amazing.

It has been just over a week since I started my job, and I am SO IN LOVE. (Also it feels like I have been in this position forever. Has it really only been a week?)

I spent a large portion of that first week being really quiet; absorbing everything. The last three days, while hectic, have been probably the best so far.

Wednesday was my first one-on-one with my boss. I already love Michelle a lot, so I'm thrilled with the opportunity to be working for her. It was fun for me to be able to go through all of the things that I have been working on and hear "great," followed by advice on how to proceed. So far I think I'm doing good, but you would have to ask her I guess.

Thursday we were supposed to be in a meeting, but it unexpectedly got cancelled, so Michelle, our program coordinator, Rachel, and I colored for thirty minutes.

...Yeah, you totally read that correctly. I'm one of the founding members of the Coloring Club on our campus, so we already had all of the supplies, and the three of us sat down in the conference room and colored large Disney coloring pages and talked about ridiculous things. While the rest of the day was pretty low-key, I was pretty thrilled by that portion of my day.

Yesterday I finished a couple of projects, and then Rachel and I went to the end of the year party for the Garden Club on campus. Pizza, soda, cake, and plenty of flowers. I won the raffle for one of the hanging plants, but couldn't take it home on the bus, so gave it to Rachel. She picked out some gorgeous yellow flowers...I have no idea what they were, but they were pretty. And I snagged a plant for myself and some snap dragons for Michelle, who pulled one of the flowers off and started snapping it at me when I gave them to her. (I work for the biggest dork.)

While work has been hectic and interesting this week, next week is going to be my real test. Starting Tuesday, Michelle is in training with our ambassadors for three days, immediately followed by the first session of our orientation program, ROAR. Friday is the day that the freshmen participate in advising and registration, and it is also the first time they will meet the ambassadors and really get to know the campus. ROAR is a big deal, and there are a lot of things that I am being put in charge of because Michelle and her co-advisor for the ambassadors, Nelson, will be in training all day Tuesday-Thursday, and they are also in charge of prep for ROAR. So parts of it fall to me. It is scary, but I'm excited also.

This weekend, though, is crazy as well. Last night my sister Maggie graduated from high school, today I'm cleaning and my best friend Audrey will be arriving for the weekend, tomorrow Audrey and I are looking at apartments and I have a baccalaureate for my sister Victoria and a grad party for Maggie. Then Monday Audrey and I will be looking at more apartments, I've got meetings to attend about ROAR, and then Victoria graduates from high school. Crazy weekend immediately followed by a crazy week, but it's going to be totally worth it. Maybe I'll even go to work on Tuesday morning having signed a lease for an apartment!

Pretty much my life is amazing right now.  It's like I finally hit the jackpot. :)