So ... after a couple weeks of neglecting this blog, I'm officially back! Cue the thunderous applause now. Since my last post, I've successfully survived training, gone to Chicago again, and am currently on FOCUS #3 (FOCUS is Valpo's freshman orientation).
Trip #2 to Chicago was far more successful than #1. It was actually with people this time, AND the weather didn't suck. The only rain was perfectly timed for when we were waiting to take the elevator down from the Skydeck of the Sears Tower. So, by the time we got back outside, it had stopped raining and was much cooler. The three of us (Jordan, Cathy, and myself) went to Millennium Park, saw the Bean (Jordan: "THE BEAN!"), then spent hours at Navy Pier. We ate at a nice cafe, had elephant ears that were as big as yo' face!, and drank beer while taking a nighttime sightseeing cruise. The night ended with fireworks (set to pop songs, including, of course, Katy Perry's 'Firework'). It was an awesome trip.
After three weeks of nothing, I feel I owe you ("you" referring to the average 1.7 people who read my posts, haha) a description of my co-workers and supervisors. There are five ACUHO-I interns total in our area, of which I am obviously one. One of us is in grad school—Allison. She's going to Central Missouri, studying student affairs. Besides the two of us, the rest of the interns are still in school. Jamie is from New Hampshire, which I'm finding out is all one really needs to know about her. New England is a strange place indeed. Cathy goes to Northern Arizona (shout out to IACURH 2009!), and sometimes quiet, always awesome. Jordan goes to Ball State, which is the school that everyone and their dog on the professional staff got their grad degrees from.
On the supervisor side, we all have three people who are immediately over us. Well, technically, we have four, as Allison is supposed to be our supervisor as well. It's a lot of supervisor to handle, but it's also summer and we're all new to the area. Abbie and Josh work in Res Life as hall directors (or Residence Life Coordinators, if they happen to be reading this), and Angie is the Assistant Director of the Union. Abbie is the most intense, but perhaps the funniest. Her humor is dry, rather vitriolic, and incredibly deadpan. She's dating another RLC, Brad, who is about to turn 30. His birthday party will, I think, be Iron Man-themed. Basically think six-year-old birthday party, plus alcohol. Can you say awesome? Josh is the other RLC and is about to leave for bigger and, hopefully, better things. He bought us dinner and dreamsicle bars in the same night, so there really isn't anything bad I can say about him! Finally, Angie. Angie bears such a physical and personality resemblance to Rachael Sherman from Wyoming that I struggle to call her by the correct name on a daily basis. It's been three weeks. It's quite strange. Twins separated at birth?
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