Peer Advisor Training... Day 1

I keep having days of things, whether it be conferences or other things... haha Anyways decided that I'm pretty tired to staying up too late, waking up early, takin' a quick shower, and then running off to do whatever work I have to do for the day. Anyways today did go well, it ended up being longer then it was scheduled but went well for the most part. There is a good dynamic overall with the whole group I think, which makes facilitation easier fur sure. There's not too much to mention about today, although I wanted to start doing like a thing where I write something new every day. Whether it be a new insight, thought, or idea...

Oh, ok I have something.... When facilitating groups, sometimes it's best to be a little unprofessional. Today I had a good idea of what I was doing, but pretended to be a little bit more casual and unprepared. Although this probably only works for younger audiences, but this breaks down some bearers I think. Suddenly I'm more of one of them, rather than just the authoritative figure. In this same idea I made fun of Alisha a little about something (I forget), but I was like "God Damnit Alisha!" This may sound like just an outburst but it was a strategically planned "barrier break down," as I'll now call it.

After training I visited the girls, aka Niki and Steph, their room is looking pretty sweet. It's pretty much done, but the sad thing is that Niki's leavin tomorrow to go back to NJ for like a month and a half. It's a major bummer, and I think I'll probably be a little bored with everyone pretty much gone. I don't expect to see much of Steph either though, sometimes I feel like we just hang out more when Niki's here.... but we'll see.

I had never been to Al's French fries, so we just went there. It was really good! And cheap might I add. So that was fun... Later we plan on going to see "Baby Momma" or whatever that move is called. Should be a good time...

Another thing that happened today was that Tom Remsing called and wanted me to attend a conference this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Conn. Damn... I really want to go to this but I really can't. I have to work plus I have to move out on Saturday. Not to mention my boss isn't exactly being the nicest person and apparently I'm responsible for moving anyone still left in my dorm out on Saturday... Shoot me... This will all be over soon though, and hopefully I'll have sometime to head home.