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Things I just need to write down, move on, but still keep my eye on
Residents. At 6pm today I was doing homework (with difficulty staying awake) when a close resident calls and bangs on my door to get me to help a girl on their floor. They didn’t know her and she was unconscious and throwing up.
In the end, two were transported to the Hospital for Alcohol Intoxication. I had a ‘Pow Wow’ meeting with the 5 residents whose helped the Police that THEY called. I wanted to make sure they were OKAY after seeing all that. One even helped the EMS clean and carry the girl out down the elevator and onto the stretcher.
I’m just so proud of them. I think they’re afraid of some of their friends getting in”trouble”but my concern is, and always has been, for their safety. I don’t enjoy having to document things because I’m contracted to do so. I hope they really understood that when we talked.
During the chaotic rush, I got a “oh and hey“ that another resident is taking a leave of absence because of suicidal thoughts. He wasn’t in the building, but was in communication with his mom about it and taking the steps towards getting help. I don’t need to full out worry, but Iworry.
Oh, and did I tell you I wasn’t on call or on duty?
My current top apartment thoughts
- Needs to be ‘do-able’distance from my Graduate classes at 15th and Market and my 2 month clinical site at Roosevelt Blvd.
- Need enough Kitchen Counter space. Bathroom space is important, but NOT as much as counter space!
- Nice enough landlords/management companies
- Something that won’t take metoo far from a campus and friends. I’d get lonely!
- Not being charged an arm and leg for utilities. I’m okay with using fans over AC or skipping on cable.
- At least 1 or 2 windows.
Those are all the priority concerns. One option is actually sharing a house that has a KOI POND in Northern Liberties. Yes, Koi Pond.
Who doesn’t love this sponge?
(Source: geekconfessions)
So 24 hours of being busy and anxious on call for two building —> led to two floor meetings directly after. But you know what? Residents + Toliet Paper = the best catch up and booster. (It was a game)
Apparently I’m now going to be playing ‘Ariel’ the Little Mermaid in a crazy Good vs. Bad Disney Character movie. And there is a PotLuck and Movienight coming up that residents are excited to help me run.
This lifestyle can be crazy, but if you allow it once in awhile and put pedal to the metal, it can be crazy worth it.
The ‘Growing’ Bro
- He finished his first semester of Community College (did he do well on his grades? Not really. Did he pass his two remaing ‘mystery’ classes? We’ve yet to hear)
- He drives me around
- He needs to learn how to eat for himself-not blanky staring at a full kitchen, fridge, and freezer until Mom comes around.
- He buys really expensive gifts without thinking of saving
- He’s getting better at holding honest conversations
- He goes a little nuts with the friends and social life…
- He has facial hair, takes longer showers than me, but girls seem to love him.
- He needs to figure out laundry doesn’t occur by itself, stat. Any freshmen away at college will be smelly and naked, finally getting the hint and learn about cleaning cycles.
I’m trying to allow my brother to do what he wants and ‘needs’ to do, whatever that may be. At the same time I’m trying to stay in touch with his life so I don’t wake up one day and wonder when the hell he turned 21, who he’s dating or why he works so much. Christmas morning 8am? I cried. Not the ugly uncontrollable kind, but one because I realize how much I worry about him. There’s faith from my parents and ‘some’ from me because he’s my little brother. But there’s an overwhelming WORRY. That’s it, worry. One that he’ll never wake up until he’s shaken hard by something. I don’t want that for him. He should excel because he’s talented. He should just Realize. That’s not something I can shake into him. It’s a worry I personally can’t fix.
I wish residents understood that by not documenting them and warning them, we’re doing them a favor, and that if our superiors had their way, everyone in our residence hall would be in the system without discretion.
When we say “we hate to be the bad guys” we really do. The problem is that…
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On things my sanity will seriously miss
Popping into the RA rooms on 7 different floors (11 total) because I need to just get out of my room, away from residents, but not leave the actual building.
There are only 5 RAs in this whole building that aren’t the most ’open’ yet (the 10 remaining RA’s are in a building across the block). Last year I would run up and down stairs in socks. Putting shoes and winter jackets on to say hi and shoot the breeze for 8 minutes? That’s just so much more. I’m a very active individual, so please don’t take this as lazy. It’s just not as accessible as before and it’s hard.
Extra: This room is SMALLER and semi-cave like. I’m going to have to figure something out for healthy breaks before I explode.
Something crazy I JUST realized.
My incoming Freshmen residents were born in 1993. They are the same age as my brother. Just, wow.
Day 30 - What are your favorite and least favorite things about college?
Least
- Having to find myself and having to find the best friends by experiencing the bad ones
Favorite
- Having to find myself, having pride when reflecting on that journey and having excitement for where it’s leading me.
- Feeling happy, powerful and strong enough to give back to those now finding themselves.
Heck Yeah Tumblr Challenges!: 30 Day College/University Challenge
Day 29 - Tell us about the most interesting person you have encountered at school or around campus.
Greek life + RA + everything else ‘involvement’ possible = way too many different personalities to judge.
Heck Yeah Tumblr Challenges!: 30 Day College/University Challenge
Day 28 - Did any of your high school friends go to the same college as you? If not, do you still talk to your old high school friends?
One did. WhooHoo Sayville High School!! But we weren’t really friends back then so what would make College different? Especially going from a class of 180 to Drexel’s huge student body?
He’s also an engineer so there was never any luck of us being in classes together. The only time I really talked to him was by facebook messages after freshman year because I was desperate for other people’s opinions on Drexel while mine was in the state of plummeting.
I have a few good friends from high school I randomly catch up with but it’s been different since I almost never go home. Even when I do, it never seems long enough to get them to actually do something. I’m all about planning get togethers because I know that’s currently what my busy and limited life schedule is running on.
It was tough at first not being able to make trips home frequently but I’ve been learning to live my life here and enjoy it here. That’s been a source of a growing happiness and pride for me while at the lessening of some Long Island relationships.
Heck Yeah Tumblr Challenges!: 30 Day College/University Challenge
Roasted Eggplant with tomatoes and mint
It’s fantastic to have a reliable Meal Plan but upsetting to have no time or reason to cook for oneself and friends like this.
Day 27 - Tell us about your worst experience from your college years.
Freshman year crying over phones to my mother. That involves a lot and I think that’s the most justice I can go into it without getting crazy details and commas that would make it messy and uninteresting to read.
Heck Yeah Tumblr Challenges!: 30 Day College/University Challenge
Day 26 - What is something non-academic that you’ve learned at college?
Always be ready to improvise. You learn this straight up as an RA (not from training but the real life experiences to come right after). It helped when I sworn I had a final at 8am but instead it was at 1pm. I got so many things done for four hours and still managed to restudy and finally take that sucker!
Heck Yeah Tumblr Challenges!: 30 Day College/University Challenge
