Cleanliness-A Much Needed Virtue

Being an RA I dread the "Health Inspection" week that requires me to walk around with my boss {I love Kate} and make sure that every resident has thoroughly cleaned their apartments. {The entire purpose is to not have Housing be absolutely destroyed by the freshman and the upper classmen boys...} When said items are a disgrace and need to be cleaned 'for real' I get to follow up and make sure that the items have then been cleaned. This part of the job is so much fun...like honestly it sure is fun to be a mom for everyone...okay so not really. {hopefully being a real mom isn't like this?}

[I bet all this naiveness makes all mothers on this planet laugh].

So Health Inspection was today and with that being said my roommates and I set aside who would clean what item in the apartment and we all got to work. Personally I think my nostril hairs have been burned off from the strong odor of bleach that now encompasses our apartment. {Even opening up the windows and letting in freezing air just doesn't seem to be enough!}

Cleaning should honestly be a virtue... and hopefully guys think it is 'hot' to have a clean apartment? I actually enjoy being in our home now with it being clean as it is and not having to feel that I will contract a disease from being in it. {To make it even better we have a clean 'hair free' shower!}I wish that we would make a more consistent effort to have a spotless home like the way that we have it now today. {Hopefully this beautifulness will last longer than 24 hours...}

{Keep them crossed}

***And welcome to our new roommate Katie Smith, I don't know her too well yet but she seems to be already a great addition to our 'family'.

Maybe she'll get us to be clean more than every other month?

The Joys Of College.

Today, I finally got sick of showering with a 5" puddle of water collecting at my feet.

Normally I would have taken care of it immediately before it reached the + inches mark but I was hoping that my roommate would take care of it. {You can pinpoint the culprit easily just by looking at the color of hair that seems to always being 'hanging out' at the bottom of the tub}. It's now been a week and I know she knows it is her hair.

I got sick of waiting.

I grabbed a bobby pin and decided to venture down inside the drain to hopefully unclog this water from building up any higher.

I wouldn't be so disgusted if it was my own hair.

Oh it wasn't mine alright.

It was long, and black.

And tons of it.

I'm going to go throw up now.

Learning Lessons With a Chance of Flowers

Living in Utah you quickly learn how unpredictable the weather can be, for example, this last week the forecast predicted 2" of snow every single afternoon and yet we didn't seem to be getting any snow...just plenty of ugly clouds freezing the earth. Yesterday afternoon came around where the forecast was no longer predicting a snow storm of any kind then the clouds exploded and gave us 6" of snow! Looking for the forecast tonight we have a chance of snow showers and a slight chance of a thunderstorm this evening. Snow and lightning, that should be interesting. Only in Utah.

Just as the weather is unpredictable, our lives and the events that take place during it is unpredictable as well. I feel that life is tagged with the same lines from a forecast report, "a slight chance of rain" "a category 4 hurricane" "hail the size of golf balls" "earthquake!" and my personal favorite "sunshine". Yesterday was one of those days that I came home emotionally exhausted after experiencing what it felt like an earthquake. I never thought I would be prepared to handle the situation that I did.

Being a Resident Assistant I am sometimes caught in situations that I then have to mediate or take control of a specific situation....some being more extreme than others. From this particular situation I had the opportunity to learn another of life's lessons by witnessing it take place with some of my residents. I would like to take a second to share what I learned from them. I learned that life once again is too short and to not take it for granted. I also learned that we should have compassion, love, and respect for those individuals who we either live with, are friends with, or are acquaintances with. Each individual is a person, regardless of their race, and along with them they bring different things and elements into our daily forecasts. I'm proud of the girls and for their new willingness to learn and grow while handling this new situation presented to them. It is never too late to remodel our thinking. So although I had a rough day, the forecast still predicted...

a chance of flowers!

I love Jamison, he seems to know when I need a pick-me-up.

What a great way to end an emotionally exhausting day!

~Ice Ice Baby~

I can never turn down an opportunity to go dancing, especially themed dancing! It's not so much that the dances are particularily fun...it is the dressing up that makes it all worth it!

Don't be confused by my amazing abilities to dress as an aerobic instructor. My secret? I'm wearing a one piece swimming suit with black leggings! Although I was born in the 90's I was conceived in the 80's! That's right! A true blue 90's chick can rock out to 80's garb just like the rest of them!

Kandace and I were some serious aerobic instructors...oh and don't get confused with those twigs holding up our bodies...they are our legs!

And how can I forget my partner in crime a.k.a Richard Simmons with Vanilla Ice hair?!

To make if more fun I found out that Kandace and I weren't the only one's getting ready for the 80's dance on my floor! McKenna and Jen's outfits were sweet, especially Jen's...her outfit came with a cup holder on her fanny pack! It was awesome, it was even more funny to watch her drink out of it while it was still attached to her fanny pack!

To make it an even better night, Kandace, Jamison and I went out for Dairy Queen Blizzards ~an ice cream joint I hardly ever go to anymore~but it is official. The French Silk Creme Pie Blizzard is the best! Period. And McKennah was right, once you try it the first time you can't turn back to any other blizzard flavor! All in all between the lame dance and the 80's dress up, I figure that this night was an absolute success!