetings" on their respective floors and were expected to talk about judicial, safety, and other policies. This is where I sort of played the "bad guy" RA in which I set the ground rules for the floor. As of now, I think they either hate my guts or they're scared of me. haha But I also made it fun, we played games/icebreakers and got to know each other a little bit more. So overall it was great first meeting. I went to bed at around 12:30am hopeful about the upcoming year.

Happy Birthday, Brandon!

Bringing the Canadian Cool all these years. Happy Birthday, Brandon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IAN!

Happy 21st Birthday, Ian!

He is now old enough to legally blame alcohol for acting like this:

Nobody brings the good times like Ian!

Congratulations, Rachel!

I'm sure many of you were wondering where Rachel has been the last few weeks.  Like Lamar Odom during the NBA finals this year, Rachel went missing....

Rachel has been diligently studying for her S7 certification, and as of yesterday, she has passed with flying colors!

CONGRATULATIONS, RACHEL!

Welcome back to the World!