Let's Get Real

This week has just been incredibly rough for me. If you don't want to read my complaints, feel free to not read. I've given you a fair warning. But some of them are kind of funny, so you have that to look forward to.

So I have this really cool throat ulcer. It's making my life really exciting. Last Saturday, I actually missed class because I was in so much pain. I don't do that. I'm one of those freaks/nerds who goes to class all the time. But nope, not last week. It's slowly getting better, but still bothers me. So I feel really cool.

Also, I'm just feeling really down recently. I think I could blame it on my throat ulcer, but that's not fair to the ulcer. I mean, what?

Everyone has just been snapping at me. I say one thing and they automatically say, "No," or that I'm wrong. They say it with such an attitude. I understand if I'm wrong, but I would like to be told in a more polite way and then have them explain why. But nope, that doesn't happen. So I just slink back into my corner and stick to my own business. Also, everything I do is seen as "wrong." That bothers me. I'm trying really hard to do the best that I can, but other people seem to want to destroy me. Not cool y'all.

I'm also starting to just question a lot of things.Luckily, not my career. I'm 100% certain about that. Just some people who are supposed to have my back, don't. They are quick to disagree with me, try to prove that I'm wrong, and make me feel stupid. I know I'm not stupid, but it's really hard to think highly of yourself when people are constantly shooting you down. Makes me feel like absolute crap. I'm just tired of fighting when they aren't going to see it my way. So I'm just going to concede.

I hope next week is better.

Until next time.

Lotion, Technology, and Life

Greetings!

It's Homecoming Week!!!! It's actually been such a calm week compared to my undergrad's Homecoming. So that's been super nice. I have enjoyed not having to work 60 hours in one week, so kudos to a calm Homecoming! We had a door decorating contest yesterday. We got third. :( The Foundation and President's Office got first. Sounds fishy to me! :D

I've been trying this new lotion through BzzAgent. I got it free and it's been doing wonders on my dry skin. It's the Curel Intensive Healing Cream and it's pretty awesome!!!!!! It's taken my hands and legs (both of which look like they have never had lotion on them before) and turned them into moisturized members of society! I am a huge fan of this lotion!

Technology has been awful on campus. In the residence halls, we lose power for one second at least once a day. It is ridiculous. Our wifi on campus is awful too. It hardly works, which makes my life very difficult. Our network has been down too, which makes doing my job so hard.

Hoping the tech gets fixed.

The Stairs of Doom

First, update on my life: I haven't had any luck finding out what's wrong with me. I have been passed around between doctors, but hopefully I find out soon. Also, I got another job, which is actually kind of cool. I now work at Maurices, too. It is an awesome job! I'm in love with it so far.

Now Higher Ed stuff. So, I fell down the stairs today in the university center. I screamed as I stumbled down a few steps. I limped back to my office, defeated, cookies wet with the water I spilled on them. It was a really great moment. But now I feel like I got the whole walking down stairs thing down!!!

I have had a blast recently at my job. We're getting busy, which is great! I have been doing more and more with fraternity & sorority life! They are so awesome! I'm really trying to work on their image on campus and I think that more students on campus will begin to realize how incredible greeks are.

Also, RHA is doing amazing things. The Exec Board is full of excitement and really getting things done. It is nice to see a group of people get along and want to better their campus. I'm just pumped about all the amazing opportunities that I have had so far.

ALSO ALSO ALSO, I am totally getting involved in their Alternative Spring Break. It is a small program, but they will be going to Nicaragua this year, so I am kind of freaking out. YES!

Gearing Up

Move In Day is officially tomorrow. Yikes! It's gonna be hectic! But I'm really excited for students to come back to campus and bring their awesome energy!

I start classes next week, which is both exciting and scary. I'm really nervous about classes. I think I'm nervous mostly because I'm expecting a lot from myself. I did pretty well in classes for undergrad, so I'm hoping to do better in grad school. Also, secretly, I'm hoping to get a 4.0. I've never gotten a 4.0 before (EVER.) So it's on my bucket list to do it. Boom. Gotta happen.

