A Night in the Capitol, Baseball, DAWGfest, and TIPsync

Since Friday, I have not really had a moment to myself to blog. Between dances, baseball, field day, and putting together a term book, it's seriously been nonstop running from 9am-3am (at the earliest...).
Let's start with Friday... I was on transport duty so if anything needed to be purchased or if the cars needed gas, I was the person to do this. Luckily, the morning was really slow and I didn't have to do anything except go to my Admin meeting at 11. We headed to lunch at 12 and were able to catch part of the Italy/Costa Rica game. (We saw the only goal scored during the game which was awesome.)
After lunch, we headed to our Res Life meeting and prepped for the insane weekend that was ahead.
After the meeting, I had to fill up one of the vans with gas since it was running on empty. We have a really interesting system for getting gas. There's a bunch of things that need to be typed in at the pump, since it's a business credit card, and then we have to save all of the receipts and fill out paper work when we get back to the office.
From 4-5, Steven and I ran TIPsync screenings in the piano room, but only a few groups came by. We had to extend the screenings to Sunday from 10am-12pm in the piano room.

Capitol Dance

Capitol Dance

At 5, my RC group and Desiree's RC group headed to dinner at O-House. Everyone was rushing through their meals because they wanted to get back to Myers to prep for the dance.
We headed back to Myers and started to get all Capitol-esque for the dance.
I tied up my hair in swirls and stuck a bunch of paint brushes in it. I then came down to the office and spray painted my hair half turquoise and half hot pink. I helped spray a few other staff members' hair and then headed back upstairs to get my makeup done. (One of my girls helped do my makeup so I could look 'fierce'.)

At 7:30, we headed to Tate Ballroom, dressed to the nines (by Capitol standards).
The dance was weepy, yet again, but everyone powered through. I have a feeling that TIP Prom is going to be insanely sad and tears will be everywhere....
I was on night duty after the dance and wound up staying up till about 3am with everyone, playing signs.
The next morning, I slept until about 11 and then got ready for the UF tournament by throwing my green bandana on around my hat. I headed to lunch at 12 and then headed back to Myers around 1.

Carter reffing UF

The UF tournament was super long, but the kids had a great time. At 4:45, the tournament was over and the kids were able to shower before the Gwinett Braves game.

Gwinett Braves Game

We took 'luxury' buses to the game and before we even left, I had hurt myself. I smacked my face on one of the TVs that was suspended from the ceiling. Luckily, I didn't really get hurt, but it gave me a headache.
The game was pretty cool. I
I was up again on night duty, but this time a bunch of RCs and TAs were up together. At 2:30am, we were still up and talking and we saw a TIPster in the lobby area. I immediately bolted down the hallway and into the stairwell, grabbing two people to check on the situation with me. We couldn't find the TIPster so we headed upstairs to the third floor, where we saw someone at the other end of the hallway. Finally, we figured out that the student was just grabbing a drink, but the other RCs had gotten to the student and also got the same story. When we figured everything out, one of the TAs sent out a message to the other RCs stating: DO NOT PURSUE! SHE'S LEGIT.
t was nice because I didn't feel like I was cheating on the Phillies since it was the triple A team in GA. We were not able to stay the entire game, but we saw most of it. The Gwinett Braves were winning before we left though...
We wound up staying up until about 5am and then had to wake up at 9am for on-hall time monitoring of the students.

#2fierce #greenbaes

Allee Cats =)

At 9:25, I drove a few students and an RC to the Methodist church downtown. When I got back to Myers, Carter and I ran the last of the TIPsync screenings. (One group kept us there until 12:15.... which cut into our lunch time....)
After lunch, we got ready for DAWGfest. We painted our faces, worked on our teams' entrance, and had an inspirational pep talk before running outside to participate in DAWGfest.

Palest RCs around repping the green baes

The events were hilarious and disgusting. I had to run an event called Jell-O snarfle where students had to slurp up Jell-O, without using their hands, and then run and tag the next person to do the same thing. It was SO GROSS because a student launched Jell-O onto the ground and still ate it, with grass all stuck in it. YUCK!

Tim and I trying to figure out the next event

The rest of DAWGfest was pretty hilarious. I gave my camera to the TAs Nick, Jake, and William to document the events. They had a fantastic time shooting and capturing the awkward moments.
When all was said and done at 5, we headed to dinner in O-House.
After dinner, the kids got ready for TIPsync. I left dinner early so I could shower and work on setting up the MLC with my committee for the event.
TIPsync was pretty funny. We had four TAs judging it as different characters and two TAs hosting the event. The kids loved them and had a great time performing. I was so proud of my girls who did the "Boys in Motion" from That's So Raven! and actually killed the choreography. Unfortunately, they
On Monday, I was up really early for morning duty and had to make sure the kids were getting up for class. It was rough since I was up late the previous night, but it wasn't the worst thing to have happened. After walking around Myers for two hours, I headed to breakfast with Terrance and Garphil. I grabbed a UGA themed waffle, but it wasn't as good as an AU waffle...
didn't place because their act wasn't considered 'humorous', but they still won in my eyes.

RC Group Night

RC Group Night cookies

After breakfast, I headed back to Myers and wound up sleeping until about 3:45. I was clearly exhausted.
I took my girls to dinner at 5 and then prepped for RC group night. We originally planned to go downtown, but it was thundering and lightening so we had to stay in Myers. We wound up ordering a bunch of pizza and then fifty cookies from Insomnia Cookies. It was a pretty fun night.
On Tuesday, I was on med pager and had to drive a student to the ER for a concussion in the morning. When I picked up the student, a few RCs headed to ECV for lunch. After lunch, I headed to the Cold War class and watched 'The Hunt for Red October'.

All the cookies...

Real-life Mario Kart

Dinner at O-House yet again and then I prepped for my evening activity with Gianna, real-life Mario Kart. We got boxes, paint, colored pencils, crayons, and markers for the students to make their own double-dash karts. After they made their karts, they had to race on 'rainbow road' and try to make the other team lose. It was funny to watch the kids throw tennis balls (turtle shells) at each other and then have to spin out. We also shouted 'lightening' and made the kids crawl until we shouted 'un-lightening' so they could walk normally.
All of the kids had a blast, but one team had too much fun, causing another trip to the ER for a concussion.
After dropping the student off, I sat and supervised free time until 10 and then hosted my hall meeting. I picked up the student and was back to campus by 11:15, just in time for the Residence Life staff meeting to be over.
We hung out on the balcony until about 1am and then I decided to head to bed.
This morning, I was called at 8:45 to take one of my girls to the clinic. (Everyone is falling apart....)
When I got back, I was able to pass of the med-pager keys and clipboard and went back to sleep for most of the day.
I skyped with my friend Ryan from home for a little while and now I am waiting for dinner.
A few RCs who are off and some of AC staff are going to trivia tonight. I AM SO EXCITED TO LEAVE THIS DAMN CAMPUS ON MY DAY OFF!
Tomorrow, I am on med-pager again. Hopefully the kids won't need to go to the ER or the clinic....
Tomorrow is also Prom, which means the kids will be having ALL the feels....
Sorry for the delay in posting, but hopefully I can keep up again when things die down.
Until next time,
A