this week has been CRAZY busy. the world of student activities never really has a "down time." this week i've been planning a retreat, doing research for information to present at the retreat, advising students, helping students plan events, and the list goes on and on. but as a grad assistant i also have the added responsibilities of completing my homework on time and making sure that it's done right (in grad school the phrase "to the best of your ability" is thrown out the door, they don't care what YOUR BEST ABILITY IS they want it done their way). i also have to work the different functions, events, and activities in the evenings as well. somedays my day looks like this:
7:30 get up,
8 try to find parking,
9 maybe have found a parking spot,
9:30 finally get to the office after the 30 minute walk across campus in the nice FL weather, 10-12 attempt to get caught up on homework or office work,
12-3 meetings, tasks that i'm assigned to do by adam, or help my students with their events,
3-4 meetings, find food, walk to class,
4-7 class,
7-1am work event,
1:30-2 am get home/bed,
7:30 am--do it all over again....
i feel like no much how sleep i can get, it's never enough on the weekends or weekdays that i don't work events. i'm still trying really hard to figure out a schedule that i can balance things out. friday i worked my first concert in the club. it went pretty well, we had about 250 people there for the bands. it was the first time for the manager to work as well so it was a very good educational experience for me. i got home around 1:30ish and had to get up at 7:30 to get ready for our Union Productions Retreat at Camp Weed (which is in Live Oak, FL). Retreat was a lot of fun! it was also a great bonding experience for the group. adam said that this is the best group, in that aspect, that we've had in years. we had A LOT of rain; which for those of you who know me know that i just love rain...we went on a walk during our free time and i got soaked to the bone because in the middle of our walk the bottom just dropped out of the sky. the rain finally subsided by the end of the night and we were able to have our bonfire which i lit with a flare lol. this morning we covered a few more subjects, did some planning, did "fears/concerns in a hat" which is really cool (if you ever have a team building retreat you should do it). then we cleaned up and left. i got back here at 2pm and now i'm ready to try and catch up on sleep. it's going to be a great/busy week this week. IM football practice tonight, homework due this week, lots of concerts/events in the club, penn state game saturday, and steelers game on sunday!!
