Resting

The last few weeks have been crazy. The Thursday after Ryan's blessing, I had my wisdom teeth taken out. It was quite the experience considering I've only been to a dentist's office twice(and that was the week before and a few hours before I had my teeth out). So while I was taking some medication, including pain medication, and eating not so solid things(like soup & pudding & ice cream) I was also trying to get ready for the Resident Assistants to come in and for RA Training coming up on the following Monday. On Sunday night, I kept having these realizations about how the next day was the first day of RA Training. I couldn't believe that it is already the end of August and time for a new semester of freshmen to come to BYU and have some of the most memorable experiences of their life.
For those who don't know, RA Training week is intense, yet very entertaining. This week was uncharacteristic in comparison to previous years because we had to rearrange the shcedule a bit so I had new experiences in new places instead of just with new people. This is the second year I get to work with 3 female RAs instead of 2 females and 1 male and I'm getting more used to it. I love meeting the RAs and seeing their enthusiasm. Monday was a long day starting with breakfast with everyone and then waiting at the employment office and then a trip to Spring Haven and not getting back until around 9ish. But I loved hearing so many things that day, especially on the drive back down the canyon to come back to Heritage Halls when one of the RAs said, "I loved it! What a great day!" in response to the question of how they liked training. Tuesday wasn't as long, but I personally didn't get much sleep, had to drive my sister to the airport and then take one of my children to the doctor. We then had an evening adventure to purchase tshirts and didn't make it home until midnight. Wednesday was another day of traveling, but we got home by 4:30 and Thursday, the last day of traveling, I was done by 3. I mention the traveling because I had to drive and i had been driving alot--and did I mention that I had only had my wisdom teeth out 3 days before all of this started? Luckily, my boys were able to be watched by their dad and their grandma during that crazy week.
So RA Training week came to an end with me sleeping alot on Sunday, working student check-ins on Monday, then taking most of the day off on Tuesday to finally clean my house--even if it isn't perfect, it is at least a little better. Just a few days ago, all of the residents' contracts started and we had a fun few days of check-ins. There are still some stragglers left to come in before the first day of school, but tomorrow I am officially off and will be doing some much needed shopping, cleaning, & football game watching(BYU vs. University of Northern Iowa). Yay for resting! If you can call shopping and cleaning house resting.