A Day in the Life

It's been a while and a lot has happened in my super busy, wildly entertaining, whirlwind of a life! Long story short-my parents flew back home this weekend leaving me all by lonesome to take on the paparazzi :] But seriously-I took them to the airport which was kind of sad! I think it's all a part of the second phase of my quarter life crisis but thats another blog for another day. I spent Sunday with a dear friend and fraternity brother from undergrad which a ton of fun! We went to Hermosa Beach in hopes of getting a tan and laying out. Instead we froze and couldn't even take off our hoodies. It was cold and dreary and a "hot" mess. Where is the sunny Los Angeles I hear all about? Nonetheless we had some great food, my first Coffee Bean experience (check out the review section) and caught up on old times which was really nice.

That brings us to the start of the work week. Monday was super busy as I worked diligently to complete some of my tasks. I was assigned an unanticipated project to work on for the student staff training since one of the members of the training committee no longer works in the department. I'll be putting together a Resource Fair for the student staff. It's pretty much a time for them to meet people that work in the various departments within Student Affairs in order to learn about the resources they provide to students. Monday was also filled with Orientation Session 3. I was lucky enough to get to watch the LMU play that is put on for students. It was rather interesting to say the least and completely not what I was used to. Theatrical criticisms aside, it REALLY made me miss the Ambassadors and miss Orientation!

Oh, and did I mention that Monday was capped off with my third and I repeat THIRD earthquake since I have been here. I'm starting to think I might be bad luck for LA (which in theory means the Lakers should loose tonight-but once again thats another blog for another time).

Today was filled with setting up informational meetings with various directors and within the division so that I gain greater insight into their positions. With that, B challenged me to develop learning outcomes for each of the meetings. I wrote so many learning outcomes that it's not even funny! In fact, I am pretty sure that learning outcomes are basically the window to my soul! Dr. Mahoney would be so proud of me :) An added bonus of the day is that there was an RD candidate on campus which provided me with a little insight into what I might be experiencing in less than a year!