Around 7AM, a large crack and bang woke me up. A giant flash of light and a bunch of text messages made me jump out of a sound sleep. Everyone was concerned about 1) getting students to breakfast and 2) getting students to class after. (Understandably so since we are not able to have the TIPsters outside in this type of weather.) I was fully prepared to handle the situation, but the OSD stepped in and had everyone wait out the weather until it stopped hailing, thundering, and lightening. Once everyone got to breakfast, it was apparently sheer chaos. There were two other camps eating breakfast at the same time and the TIPsters had no where to eat. They wound up going to class late, which was unfortunate for the instructors. All of this happened and was resolved from the comfort of my bed this morning. I was quite happy about this and proud of the staff for coming together to solve the issues.
The morning in the office was pretty lax. I made some pins for our TIPstar Extravaganza on Sunday. TIPstar Extravaganza is an afternoon where the TIPsters participate in three activities (which they chose earlier in the week). Each activity is geared towards one of the five points of the star: Diversity, Service, Health and Wellness, Fine Arts, and Leadership. For each activity the TIPster participates in, they receive a pin. The goal is to go to activities in three different categories and collect pins for each one. Any TIPsters with all five pins at the end of the term get to make their own pin on the last night. (Trust me, the love that.)
I spent most of the day planning TIPstar, meeting with admin, making pins, and hula hooping. Other than filling out some paperwork and handling student issues, I had a pretty boring day.
The evening was full of laughter, button making, and hula hooping with staff members who were incredibly bored on their day off. I'm so glad they enjoy each other's company enough to spend time together on their days off.
When the TIPsters came back from their evening activities, I had the opportunity to roam the hallways and converse with many of them. A lot of the returners were asking me how I liked not having an RC Group. I told them as much as I miss having a group of my own, I really do love having a group of RCs to oversee. They are incredible people, each and every one of them, and I love working beside them. I can already tell this is going to be a great summer.
Tomorrow is my first day off. I'm planning on going thrift store shopping with an RC and the OA. (We need to plan our outfits for the superhero/supervillain dance this weekend, for which I am PUMPED!) Hopefully I make it to trivia and the gym tomorrow as well, but that might be a little ambitious for me...
On a few unrelated notes:
1) Happy belated Best Friends Day to my besties. Love y'all!
2) Happy 23rd Birthday to Jenn, one of my oldest friends! Love you, darling!
3) There has been an awful lot of deaths showing up in my newsfeed on facebook as of late. It really has me thinking about how short and frail life is and how we need to reach out to others when we are in need. I know I struggle with this, but I want to get better at it. I want all of my readers to know that you can reach out to me if you ever need someone to talk to. (I'm a great listener.) These deaths have really struck a chord with me and I really want everyone to know that you are important. You matter to people and are loved. If you ever need anything, reach out, please. <3
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