Summer!

We've been closed for over a week. It's been a little quieter but there still hasn't been too too much time to breathe. Or maybe it just feels like that because I'm overly tired. Haha. This weekend, I was going to do something - and then it was raining and I decided to just sleep on Saturday, pretty much all day. So you'd think on Sunday I'd wake up early - but oh no, even though I went to bed at midnight Saturday, I didn't wake up until 1 pm on Sunday. I guess my body just really needed some rest.

Closing stuff is done. My office still needs to be cleaned but we'll get to that eventually. My keys are all nicely sorted into envelopes and are ready for the Fall. I'm lucky this year because my residence hall won't be used over the summer, which means I don't have to deal with turning over keys to conference services and then getting them back and having to sort through all that again. That would not be fun!

We've had quite a few day-long or half-day conferences/institutes/meetings. That's made time go by quite quickly. Today, I had to present a workshop - it went alright even though it could have gone so much better...but considering the circumstances.... It was just a mess! The theme and description had been decided before I was asked to present - then various presenters kept being added, which just increased the confusion and mess - and in the end, I was the one putting everything together yesterday. But hey, I guess I learned my lesson - I have to be a lot more careful what I volunteer for around here. Or maybe I should just stop volunteering. Wow, I'm seriously frustrated right now, huh? Haha. It's seriously time for me to get out of here. Some days, stupid things like presentation or departmental drama just kill my spirit and then I wish I could just quit everything.

Dear me, those past few entries have been pretty dark. I guess it's just the closing blues....


So let's focus on some of the good things that happened recently. Before we closed I had some great conversations these students. You know those random moments when you are procrastinating from Closing Tasks and they need a study break....
I'm going to lunch with one of my future residents on Thursday. That'll be fun. How nice is it when students actually want to see you even over the summer? ;)

I've also started working out again. I realized that I'm in the worst shape ever...I went running the other day and after 15 minutes I almost collapsed. Not okay. So now I'm on this ridiculous going-running-twice-a-day trip (in the morning and at night). I've made it for three days so far. We'll see how long it lasts. I'm thinking about cutting back to once-a-day working out; that seems a bit more reasonable, right?

I'm also trying this new not-eating-ice-cream-every-day diet. Yup, ice cream is my weakness but I want to cut down to once or twice a week. And let me tell you - that's not an easy thing for me. Maybe that's the reason for my recent grumpiness...LoL.

Anyway, it's time to get back to watching Dancing With The Stars - The Result Show. I'm rooting for Chelsea and Mark, in case you're wondering. How could I not? I love Disney and Chelsea's a Disney Star - and then there's Mark, who comes up with the most amazing and creative choreographies. I think Derek Hough's dance style would match mine more, but Mark would definitely be a partner who'd challenge me more to step outside my box. Okay, I've seriously spent too much time thinking about this.

Take care!