The Suite Life at NYU

I can't say that anything overly new or exciting has happened over the last week, but it sure was a busy one! I started off last week by leading the weekly staff which ended up taking a lot longer than it was supposed to, but we had a lot to go over and I was told I did a good job. Tuesday was the first "real test" of our staff's preparedness for summer, as we had our first orientation Check-In for an orientation group, which was about 260 students, so that was fun. I'm the main person in charge of orientation check-ins/outs so I was a bit nervous, but my staff were champs and we really had relatively few issues and I was quite pleased. Today was crazy trying to prepare for TWO orientations that are happening tomorrow, but I think we finally got all the kinks worked out...I hope.

In terms of "New York-y" things, I think for the most part I'm just going to be a "regular" New Yorker for the rest of the time I'm here, aside from when I have visitors. It's nice to just take things as they come and not feel so rushed to do something all the time. I know people want me to go and take tons of pictures and do as much as I can, but honestly, I've learned to just enjoy the moment. Growing up as kid vacations were always planned and so structured which I can appreciate since they were expensive and we only had so much time, but when I went to Washington DC last year with a couple friends over Spring Break we for the most part didn't really plan anything and it was one of the best vacations I've taken. I absolutely want to explore more and do some of the things I haven't, but I know I've seen and done more things in my five weeks here than many students do in their entire college experience at NYU, so I'm happy with where I'm at. For a person who thrives on organization and structure, this has been an important and valuable lesson, and I'm very at peace with it.

As I write "five weeks here", there is a bit of a sadness there. I'm now past the halfway point of my time here at NYU, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Some days I do miss having a place of solitude and genuine quiet to go to, but for the most part I absolutely love this city (ha, first I wrote town, but that's so wrong) and this school. At the same time, I'm so excited for this fall and to get started being a Residence Hall Director and learn everything I can there. For now I'm just grateful for all the experiences I've had and will have, and for everything I have in my life.

Cheers for now!