Sick. Seriously? Seriously.

1. Kim sucks at updating THIS blog. Geez, slacker.
2. I jinxed myself. Seriously. My staff and I were talking about sicknesses on Thursday morning at breakfast, and I started getting into the story of how I get sick in October and February, for like six weeks at a time, yadda yadda. The next morning, I woke up at about 3 with this lump in my throat (you know, that initial oh-boy-a-sore-throat feeling?) and felt like it was so hard to breathe. Greaaaaat. And since then, it's been my usual steady downhill roll into Megan's-hardcore-sickness.

3. OPENING IS in FOUR DAYS. And wtf? I'm sick? Hells no. Only yes. :(

4. Opening is in four days! Omg, so excited, so scared, so nervous, but sooooo excited. Ha. I have 409 residents, 10 of which move in on Monday, a handful on Tuesday, and the vast majority on Wed/Thurs (new student days). Exciting!

5. My staff is awesome. They already give me a hard time, like they've known me for months. And I kind of like it. Because I can give them a hard time back. Woo! But my three returners are helpful, certainly, and definitely appreciative of some of the changes I've made from last year. Always a good sign, I think! My new staff members are energized, excited.. and nervous (like me!). But so far, all nine (instead of 10... one to fill) get along so well and are working together to get things done as they should. Yay!

6. Also... nearly EVERY RD here calls their STAFF "kids." UGH! And that trickles down to SOOO many RAs calling their residents "kids." Ew, no. I told my staff I was going to start charging them a quarter every time they did that. Same for using the d-word. No other RD seems to realllllly be irked by it, which I find interesting. So maybe I'll have enough by the spring for you both to fly out here... paid for by my RAs. ;) Grand!

7. I got elected the Traveling Leadership Consultant (TLC) for this district of OPA. YAY! I'm super excited. It covers the University of Texas, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and Oklahoma State chapters. I get to help serve as a liasion between them and nationals, in addition to helping plan their annual district rally weekend (maybe in Oklahoma this year--I can add a new state!). So I'm super excited. I totally failed at the Alum Convention Coordinator (thank you, job searching), but I think this is a fairly easy and less of a time commitment that I am prepared to make. So I go to Atlanta at the end of September for training and then I'm on my way! Neat.

8. I didn't think I had this much to say.

9. Hooray Michael Phelps!

10. Silly Chinese gymnastics program.

11. Our roll call on Monday night is a spin on Sesame Street and taking a little poke at the amount of constructioni and re-building on campus. It's going to be amazing. I'm Cookie Monster. Pictures to come! :)

Love you, miss you both. <3