...or whenever Carolyn says we are done for the week.
This week, I find out, is a four and a half day week, with a half day on Friday for Memorial Day. Of course, we also have off on the customary Monday as well. We Day ONE hosts took full advantage of this, mind you. We had folder stuffing on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, because apparently, it took last years hosts four days to stuff 1600 folders. However, our group is quite organized and efficent, so it only took us a little less than two days. A proper assembly line helped us reach our goal and Carolyn told us that if we did finish early, we could take Thursday off. I could have worked in the office, but Michal is going to be there, and although that is fun, there will be nothing for me to do and today is supposed to be B-E-A-utiful. George, Cait, and whoever else are going to Rittenhouse Square (again!) for a day in the park. I also have duty tonight, but that's in Basils so I'm not worried.
Tomorrow is pay day. Yay!
Run down of the week so far:
Saturday: I had duty in Katherines and I got no sleep.
Sunday: I got up and worked on the Masque Tree...all day.
Monday: Parent folder stuffing until 2:45, I had to give a transfer tour at 2:00, and I got to be home in time to watch Ellen and see the Harry Potter clip. I colored in the Masque tree. At 7:30, Amy showed up to drop her stuff off before Jess picked us up for Quizzo for Amy's b-day. We came in third, which is really just the first set of people who don't win anything. We stayed at the Dark Horse for a while (that place really clears out after Quizzo ends) and Amy and I had our sleepover, which basically consisted of chatting and watching The Empire Strikes Back.
Tuesday: Community Development office day. Michal was supposed to come in with me, but at the last minute, he had to go and get interviewed for a documentary about this program he is involved in and it took forever. It's ok though because the people who work in CD are hilarious and they keep me very amused (and busy) all day. It is quite an improvement over working at Continuing Studies. Also, from my time at Continuing Studies, I have learned how to amuse myself because I never worked with other student workers. I came home and watched Return of the Jedi and napped. I have become re-obsessed with Star Wars since my parents brought them to me at school. Michal made me and the RC Nicole dinner, which was delicious. He made stuffed mushrooms for Nicole, and Nachos. The Nachos were amazing and very simple and I'll probably make them myself soon. I also tried guacomole for the first time and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. It was homemade by Nicole in the Magic Bullet, so perhaps I'll try my hand at it when I get home.
Wednesday: Student folder stuffing day. We worked very dilegently until 11:00, when Alan (one of our bosses) came to pick us up and take us to be the student representatives at the West Campus opening ceremonies. It was pretty neat and there was AMAZING food there afterward. Sandwiches, and lots of little finger foods, such as mozzerella balls, bread with cream cheese and pesto, shrimp, and fruit. We returned to...lunch hour! After that, we put our rears in gear and finished the folders by 3:15. I didn't really feel well when I came back, so I took a nap, felt better and went to Amanda's to hang out. When Cait got back from her sister's concert thing, we hung out too. Cait and I also started our quote board, which is sweet.
Well...that's it for right now. I'm done with the Masque tree for a while, thank goodness. I'm obsessed with Star Wars (there's even a wiki just about Star Wars...its a little creepy, but I still check it out). Nothing else new to report.
TO THE PARK!
m.c.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Duuuuuty!
Hello faithful readers (or as I like to call you: "Mom")
Well, the days since Tuesday have been fairly exciting.
Wednesday: 80 billion degrees, slighty breezy.
Wednesday was the day that the Day ONE hosts taped our awesome welcome video. We started at La Salle, then...to the van! Our first stop was the mural at 20th and Conclin that La Salle helped with through its mural class this past semester. It's really nice looking. Scott did his presentation and we were off to the city! Michelle did her spot at Boathouse Row, as she is on crew, and to be frank, if I had a reason to be there, I'd be there all the time. It's really nice and neato down there. Next was Michal's segment at the Art Museum, but there was scaffolding all over the front of the building, so he did his at the new Rocky statue in front of the museum. Matt (our trusty cameraman), taped us all running up the stairs, although half way up, Cait, Serena and I decided that there was no reason to go the whole way up. We tried to be funny all day, but I have a feeling that the freshman won't find us terribly funny. We crack ourselves up though. Next, Cory had his moment at Love Park, which is another place in Philly I had never been before. The fountain wasn't on yet, although as we discovered very suddenly at 10:30, it came on in full force at 10:30 am, scaring the beejeezus out of most of us, and making Cory irate, since he had just finished his tape. Cait did her presentation at the Kimmel Center and the Avenue of the Arts, and George and I danced in the background, which was fun for me. Serena did hers in front of the shops on Chestnut Street. As we were pulling up to Arch Street to tape my segment (at the Betsy Ross House), we hit a car, taking off its one light and part of the mirror. I went and taped my segment, where there was tons of kids, and you really couldn't see the fountain, which is my favorite part, but Matt made sure it still looked cool. Sarah did her segment at the end of the street at City Tavern, where she actually got one of the period-dressed waiters to stand with her. It was hilarious. Finally, we ended the day at Pat's Steaks (again!) where I ordered for myself, and George did his segment (and ate 2 cheesesteaks in the time it took me to eat my one). We also drove to South Philly to Tony Lukes, sort of as a reward for finishing taping early. We also taped some filler material at the stadiums with the van. We couldn't tape inside, but we taped us in the parking lot pointing at all the different sports centers.
