Chaos rains.

Well, not really. But sort of.

Throughout the summer there have been two-week orientation gatherings for the incoming freshmen. One of the usual leaders was unable to be there for this Monday and Tuesday’s session, so the Student Activity Director asked me to fill-in. It was a little crazy, but a lot of fun. I really enjoyed getting to know the students. It was interesting seeing how they interacted with their parents while also remember how last year’s freshmen acted after their parents left.

I am also moving into my RA room tomorrow. I got the key tonight and my friend, Adam, helped me rearrange the room so I think everything will be fantastic for the rest of the year. It just now need to transport my stuff most of the way across campus to my new room.

The chaos factors in when you consider the fact that I was stressed because I didn’t know what I was doing for half of the orientation. I had a blast and loved getting to know people more one-on-one the second day, but I still felt a little chaotic inwardly. I surprised myself though by acting on four skits with about 20 minutes notice and doing (If I say so myself) rather well. We were all reading our lines so there wasn’t that pressure. I was just worried about saying them loud and clear enough.

Chaos also factors in this week because I wasn’t informed of when or if I could move into my RA room until this afternoon. I thought I had most of this week free to get project done and so far I haven’t had much time to do anything. Oddly enough I have found random moments to get stuff done. I woke up early so that I wouldn’t be late this morning and ended up having enough time to look up all the Bible verses I want to consider for my floor’s monthly themes. I will probably share more of this as I work through my plans.

Tomorrow morning as well as pack, move and unpack I am lifeguarding for the basketball camp kids that are going to take a swim break. The pool is officially closed, but we’re opening for events like this. I am glad the director asked me to do this because I don’t have a paying job until the pool opens again it’s kind of nice to get an unexpected pay check, even a small one. (BY THE WAY – not having a job does not mean that I have zero money. Sure, I don’t have a surplus of spending money, but I am not going to starve, so don’t panic.)

On A Side Note

Today while eating dinner out with two friends I witnessed my one friend experience outright racism. This particular friend is rather accustomed to such ignorance to circumstances I will not be posting on this blog, at least not at this time. But for me it really brought home the larger issues of ignorance and racism happening in American and abroad. I’m really disgusted by this and have been mulling over it all evening.