Year 2: August's Bulletins

Sorry, for the delay on this post!! But, here is this month's bulletins:

Also, because the hallways are so tiny it is literally impossible for me to capture the whole bulletin board... sorry! 

Now, for those of you who followed my monthly bulletins last year, you know that I usually spend a great deal of time making my bulletin boards... well this month was no exception and I'm completely obsessed with the Minion Bulletin Board! 

For starters, I cut out a ton of little minion pictures. I also made slides of 'Lessons College Students Can Learn Through Minions'... they include, staying organized, laughing often, staying healthy, living like a minion, and if a situation arises call Public Safety or an RA (bee-do-bee-do)! I also included a document on how to identify your favorite minion... mine is Stuart for all of y'all minion lovers! And my favorite part of the bulletin board is how to speak minion language! 

Last year, I did a board similar to this one but the theme was happiness! This year I decided to just go with life lessons and quotes from Pinterest! They are all really impactful and have the best graphics. 

And above is a picture of the door decoration for this month! Cute little handmade minions :)

So, I don't know how long I'll be able to keep the handmade door decorations going especially because this semester is already presenting a heavy workload but for now I'll do my best to stay as crafty as possible for y'all and my residents! 

Happy Monday

hello junior year, its nice to meet you

hello junior year! Its crazy to think that I'm half way through my undergrad already. It feels like yesterday when I was starting college and was nervous about the new journey ahead of me! But, here I am a junior. An upperclassman. I don't know what this school year has in store for me, but so far I love my classes, I love my job, I love my friends and staff. I'm working out my schedule, finding my routine, and hiking down the mountain to see all my friends who are living in upperclassman res. halls. But, so far so good. I'm taking Social Research, Adult Psychology, Pre-Columbian Civilization, Honors Theology, and American Experience. Its nice knowing I can start taking classes that I'm interested and are centered around my major. Oh, and RA life is going great! I met all six of my girls and I'm getting a new girl tomorrow. My residents are lovely! We had a program that I thought would only last like 30 minutes, but an hour and a half later we were still sitting on the floor chatting. I'll be posting pictures of August's Bulletins sometime this weekend! But, for now I'll leave y'all with this quote that has been inspiring my junior year:

"Wherever you are, be all there" - Jim Elliot  

The Best and Worst Thing About Training

Today marks the last official day of RA training... Upperclassmen (my residents) are moving in today and as I sit in my room passing out Room Condition Reports, listen to parents saying goodbye, and start getting to know my new residents I am happy and sad that training is over. 

I love training because of the bonding. In Res. Life its easy for an RA to feel like its them against the world. You get lonely and in some cases you lose friends because of your job. That's why the RA fam is crucial... it gets rid of the 'you're in this alone' mentality and you make lasting friendships. 

But, training is exhausting. You sleep very little and are constantly on the go- learning something new. Most RAs jokingly say that they are excited for classes to begin because at least they know they will get more sleep. 

My friend Joe tweeted this pic explaining how RAs are now casually napping on furniture during breaks... True Life: I was exhausted. 

So, although I'm bummed that RA training is over and I won't be surrounded by my fellow RAs. I'm very excited to get on schedule and get 8 hours of sleep :)