Pacific, Protocols, and Projects

Wow! Haven't posted for awhile - sorry!

I'm still loving Sacramento! There's so much to do in this city. I'm sure people who have lived in Cali for years are thinking I'm insane, but I've never lived in a city of this size before, so I'm having a blast! I've finally started learning some of the roads (and if you know me, you'll realize how big of a deal this is ... I can get lost in a paperbag).

The internship is still going well. I haven't had a whole lot to do lately, but I'm still enjoying myself. A few days ago I spent several hours soliciting businesses for Move-in Day. I got a good response from many of them (but, honestly, who wouldn't want to advertise their business to Sac State? There are a lot of students here!). Later this week I'm going to do Round II and follow-up with the businesses I contacted. Also, I only ended up going to 21 businesses, so I'm thinking I might try to get a few more just to be safe ...

My other big project that I'm working on right now is helping to write the Sexual Assault Response Network protocol for Student Organizations & Leadership. I'm also going to modify the SOAL protocol so that it can be used by the Women's Resource Center and the PRIDE Center - that way those organizations will have protocols to follow as well should they be contacted by students in need.

Okay, I have to admit something ... I'm missing Pacific! Jake and I went back for July 4th and I was so pumped to be on campus again. I can't wait to start training and see all of the RDs again and then work with my new (and returning!) RAs a few weeks after that! I have a lot of ideas for this next year that I'm looking foward to implementing.

Anyway, speaking of America's B-day (haha), Stockton dropped the ball with fireworks this year! They were supposed to start at 9:30pm and didn't end up firing until about 11:30pm. I would estimate that about 90% of the crowd had left by the time the light show happened. A lot of unhappy people ...

Lately, I've been spending some time thinking about where I'm going to go next, after I graduate. Andy e-mailed the RDs this awesome comprehensive report of live-on/in positions and I've been visiting the webpages of the Universities listed there. However, I have no idea what I want to do! I enjoy a lot of my RD job, but I also enjoy having a job that has more structured hours. There are just so many options - it's overwhelming. Though I suppose it makes little sense to stress about it now since I don't even know what schools have job openings! Haha.

Well, as this is turning into a novela (thank you Jake), I'll end this post!