| | It has been two weeks since I've been an RA and its been a roller coaster of a ride already. Jenny and I have a full floor -- 34 girls from all over the place. It's strange because in retrospect when I try to come up with a word or a phrase to describe the whole thing, I come up with --- nothing.
There has been connection when someone's story has been all to familiar to me, laughter when half the dorm gets together to prank someone, slap happiness when an entire floor is outside in their hallway talking and working on homework at 1 in the morning, regret when I've messed up or done something I shouldn't have, anticipation for the little events that we've planned as a floor or a dorm, comfort when the girls have banded together to help someone through a difficult time, awe as I've watched girls reach out to other girls, dismay at some of the more boy crazy ones, relaxation with long conversations about everything and nothing, frustration at some difficult situations, confusion because of lack of sleep....... and I'm sure there's a lot more that I've failed to mention.
One thing different this year is that as the Ohio Hall RAs we've become close friends with the Wilson Hall RAs. I know I speak for all the girls when I say that those guys have made this experience so much more fun. Whether it's been the boys reenacting the battle of Jericho (I think there were 67 boys involved in this prank) at 2 AM in the morning -- yes they even ran around once silently -- with everything ranging from French horns, saxophones and trombones to microwaves, loose change and baking soda  or spending over two hours hanging out and talking in the middle of the pavement between our two dorms after our girls got them back with tons and tons of cheap perfume and all sorts of smelly stuff you wouldn't imagine 2 minutes before open dorm ended. Because of them I've watched some movies I probably never would have otherwise. Tropic Thunder was funny mainly because of the company, as was Rambo. I think it's time for Sisterhood of the traveling pants part 2, what do you think?? They are quality guys, those 6 crazy friends of ours.
Oh -- and the next person to play a prank apparently gets 50 work hours. I think that decides how things stand, wouldn't you say? I'm not sure I want 50 work hours, and I wouldn't be happy with someone peeing on my dorm either.
Here's the crazy part. It's only been two weeks.
Right now, I'm looking forward to the rest of it, knowing that in a year from now I'm going to know that it all went by too too fast.
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| | Posted 9/6/2008 12:26 PM - 60 Views - 6 eProps - 5 comments
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