Mood: excited
To Do List: shower, ironing, grading papers, getting some sleep
It's Sunday evening, or actually Monday morning already, and as always, I'm asking myself, "Where did the weekend go?"
It was a quite eventful weekend, but not a very productive one. Well, after last weekend where we had Community Council Training on Saturday and a Leadership Conference on Sunday, I deserved a little time to relax and do nothing. So Friday, after a long day of meetings and advising, I went to a broomball game (broomball is this weird sport played on ice in special broomball shoes and with these little stick-broom things...similar to ice hockey...i'm not sure how to explain it). A couple of my residents have an intramural team (well, there's actually several teams in my building) and named it after me, so I figured I should show my support. I have to admit, it was kind of flattering to have a broomball team named after me...haha.
Well, I met one of the other staff members there and we hung out watching the students play broomball for a while. Then, we went to the Student Union and watched a movie there. I got back and hung out with my RAs who were on duty. We just talked. I'd been so busy that past week that I hadn't really seen them in a while, so it was really nice just to catch up.
On Saturday, I slept in late...after all it was the first time in weeks when I had a chance to sleep in. Then, I hung around the apartment for a while, watching TV, not really doing anything. At night, we went out to one of the state parks in the area and hung out at a friend's house (he works at the state park) and celebrated a couple of birthdays from that past week. It was pretty nice. I have to admit though, sometimes I have more fun hanging out with my RAs than with colleagues. I just feel like certain colleagues judge me for the fact that I don't drink alcohol. You would think that in Student Affairs - a field where we all try to educate our residents about safe and responsible drinking and making smart choices - we would be supportive of staff members who choose not to drink. Yeah, not so much. Half the time, I don't even get invited. And when I do, it's just kinda awkward because people tend to make a big deal out of me not drinking. Last night was actually much better than it had previously been. I think people here are slowly getting used to the fact that I don't drink. And maybe I'm the one making it awkward sometimes...but after dealing with drunk and stupid students I just don't have much patience for colleagues who get trashed. I mean, haven't we grown out of that phase yet? It's not like we're still 18 years old! But then again, think of the social activities at our regional and national conferences and some of the behavior you can witness there.... Enough said!
I know sometimes I'm also very quiet at those events. It's just that I'm usually thinking about a million things. And I just haven't found that "soulmate" here yet that I can just talk to and vent and be totally honest with. And until you have that kind of relationship, it's just hard to talk sometimes, you know.
But no, Saturdaynight was definitely fun.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you about the most thing that happened Saturday. I bought my plane tickets to go to Austria over winter break. $700! But it'll be worth it just to get out of here and to see my friends and family again. I haven't been at home in four years. How crazy is that??? So it's definitely exciting that I'm going to get home. It's also a little scary. My family and I sometimes fight and that's never good...I never mean to, it just somehow happens. And I really don't want to fight...not when we only see each other every few years. But how can you stop that?
Anyway, I'm not trying to think about that...I'm just trying to be excited. :)
I e-mailed my friends to give them the dates of when I'll be home and we've already started talking about what we wanted to do together and when we could hang out. I can't wait!!!
Oh yeah, I guess since I'm writing about my "weekend," I should also mention SUNDAY. I guess that's part of the weekend for normal people, huh? Not so much here. I had six advising appointments today. In between, I talked to a couple of my RAs...just really catching up on things and trying to get a heads start for the week. And now it's late at night/early in the morning and I feel like I still have all these things that I should have been doing. Is it Fall Break yet? Or even better...WINTER BREAK IN AUSTRIA!!! :)
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I totally understand your feelings about alcohol. I'm a non-drinker as well and it's tough all around being in your 20's and not drinking, period. I see and hear enough of it going on, in my hall and my campus. It's good to know there are others out there who have the same issues and are learing how to deal with them.
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