and finally, a break

So the last few weeks have been insane. I got back up to campus on August 17th and went through a week of RA training, 2 days of which were in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere. (those of you who know me know just how much I like roughing it in the winderness.) A few residents did early move-in, but no bid deal....except of course when I came home at night to find a huge box of trash outside some kid's door. So, logically, i leave a little note for him saying "Hey [resident's name] please take this out with you next time you leave and just drop it off in the dumpster. thanks"

well...that was nice of me- and I was thrilled to find that later that night, the box was gone. Seems like it was easy enough, right? Wrong, you can imagine my surprise when i walked down the hall later and found a box just like Resident X's sitting outside someone elses door! it even had the same letter from me!

So, I walk the box back and put it in front of his door again. I go into my room, do some work, and when I come back out, there are two guys walking out of the room with the box. So i say "hey, what are you guys doing with that?" and they answer "ooh, taking it to the dumpster...you know, cuz that's what it says on it."

thank god, the finlly got it!...or not. Later that night when I went to visit my friend on 4th floor, there's the box! So this time, the box is moved downstairs, the note is removed, and in it's place is put a sign that says "in the dumpster by noon tomorrow, or you will be fined"..... they got it that time.

But training week finally ended, and the rest of my residents moved in last friday, the 24th.

Everything has been ok since then. first week of classes is almost over and things are running "semi" smoothly. Most of the resident's are ok, some are jerks, and of course...there is trash boy