Oh how I want to be...

...a Resident Assistant! I am so incredibly psyched. I'm in the application process right now, which is a series of eliminations. First they see if they like your references and your cover letter. I've put a lot of time and effort into my cover letter and have had several people look over it. I think my references will be pretty good. The next step is the RA assessment session. They have everyone get together for an entire day and see how they all act in team activities. I'm sometimes shy, but for this I'm going to go all out. As my good friend says 'Fake it till you make it!'. So, confidence better be at 100% on the exterior! Hopefully 100% on the interior too!

After the assessment day, they do another cut and decide who they want to interview one on one. Then after that, it's deal or no deal kind of thing. I'll know one way or another by March 15th, but I really want this. I hope I'm not jinxing it, but on the other hand maybe my positive energy will help!

I have big plans for if I were to be Resident Assistant next year. I'd want my floor to be really close-knit. I'd suggest things like weekly pancake breakfasts (a current favourite on our floor now), birthday celebrations, weekly outings, and so on. I'd also want to make up little information packs which we don't get in enough detail when starting out. It would have things like: where is the nearest safeway, movie store, pharmacy, etc.

Okay, this might be boring to some, but I'm so excited. Oh and a shout out to the duck herder for helping me with my cover letter. It's much appreciated!