On top of that, I'm gonna get real serious right now. I just got a call from my doctor that my ANA blood test came back positive. Which means that I probably have an autoimmune disease. No fun. So I need to get another test tomorrow and find out what it is. Ugh. My life.

So we'll see what happens.

Until next time!

A Month! Interviews, LDI, and more!

So a few days ago marked my month anniversary with CSU-Pueblo. Ooooh boy, it's been quite the month!
I've been so lucky in this job. I get to do so many things that will really help me in my future. Not only do I get to work with some really outstanding Greek students, I get to work in a fantastic office! The student workers in the SEAL office are so great. They all have a sense of humor and are super nice. One of them even got me a Star Wars poster from Comic Con!

This month was really rough for me because I only had .46 cents in my bank account. Yikes! Luckily, I finally got paid for my internship plus my CSU-Pueblo job. Yay! Makin' it rain! But my mom helped me out a lot, so that was really nice of her.

I was able to gain some really great experience because I was able to interview some professional for Area Coordinator positions. It was cool to see what a potential future interview for me could look like. It was also great to get experience as a professional interviewer.

Also, I was able to go to Alpha Sigma Alpha's Leadership Develop Institute in Kansas City, Missouri! Oh my gosh. BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I have been to many conferences, but this one topped them all. I grew so much in those four days. I was a Small Group Facilitator and I was paired up with an amazing co-facilitator. We really balanced each other out and she was soooo knowledgeable. It was great to see so many women gain confidence in themselves as women and leaders. To be honest, I cried a few days during LDI. My love for my sorority grew exponentially!

Until next time!

Almost Two Weeks!

It's been almost two weeks since I began my job. Whew! It has been a whirlwind of "What? Huh? Who?" But I'm slowly getting the hang of things.

A lot of exciting things have been happening in the office! We met with two men who want to begin a new fraternity colony, so that's very exciting to see them doing that. They seem like really great potential fraternity men who I hope will improve the Greek Life image on CSU's campus.

As I've been doing my research, I'm discovering more and more things that need to be ironed out. I'm hoping that in the next two years, I can make things uniform so Fraternity & Sorority Life can begin to prosper.

It's been nice to be able to take things from my undergrad institution and apply them here. But I also have enjoyed seeing how different things are at this institution. Overall, it's been pretty darn awesome.

I was able to go on my first business trip to Denver! We looked at two hotels for our Leadership Retreat and had a blast! Everyone was super nice and I learned a lot during my trip. Also, my boss asked me if I wanted to go to NACA West! NACA is a conference for Student Activities. I went last year and I loved it. So I get to go by myself this year. Yikes! So nerve wracking but I'm excited to go to California and see talented people. I'm really hoping to bring back some great acts to the CSU campus.

Also, my whole outfit of the day pictures aren't gonna cut it because I don't have a full length mirror. So womp womp to that. But I look cute everyday, so whatever.

My First Day on the Job

So I just finished my first day as the Greek Life & Leadership Coordinator. Woo. I am tiiiiiired.
I met so many people today! I can already tell that remembering names is going to be my downfall, so I'm going to have to work harder on that. The woman whose desk is next to mine is in the cohort ahead of me in the SAHE program, so it'll be nice to be able to ask her questions and get her help. People seem so nice, so yay! I like nice people!

I began my day at 8:30 and set up my desk. I made sure that I put my bright pink nameplate on my desk, you know, to spruce it up. I put all my stuff in a drawer, cleaned my desk, and sat down. I did a lot of that today. Just trying to get my barrings. I got a lot of old Greek Life documents, which was cool. I was able to read a Phoenix Magazine (My sorority's magazine) from 2003. It was really neat to see my chapter mentioned in there.

I met with the Interim Director of Res. Life and he gave me a few assignments. RHA sounds like they are going to grow a lot in the next few years, so I am so excited to help and watch them grow! I also get to help completely redo RA training, so what?! Pumped!

My day begins tomorrow at 8am, so I'm going to have to get used to that.

Now onto the most important part of any day, what you wear! I work my mint sweater (which was funny because the woman I worked with was also wearing one too! Twinsies!) a black pencil skirt, and nude tights. It was a simple outfit, so I think I'll have to spruce up my wardrobe when I get some moolah.