Song playing in my head: "We're all in this together" (High School Musical)
Last person I talked to on the phone: one of my RAs, who was calling in regards to an incident (you gotta love being a live-in staff member)
Welcome to Year 2
Another academic year has started. It's now my second year as a full-time professional and also my second year at my current institution.
I remember last year around this time: the excitement, the anxiety, the goals and dreams. This year...hmmmm, there's still some excitement (I moved to a different building and am working with a new living learning community), definitely still some anxiety (with that new living learning community comes a lot of pressure to be successful, from supervisors as well as other departments), and yes, there's definitely still some goals and dreams. But I'd say I'm a lot more relaxed and definitely a lot more realistic.
Once again, I will try to take you along the ride for the year. You'll find out all about the ups and downs of Year 2. You will hear all about the adventures of my staff this year, find out all about the drama of our office, my frustration with office politics, and the complicated relationships we have with other departments and offices around campus. But most of all, you will find out what I think and how I feel about all this things...after all, this blog is all about ME. Haha. No, actually this blog should be about all of us. Some of you have been with me from my first "professional baby steps" in graduate school, as I was stressing out over the job search, to the completion of my first year as a new professional. You know more about what I think and how I feel than some of my best friends. And you've been with me and encouraged me and supported me through commenting and just by reading my blog for the past year and a half. So please, continue to read...continue to comment. Let me know what you think; let me know what you want to hear about. And if you are a new reader...welcome to my world.
Let Year 2 begin....