I was exhausted, but I had duty at 6, so I couldn't go to sleep. I hung out with Cait for a while, then trooped through campus rounds and set up shop in Cassian Hall. I watched "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" and "Music and Lyrics", which made the time between rounds go quickly.
Thursday, I sold my soul to La Salle. I worked from 9 to 4 at Community Development, then I was on duty again at 6, but this time in Basil. Campus Rounds took a long time, but once I got back, duty was fun. Cait, Michal and I watched Grey's (and the "Davey Sullivan moves his crap to his new room down the hall" parade), then did rounds with our capes (and Scott). Finally, I ended the night with Michal covering for me so I could go to Wawa at midnight. I hadn't been out all day. I got a sandwich, because I hadn't really had a proper dinner, since campus rounds took 2 hours, so it was good. I also got some drinks to have in my room for the weekend.
Pay day is next Friday, and as I just found out, we get paid for a lot more than I thought. The only thing I don't get paid for is RA stuff, as that's what gets me my free housing. Training, office hours, and Day ONE stuff gets me paid AND I worked 15 and half hours on Sunday for Angie. Its exciting. Also, Miss Michele Muller might be coming over tonight, so I'm pretty much excited to get this day started.
Thanks for reading. Pictures later when I have the time / patience.
m.c.
Well, the days since Tuesday have been fairly exciting.
Wednesday: 80 billion degrees, slighty breezy.
Wednesday was the day that the Day ONE hosts taped our awesome welcome video. We started at La Salle, then...to the van! Our first stop was the mural at 20th and Conclin that La Salle helped with through its mural class this past semester. It's really nice looking. Scott did his presentation and we were off to the city! Michelle did her spot at Boathouse Row, as she is on crew, and to be frank, if I had a reason to be there, I'd be there all the time. It's really nice and neato down there. Next was Michal's segment at the Art Museum, but there was scaffolding all over the front of the building, so he did his at the new Rocky statue in front of the museum. Matt (our trusty cameraman), taped us all running up the stairs, although half way up, Cait, Serena and I decided that there was no reason to go the whole way up. We tried to be funny all day, but I have a feeling that the freshman won't find us terribly funny. We crack ourselves up though. Next, Cory had his moment at Love Park, which is another place in Philly I had never been before. The fountain wasn't on yet, although as we discovered very suddenly at 10:30, it came on in full force at 10:30 am, scaring the beejeezus out of most of us, and making Cory irate, since he had just finished his tape. Cait did her presentation at the Kimmel Center and the Avenue of the Arts, and George and I danced in the background, which was fun for me. Serena did hers in front of the shops on Chestnut Street. As we were pulling up to Arch Street to tape my segment (at the Betsy Ross House), we hit a car, taking off its one light and part of the mirror. I went and taped my segment, where there was tons of kids, and you really couldn't see the fountain, which is my favorite part, but Matt made sure it still looked cool. Sarah did her segment at the end of the street at City Tavern, where she actually got one of the period-dressed waiters to stand with her. It was hilarious. Finally, we ended the day at Pat's Steaks (again!) where I ordered for myself, and George did his segment (and ate 2 cheesesteaks in the time it took me to eat my one). We also drove to South Philly to Tony Lukes, sort of as a reward for finishing taping early. We also taped some filler material at the stadiums with the van. We couldn't tape inside, but we taped us in the parking lot pointing at all the different sports centers.
I was exhausted, but I had duty at 6, so I couldn't go to sleep. I hung out with Cait for a while, then trooped through campus rounds and set up shop in Cassian Hall. I watched "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" and "Music and Lyrics", which made the time between rounds go quickly.
