This week was homecoming week, and it rained and rained and rained. I was
not really feeling like doing much of anything, but my life has so many
obligations. I didn't go to most of the homecoming events because I just felt
like "I'm a senior, I've been to this three times before, and it’s not
that exciting." On top of that, I work 16 hours a week for my internship
and 7 mandatory hours as an RA. Those 7 hours may not seem like a lot, but add
in the waking up at 3am to open someone's door just to get up again at 8am to
get to your internship that is from 9 to 4:30 pm. Frustrating. So, make that 7
mandatory hours plus about 10 "float" hours where you have to be in
the area, or typing up reports, or filling out some sort of paper work. Then,
just to make things better it's pre midterm week, and for me that means studying
for the actual midterm week. So, let's see, 16 hours of internship, 17 hours of
resident assisting, being up at 3 am, studying for midterms and homecoming
drama. Phew!
But one thing I can say about homecoming is, I went to the step show/after
party. Let me back track, for the last year I've been feeling like the
"old" friend or the replaced friend because apparently I can't keep
up. I've been left behind, no considered, not invited or not included because
my priorities have changed and some of my friend’s priorities are different
than mine. So I haven't been out in awhile. But this after party was amazing.
It's me and my right hand, Kierra, and we are bringing back memories from
freshman year where we used to go HARD at parties, grabbing all the attention.
Me and her danced till we sweated off our makeup. She was drunk and I wasn't,
but I got this high from seeing how many people I could dance with (without
hurting myself). Kierra was taking pictures and for the sake of my grade I
won't post them, but it was awesome to feel like the best friend again. It was
awesome to feel like a freshman in college again.
But as I type this, I'm thinking about the incident report I have to write
for residence life, and the flop of a customer service week for my internship
that I personally planned due to the rain, and the 4 midterms I have. I float
down from my party cloud and plop back on to my bed, covered in papers,
watching Roseanne, and a heating pad for my old, partied out, back. I fear that
I'll be not considered again because of these things, but anything for that
diploma I guess. It's tough being a senior RA at the BSUHC2k13 during
pre-midterm week.
I do not envy your life lol. it sounds complex but you seem like you manage to keep up. I live a similar lifestyle having an internship and another job but it is not as demanding as that of an RA. I commend you all for the work that you do and keep it up because you guys are an important part of residence life here on campus.
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