Where did August go?!

[elfinia7]

I've been mostly MIA this past month as I've been wrapped up in training the new residential staff but today marks the end of that as it's Freshmen move in day! It's bittersweet I think. New people on campus, a fresh year blah blah blah but it also means my summer is totally over (as if it weren't already, it just seems more final). It still makes me shake my head when walking around campus and I see moving trucks. What exactly do they think they are moving into? lol And not to stereotype (but I'm totally going to), it's never the male students that come in them.

I am ready for my schedule to go back to normal. H is also in the midst of back to school and is currently working 6 day work weeks doing the 2pm-midnight shift. So, we aren't exactly seeing much of each other. I think last night he got home around 1am and I was in bed by 10pm since I had to be up at 6am.

Anyway, I've missed you all and am looking forward to the next GTG, whenever that may be.

[elfinia7]

Me either!! But I tell you this new generation of students with their helicopter/bulldozer parents is mind boggling. You know we had some girls literally trying to kick their assigned roommates out of their rooms so they could live together? The balls on some of them!

[bostonmichelle]

This summer flew by I feel like. I'm so sad for it to end, I love summer. But I am excited for all the pumpkin flavored items for the fall, got my first Starbucks Pumpkin spice latte today.

I don't ever remember a moving truck being involved for an on-campus move-in for college. I remember when my sister moved into her apartment off campus we got a moving truck but we had her bed, dresser, dining room table, chairs, etc.

[elfinia7]

Seriously, the stories I could tell about students and their housing complaints/drama would cause a combination of laugh out loud/incredulous looks. Now to be fair, they are not all like that. There are some perfectly lovely students and parents who do the right things. They just aren't as entertaining to talk about

[liveintheville]

Aug 27, 2014 14:38:48 GMT -5 elfinia7 said:

Seriously, the stories I could tell about students and their housing complaints/drama would cause a combination of laugh out loud/incredulous looks. Now to be fair, they are not all like that. There are some perfectly lovely students and parents who do the right things. They just aren't as entertaining to talk about

Spill!

[elfinia7]

Well, today there was the mother that brow beat her son into taking a room in another hall because she didn't like the one he was assigned to. He was perfectly happy there (it was a 50/50 split between freshmen and transfer students). According to her, transfer students are not equal to freshmen even though other then a year difference they are essentially freshmen to this school too.

Then there was the grad student who wanted the little occupied/vacancy sign on the bathroom door fixed because she didn't trust that the lock was enough. "People might walk in and she doesn't have a way to test the lock out".

We've had more then one parent try over the years to get us to move their child from their assigned room to another room because "they didn't like the look of the roommate". These opinions are of course based on what they see on Facebook. Oh, and of course they don't want us to tell their kid the real reason for moving them. (ps. we would never do this).

There's the resident who insisted she needed her family pet dog with her as a therapy animal to help ease her anxiety etc etc. When it was finally approved, we found out the dog was only with her in her room like 2 days a week (she lives localish). In addition, we have to treat the dog like a roommate, and if there is a noise violation, the resident is responsible.

We have had more then one roommate conflict boil over based on texting each other. The roommates never actually spoke directly to the other until forced to.

We had one roommate conflict mediation in which the Director sat in on along with our Conduct person (both female). It involved two female roommates and at one point, one of the women got incredibly heated, stood up and shouted "I'm done with this, peace out Bitches!" and attempted to storm out the room.

I'm sure I can think of more, these are just some that came to mind

[vtdiamond]

elfinia7 - glad to see you back. Those stories are just ridiculous, I'm not sure how you keep a straight face when talking to them!!

This summer really has flown by, which is scary as the babies will be here this fall and fall is about to begin, eek!!

[liveintheville]

Aug 27, 2014 17:45:24 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

elfinia7 - glad to see you back. Those stories are just ridiculous, I'm not sure how you keep a straight face when talking to them!!

This summer really has flown by, which is scary as the babies will be here this fall and fall is about to begin, eek!!

OMG! That's so soon! And I haven't seen you yet!

[liveintheville]

I need to work "Peace out Bitches" into my daily vocabulary. 

[noodleoo]

I know, I feel like August just started and I can't belief this weekend is Labor Day! I've been traveling a bit this month and I think that contributed. I love fall, but it still makes me very sad summer is almost over. Even though it was beautiful weather, it feels like summer was really short this year.

[elfinia7]

I thought of one more good one from yesterday. A mother on campus called her assistant to call our office to get us to move her son because she didn't like his assigned room. Chew on that nugget for a bit lol

[les]

This month really has flown by. We should start thinking of September GTG options!