Woohoo! Finally at good ole BU! I officially moved in on the 12th to begin RA training. Soo many exciting things happening - Unit 10 is going to be solid this year. My life is going in the direction that I want it to, though I feel very tired. It doesn't help that I haven't gotten much sleep in awhile, though... I will go through the past few weeks with you all.. There have been some interesting things.

I moved into BU on the 12th. It was definitely exciting to see all of the RA's - and meet some of the ones I hadn't met yet. On Thursday the 13th, we went to CiCi's Pizza for some good dinner and had a meeting. On Friday, we officially began training. This day was all about maintenence services and how to do room checks. Then, we had a cook-out with BUPD and learned about fire safety, etc. Saturday and Sunday were fun activities. We got the majority of Satruday off until a "Strengths Quest" event in the evening. My strengths? Analytical, Competition, Deliberative, Discipline, and Significance. Sounds pretty decent, I'd say. Sunday was very awesome - DANCING with BARRY!! =] That really was a lot of fun and bonded with other RA's from other buildings. Sunday, I went on rounds for the very first time. That was pretty great; however, there was basically no one here so I didn't get to see anything exciting.

Monday consisted of all sorts of training including finally taking our staff pictures. I enjoyed mine quite a lot. Tuesday was all about programming and policies. Oh - and MY 20th Birthday!! =] My door got a few pics and things posted all over it. That was pretty gosh dern exciting. Tuesday was very eventful, but I can say that it was most definitely one of the best birthdays that I've had. Got to spend it with fellow RA's, which included a special "country music-style" version of Happy Birthday. That was phenomenal - wish I could've recorded that. Then I spent some time at home with some of my awesome friends. Wednesday, training continued after meeting all of the deans inside Student Affairs. Also, we got 10% off at the bookstore for being RA's. Woohoo! Saved about $50. That also tells you about how much I spent. Yikes. Thursday was a crazy training day, but I'm glad it happened because I definitely feel ready and excited about the RA position. Friday morning was spent at Gleaner's Food Bank boxing and packaging food for senior cititzens. Then, we had a meeting with PAWS (which includes Abby and Liz!) about when we were going to meet together. This should be great.. =] THEN! We got to take a nap in the basement of Schwitzer. Well deserved, I'd say... And we had one last final round of Crud on Friday. That's always exciting.

Yesterday and today have been a blast meeting the Unit 10ers. Tonight is the first unit meeting and I'm working on trying to fully figure out all what to say and how to say it. This ought to be fun. =]

See ya'll soon!
Chris