Ironic

It's kind of ironic that my last entrance was titled "balance" because these last few days have been the most hectic all year and balance has been the furthest from my mind.

Saturday, I actually did do something for myself. I met up with a friend from back home. But then Sunday morning I had to leave to come back and meet with RHA as well as host a candidate for our grad program here. Monday morning we had interviews for the grad program starting at 8 am; as soon as I got done, I came back to the building and was in meetings with RAs and students for the rest of the afternoon followed by an RHA meeting, another meeting with an RA and then our weekly movie night. I got back to my apartment around 9:30 pm and that's when I started looking through RA applicants and proofreading RHA's Conference bid. I went to bed at 3 am and got up again at 9 am. A day of meetings followed, some an hour, some half an hour - all immediately following the next one. I was running late all day and I just didn't seem to be able to catch up. Lunch meetings, a program over dinner, then meetings and programs in the evening. In between I raced to the store to pick up a pizza for one of my RAs for a program. And now, it's about midnight and I've finally made it back to my apartment. I should be reviewing RA files because we select on Friday and I haven't even gotten through half the files yet. Tomorrow, I start at 8 am and don't end until 10 pm - with hardly any breaks/time to read files.

Sigh.

I can't wait for this week to be over. All I want to do is SLEEP. ;) But at the same time, I wouldn't want it to be any different. No matter how stressed I was today, I had some AWESOME conversations with residents. I saw my students work hard and strive to do their best. I saw the student organizations I work with take it to the next level. And that's what it's all about, right?