What Can I Say About Being and RA?

Here's what excitement came my way today. Other than having an absolute blast with my palls for the past few days, we, of course, have been performing grueling tasks. Chubbs, my boss, has been whipping us in to shape, but for all the better. In my opinion we have the best group of guy RA's on campus. We work well together, and everyone cares. Since Saturday this dorm has really come alive from what Mitch calls "a stem cell existence" to "something like a tissue cell existence".

For the past two days though, we've mostly been enveloped in leadership meetins learning about what we need to do and who we need to be to successfully lead in this community. I'd have to say that the biggest topic that influenced me was fear. I've always been one to commonly deal with issues of fear in my life. For the most part I'm very quick to label a fear as irrational and as an excuse not to do something. I would say that there are the few exceptional legitimate fears, but not many. Today though, I was a bit thrown off by the guy saying that he hopes we have some fear of our position and how the future will end up. I thought it was funny because this is one of the first times when I have assumed a large role and I haven't been afraid. I think it's becasue I have been blessed with such a great group of co-workers and an awsome boss. I don't think I should have to be afraid to be a promising RA.

Whatever though. I met a bunch of great folks today too, some of which were RA's that I'll be working with. I suppose I'd like to get to know all of the RA's that are working the North Lawn Community a little better because they'll be the one's who I will be working more closely with. But let me say this much (being that it is a public journal and all) I especially enjoyed meeting certian people... There... that seems open-ended enough to not come back and haunt me in the future. But seriously, I had a wonderful day despite all of the lectures I had to sit through. Responsabilities are still at large though and I have many more in the morning, so I'm going to bed. Peace and Love...