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.