Thursday, I sold my soul to La Salle. I worked from 9 to 4 at Community Development, then I was on duty again at 6, but this time in Basil. Campus Rounds took a long time, but once I got back, duty was fun. Cait, Michal and I watched Grey's (and the "Davey Sullivan moves his crap to his new room down the hall" parade), then did rounds with our capes (and Scott). Finally, I ended the night with Michal covering for me so I could go to Wawa at midnight. I hadn't been out all day. I got a sandwich, because I hadn't really had a proper dinner, since campus rounds took 2 hours, so it was good. I also got some drinks to have in my room for the weekend.
Pay day is next Friday, and as I just found out, we get paid for a lot more than I thought. The only thing I don't get paid for is RA stuff, as that's what gets me my free housing. Training, office hours, and Day ONE stuff gets me paid AND I worked 15 and half hours on Sunday for Angie. Its exciting. Also, Miss Michele Muller might be coming over tonight, so I'm pretty much excited to get this day started.
Thanks for reading. Pictures later when I have the time / patience.
m.c.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Together and By Association...
Well hello there bloggers!
I've decided to begin a blog for my family to read to see what I'm up to, now that I'm in Philly more or less completely until May, 2008. I'll document my senior year (and maybe beyond) through words and pictures. This year I will continue to be on the Masque of La Salle e-board (my theatre group), Improv 101, and the President of the American Studies Association. I will also be applying for graduate school, hopefully studying American Studies.
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007- temp: 85 degrees. beautiful. slight breeze.
Before I get into today, I'll talk about the last four days, which is where summer really began.
Saturday, May 12th, 2007 - La Salle Bacculareate.
On Saturday, I was just sitting in my room (Basil 101, first floor), minding my own business, when I hear a tap at the window. Lo and behold, I find Amanda, K-Laz, and Pam at my window, with Pam giving me the "come here" finger. I tentatively walk towards my window when Liz jumps out! Liz has been in Ireland all semester and is one of my housemates this coming year and she wasn't supposed to come home until the 19th, so this was quite a surprise. Before I knew it, we were off to King of Prussia! We decided to go to Jessica McClintock and pretend that it was someone's wedding and we went with me. Although I don't have the picture of the ONE dress that I liked, I have some of the girls trying on their dresses:
K-Laz in the dress that she claimed "used every possible style".
This is why I love Amanda.
Pam in a dress that ISN'T from Limited Too (long and very funny story).
Liz starring as a cupcake.
After we finished our fashion show, we headed to Friendly's for appetizers and ice cream. We returned to La Salle ready for a rest, so we watched Friends (Season 5, the episodes surrounding Monica and Chandlers secret relationship) until 10:15, when we were going on the last diner run of the year. This diner run was especially special because some soon-to-be graduates would be joining us and seeing Liz for the first time (little did they know!). It was really nice surprising Chris and Amy.
Sunday, May 13th 2007 - La Salle Graduation / The longest day ever.
Amanda and I had to be at work at 7:30am the next morning, as we were working for Angie in Guest and Conference Services. The day could have been long, but between being busy most of the day putting out hypothetical fires and helping Angie re-house 70 girls, and being there with my friends, which kept the mood light, the day flew by. We ended the night with a run to the famous Pat's Steaks (which is my personal favorite). Val and I split a "wiz witout" (which she ordered...props to her) and the night was good.
Monday, May 14th - Duty Training Day
10 am brought the first of many training days for the summer staff. The day could have been crappy and long, but Nicole, my RC, is pretty cool and kept things light and moving. Community Development also took us all out for lunch at the Valley Green Inn in Chestnut Hill and it was lovely. The food was good, the company was great, and the scenery was very un-Philadelphia.
The view from Valley Green Inn.
Two of my co-hosts, Michal and Caitlin. These kids are great.
George (long time friend and another co-host) playing with the ducks.
Afterwards, I took a long nap and Kate came to stay for the night. We had dinner, watched "The Big Chill" and 'Heroes', then slept after Leno's headlines.
Tuesday, May 15th - First day of Day ONE training / La Salle faculty and staff picnic.
At 9:30 this morning, we made our way to our first day of training, which was fairly painless. I'm figuring that a positive attitude will really get me through things that could be really crappy. At noon, we were dismissed to go the staff picnic on the quad, which is just like the one at the beginning of the year for the freshman move in only its almost adults and there's beer and wine. I didn't have any, as we had another 2 hours of training after lunch about leadership. There was hot dogs, hamburgers, salad, fruit, chips, and an ice cream truck! and really good music. We got out of our other training early, mainly because we were good and such, and we were able to go back to the picnic for a bit. This time I had a glass of boxed wine with ice in it. Classy.
Michal and my roommate, Michelle (again, both Day ONE hosts).
Me and Michal. I figured I should have at least one picture of myself.
