I like baking, cupcakes specifically. I make people insanely jealous that live in my hallway whenever I make anything that smells good. This is a cookies & cream gigantic cupcake that is for a birthday tomorrow :)

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Act of kindness for the day: sharing my AAA membership with a friend who needed a tow. You're welcome!

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Ok...so I missed a day somewhere AND I'm behind, so doubling up on the next two days.

These are pictures from the #NEOHO13 RA conference. I am a nerd when it comes to these events and absolutely love them. The top picture is some of the girls on my staff and the bottom is of a session called minute to win it with an RA that I know from another campus. 

Although NEOHO has done a good job at filling it's spot. Nothing will compare to the Brockport RA conference. It is so well organized and the sessions are nothing but the strongest of quality. In the 6 that I have been to I have only NOT presented at one conference. (RA conferences, that is)

Hoping I have access to these at my next place of employment...if not, I'm making one!

Many will enter...few will win

Today...marks one of few days...I have accomplished something that many often attempt - but few are ever able to achieve. I pumped an EVEN amount of gas.

Seems insignificant...but hey - it's the little things :)

Brrr, its cold in here, there must be some torros in the atmosphere

This is a picture of the frozen tundra that is -10 degrees in Cleveland, Ohio. I like snow, and I believe it is easier to warm yourself up than to cool yourself down - so I don't mind it THAT much. But I'll tell you - my poor car! It feels like its a struggling in the cold weather. I like the winter, I like snow - but man is it cold. This was also the first time I hung out socially with some friends in Kent that offered to host as a hotel for the evening so that I wouldn't risk getting stuck in Cleveland and not be able to make it to class the next morning :)

And I ran...I ran so far away...

Today, I began my second run (pun intended) at attempting the couch to 5k program. I completed it in the fall in an effort to prepare for my first 5k. I am not preparing for anything this time, other than trying to become better than I was before. By the end of 8 weeks, I ended up only halfway to where I should have been at the end of the program. I was running a full 15 minutes at a time, but that was as far as I got. You should be able to run for 30 full minutes of the program.

I've never been good at running and ran my first full mile in the fall. Here's to hoping I can get through all the side stitches enough to make it to the ultimate end goal.

I'm a slacker: 1/17/13-1/20/13

You'll notice a theme through most of these...that wasn't intentional as I took the pictures each day - I just haven't posted in a few days. 

So this twix bar really stuck out to me, because of my inner dialogue at the vending machine. The vending machine's here often don't have the candy that I would REALLY want...but I needed a chocolate fix. So I walk up and think, alright a Reese's will do. Then, of course after I had already pushed the button, I notice the twix and think - MAN that sounds good right now. So I hit that button too (I was paying with university meal plan) and thought - you're welcome to whoever finds the reeses peanut butter cups.

The twix takes me back to an old commercial and running joke with some friends from undergrad. There is a commercial where anytime a man is about to say something stupid - it tells them to bite into a twix so that they may think about what they're saying before they say it. I went on a trip with some friends (two of which were male) and we brought a bag of fun sized twix for them...and they needed it so much it became more of a reward for bad behavior...

Thank you cards have a special meaning for me. I don't typically like receiving them, but I love to give them out. I feel like gratitude so often is taken for granted that I value any chance that I can to tell someone what they mean to me and why (at least in written form). I picked this card today because I had just ended a book called "A Simple Act of Gratitude". It was a true story about a man whose life was crashing down, but in the heat of it all began a mission to write one thank you note per day for one year. Even though he it took him far more than a year to complete the task, his life changed because of what happened. It was such an inspiring story and one that I will surely never forget.

This is a pressed penny from Niagara Falls. I collect these and they have a special meaning to me because of the adventures that go along with finding each and every one. I did not personally get this one, which is why it is listed today. One of my RA's went on a road trip, saw the machine, and was so excited to give it to me. Although I prefer going out and finding these myself - I very much appreciate the gesture. It mean's I'm doing something right as a supervisor.

This is a picture of the interior of the United Methodist Church in Berea. Today it held an event called "Songfest" where the gospel choir for BW was singing in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King. One of my staff members asked me to go, as she was performing. She had a solo and - the girl has some pipes for sure. The music was absolutely fantastic and it was so enlightening to see the impact of things that have happened almost 50 years ago still in effect today.

Help...I need somebody...Help...Not just anybody

This, friends, is the on call phone. I respond to crisis minimum of once a week and one weekend per month. I'm pretty sure my supervisors are ready to relinquish this from my job description. Beginning this fall - EVERYTHING happens once I touch this handy little electronic device. When ALL of your superiors cringe if they have to rotate with you and argue over who gets to draw the short straw - you've got issues. Even the residents know. I used to have good luck with this, but apparently not anymore. This would definitely probably define my day. First true day back on duty for the spring semester and the outlook is looking bleak....