12 more days

Hi Everyone,
We are in the midst of a busy time here, and I have found a moment to blog about it.
This week has been pretty insane. In addition to working all day, we've had full evenings every night this week (tonight will be full as well). We've been getting in a lot of visiting with people/eating one last meal together time in. It has been a good week for eating food with people, and receiving flowers!
Tomorrow morning is Baccalaureate, and the tomorrow afternoon is Graduation.
On Sunday, students will be checking out of the dorms, and then in the afternoon, both dorms will be locked down for about 4 hours, so that the RDs and RAs can inspect each room.
THEN, you'd think that we could all relax, but that is not how it works here! Sunday evening is when students who are staying for a whole variety of different reasons get to check back into the residence halls. (some are staying for classes, others are staying to reapply for their temporary residency permits, and others are staying to wait for their diploma...which is something that if I were to try to explain why they have to stay here to wait for a diploma, it would take another separate post...and there are a couple of groups of study abroad students that are coming in to study for the month of May) Busy busy.
Steve and the rest of the Res Life staff have also been working on something called "Phase 2" which is basically something that allows people to donate all the things that they don't want to pack and take with them...but are still too nice to throw away. Anyone (including myself) has been welcome to donate their things up until Monday or Tuesday of next week. Then the RDs and RAs will sort through it all and donate it to a women's shelter or Salvation Army or somewhere else that needs it.

Sometime in here we will try to pack everything up and head home! We are still wondering how we are going to select what comes home with us, and what stays behind. I'm thinking it will be a lot of mugs and magnets that we've picked up along the way as souvenirs...and leave a bunch of replaceable clothing behind (besides...someone could use the clothing!). Also next week, we will be working on manuals to leave behind for the people that have to do our jobs next year....and then we will be done!

Ok. Back to work. See you soon!