Today was my last full day at the office. It is hard to believe summer is coming to a close. I will admit I am ready for a new change of place and classes to start. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED working in the Housing Office for Residence Life this summer, but it is time for a new routine. I still can't believe that it was one year ago when my journey as an RA started. I learned so much in this last year about myself and about others. Although it was not always easy, I would not have traded it for the world. I am certainly going to miss things about being an RA, but I know that with the demand of senior year I would not have been able to do it. I am going to miss always having 200+ people around to talk with and do crazy things with. I am going to miss my floor and the community of BV. I lived there for 3 years, 2 years as a resident of 3rd Veenstra and 1 year as an RA of 2nd Veensta. BV was my home in every possible way and shaped so much of my Calvin experience. It is impossible for me to talk about college without talking about Beets-Veenstra. I am also going to miss my floor. They were great and crazy in every way and each and everyone of my 40 residents means the world to me. I learned something from each of them, even if they don't know it. Finally I am going to miss my staff. The 7 of us shared so many laughs, tears, memories, challenges, floods, fires, and much more in our time together. Each of them too mean the world to me and I can not imagine my year as an RA without them. We experience a lot together and because of that we truly understood what being an RA was all about.
Today's picture is also a flash back. Ya I know I am cheating, but I make the rules :) This picture if of my staff from the end of the year. I love them, no questions!
Today I got to talk with Rachel, one of the RAs from my staff, and it was absolutely lovely. I miss her lots since she has moved on and is now working as an Assistant Resident Director in Georgia. I am so thankful for phones and skype to keep in touch with her and so many other people that have graduated from Calvin.
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