That's really it. I should be off to bed now, as I have taping in the city for the Day ONE welcome video. I'm talking about the Betsy Ross house, but we're going all over the place. As much fun as I'm having, I'm already a little homesick, but I'll be home soon for various family events.
Feel free to comment and such. I love comments. They go to my email box and it's good. I'm on duty in St. Cassian hall tomorrow night (AKA "The House of Horrors!"), so I'll probably be really bored.
<3 megan colleen
I've decided to begin a blog for my family to read to see what I'm up to, now that I'm in Philly more or less completely until May, 2008. I'll document my senior year (and maybe beyond) through words and pictures. This year I will continue to be on the Masque of La Salle e-board (my theatre group), Improv 101, and the President of the American Studies Association. I will also be applying for graduate school, hopefully studying American Studies.
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007- temp: 85 degrees. beautiful. slight breeze.
Before I get into today, I'll talk about the last four days, which is where summer really began.
Saturday, May 12th, 2007 - La Salle Bacculareate.
On Saturday, I was just sitting in my room (Basil 101, first floor), minding my own business, when I hear a tap at the window. Lo and behold, I find Amanda, K-Laz, and Pam at my window, with Pam giving me the "come here" finger. I tentatively walk towards my window when Liz jumps out! Liz has been in Ireland all semester and is one of my housemates this coming year and she wasn't supposed to come home until the 19th, so this was quite a surprise. Before I knew it, we were off to King of Prussia! We decided to go to Jessica McClintock and pretend that it was someone's wedding and we went with me. Although I don't have the picture of the ONE dress that I liked, I have some of the girls trying on their dresses:
K-Laz in the dress that she claimed "used every possible style".
This is why I love Amanda.
Pam in a dress that ISN'T from Limited Too (long and very funny story).
Liz starring as a cupcake.
After we finished our fashion show, we headed to Friendly's for appetizers and ice cream. We returned to La Salle ready for a rest, so we watched Friends (Season 5, the episodes surrounding Monica and Chandlers secret relationship) until 10:15, when we were going on the last diner run of the year. This diner run was especially special because some soon-to-be graduates would be joining us and seeing Liz for the first time (little did they know!). It was really nice surprising Chris and Amy.
Sunday, May 13th 2007 - La Salle Graduation / The longest day ever.
Amanda and I had to be at work at 7:30am the next morning, as we were working for Angie in Guest and Conference Services. The day could have been long, but between being busy most of the day putting out hypothetical fires and helping Angie re-house 70 girls, and being there with my friends, which kept the mood light, the day flew by. We ended the night with a run to the famous Pat's Steaks (which is my personal favorite). Val and I split a "wiz witout" (which she ordered...props to her) and the night was good.
Monday, May 14th - Duty Training Day
10 am brought the first of many training days for the summer staff. The day could have been crappy and long, but Nicole, my RC, is pretty cool and kept things light and moving. Community Development also took us all out for lunch at the Valley Green Inn in Chestnut Hill and it was lovely. The food was good, the company was great, and the scenery was very un-Philadelphia.
The view from Valley Green Inn.
Two of my co-hosts, Michal and Caitlin. These kids are great.
George (long time friend and another co-host) playing with the ducks.
Afterwards, I took a long nap and Kate came to stay for the night. We had dinner, watched "The Big Chill" and 'Heroes', then slept after Leno's headlines.
Tuesday, May 15th - First day of Day ONE training / La Salle faculty and staff picnic.
At 9:30 this morning, we made our way to our first day of training, which was fairly painless. I'm figuring that a positive attitude will really get me through things that could be really crappy. At noon, we were dismissed to go the staff picnic on the quad, which is just like the one at the beginning of the year for the freshman move in only its almost adults and there's beer and wine. I didn't have any, as we had another 2 hours of training after lunch about leadership. There was hot dogs, hamburgers, salad, fruit, chips, and an ice cream truck! and really good music. We got out of our other training early, mainly because we were good and such, and we were able to go back to the picnic for a bit. This time I had a glass of boxed wine with ice in it. Classy.
Michal and my roommate, Michelle (again, both Day ONE hosts).
Me and Michal. I figured I should have at least one picture of myself.
That's really it. I should be off to bed now, as I have taping in the city for the Day ONE welcome video. I'm talking about the Betsy Ross house, but we're going all over the place. As much fun as I'm having, I'm already a little homesick, but I'll be home soon for various family events.
Feel free to comment and such. I love comments. They go to my email box and it's good. I'm on duty in St. Cassian hall tomorrow night (AKA "The House of Horrors!"), so I'll probably be really bored.
<3 megan colleen
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