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That's what my t-shirt says today. Glorious.

RA training is in full-swing. Today we did an exercise called "Behind CLosed Doors," which is where we walked in to five different scenarios and were supposed to respond how we would if we ever encountered the situation. It was very enlightening, not to mention fun. Nerveracking, but fun. I had to deal with "Kelly," whose father passed away during the summer. The joys of coping with grief and loss. It went really well, but I think I got one of the easier assignments. For instance, a guy named Phil had to deal with "Adam and Steve." Let your mind wander. Not much imagination required to figure out his dilemna. I felt bad for the poor guy; I'd hate to walk in on 2 guys like that. Not that I will, because I am female, but still. I'd rather not encounter that. I guess if I attended a different school, it'd be different, but IWU is pretty committed to its standards. I'm learning all about how to enforce those standards this week. Oh, and next weeks's BHD will be about discipline. I have no idea what that means. It's an adventure, I tell ya.

My toilet is broken. Yep. Mel was in my bathroom over the weekend and I heard her say something about it not flushing. Lo and behold, she was right. That rod that pulls up on the chain that pulls up on the stopper inside the tank (technical terms, I know) had rusted through. I've been letting myself into the room across the hall everyday. Yay, master keys. :)

I kept finding myself singing "Elephant Love Medley" from Moulin Rouge today, but it wasn't until just a few minutes ago that I figured out why. Some of the guys from Scripture Hall were singing it during breakfast and I kept hearing bits and pieces of it, so I was filling in the parts I couldn't hear on my own. Now it won't go away.

My turtle seems to be having a little bit of trouble adjusting to his new environment. He isn't eating much and doesn't swim around hardly at all. He stays in the same place all day long, even when the heat lamp is off. Poor little üdlydüdls. He's so cute and little. I want to hold him all the time. I don't, but I'd like to. I hope he isn't dying. That'd be terrible, especially considering that none of my funeral-throwing friends are on campus this year.

I won a free t-shirt today. It's very cute and fun. Me gusta.

My sister flew out to Seattle yesterday, then she and Megan are driving back to Indiana over the next few days. I loaned her my videocamera in hopes that they'd catch some fun footage on the long trip back. I'm excited to see Megan. I haven't seen her since the end of April. She called a few times and I talked to her on Monday night. I'm looking forward to spending time with her. And to talk in The Accent. Yay! I'm also really, really excited about living with Kalee. We hugn out lots this summer and our relationship is just really great now. When I went home on Sunday, she seemed overly happy to see me and asked to ride with me to the picnic b/c she had lots to tell me. We confide a lot in each other these days, and I think she missed having me around to talk with late at night. She'd come into my room at about midnight and sit down on my bed and say, "Can I just tell you something?" which meant that I'd be in for a good, long heart-to-heart. Needless to say, second semester will be weird; she graduates in December. No more Kalee as suitemate.