Take it easy, Rebecca Black. We're all excited for the 3 day weekend. I am so stoked to have Monday off. Labor day, aka a day where everybody has fun, a little bbq, a little beer, some sun, shades… ok, let's be honest..I'll probably be sleeping. But I'm ok with that. Like I'm actually really looking forward to it.
But before that I have to get through tomorrow. What's tomorrow, you ask?
Only the first BIG sport club event of the year. And my FIRST BIG event as a GA.
A full on Rugby Tournament. Lots of striped shirts, short shorts, long socks, hookers, scrumming, (these are actual terms. i swear) and lots of wrestling mixed in with soccer mixed in with football. In other words, I won't have a clue what is going on during the games, not that I'll have time to worry about them much.
Over 16 teams from all over the state and Missouri will be coming to play rugby and it's supposed to be around 100 degrees. And did I mention that Carbondale is SUPER humid? you basically need gills out here, it's impossible to breathe normally, let alone exercise. And we're expecting around 300 people to be outside all DAMN day.
Me, nervous? Worried? Nahhh…piece of cake.
Ya. I'm totally fine.
We've been working on this event for some time now and it's been crazayyyy. You know how everyone says that communication is key? If I had a nickel for every time someone said that in my life, I'd be on par with Bill Gates. Even though we hear it all the time, WHY IS IT THE HARDEST THING TO DO???
It's like we know it's important. We know it's vital in getting things done. But it's almost like everyone in the entire world sucks at it. Even the communication majors cuz all they really do is group projects and public speaking. That's not communicating.
So i've been dealing with trying to provide all the resources I can for the rugby team that's hosting this shindig, communicating with the club pres, my boss, the first aid responders needed, the staff to supervise, the people to order food and drinks for the concession, and just about everyone else and we all really SUCK at getting precise, clear and reliable information across.
WHY!?Whywhywhywhywhywhy!!?!dslkjfoaijfwljfkapdlke
Ok. Venting aside, I think we'll be ok for tomorrow. I really hope so. We start at 6:30am and we probably won't be done til around 7:30/8. Today was a lot of the manual labor stuff like hauling about 100 cases of water and gatorade to the field in 90+ degree heat and 80+% humidity. And then set up rugby fields. And tents. and goal posts. It looked like you just took a shower except it's your sweat. I don't care who you are, that's not a good look for anybody.
We still have some prep work in the AM so I'm hoping that all goes ok. *insert prayer here*
By Monday, all of you will now how it went as I will give a full account. But instead of freaking myself out more I'm going to change the subject. Something a bit more positive.
:)
A lot of you from Cali have asked what's Carbondale like.
Well it's a pretty cool place. And here are some photos to prove it.
This is the building I have all my classes in. That's my dad, doing a terrible job of photobombing. Good job, Dad.
'The Castle' on my campus. It's actually the Music building. Music majors get to have all the fun.
We have a campus forest. It's in the middle of campus. Just there. I don't know why.
It's kind of like in Harry Potter, in that it's woodsy and slightly frightening at night (don't ask why I know that) but without the unicorns and centaurs. Bummer, I know.
This is Morris Library. Morris and I are great friends already. Sorry P.J. Shields, but he has a coffee shop in his lobby.
This is some art that's in between the College of Business and Morris Lib. I call it 'Saluki Stonehenge' but I don't have a clue to what it is or what it's actually called.
Walking to class in a torrential down pour of rain. This happens a lot. It'll be sunny out and then BAM. Rain. 30min later, sun again. SO WEIRD
Sunset from my apartment. Not too bad out here.
This is one of the wineries from my first weekend here. This will forever be dubbed 'That Place With Sangria' but it's actually Rustle Hill Winery.
Hey! It's almost like I'm back in California wine country! Almost.
And this is where I work. Well a small part of it. There's 4 courts and a track on the ground floor. Up stairs there's a track and exercise machines looking down onto the courts. And that's not the whole thing either, but I haven't taken pics of it all just yet.
There's a lot of cool things to do in little Carbondale. And my 2 year bucket list is quite long. I'm starting to feel better here and it's a good thing. I'm meeting more people everyday and I'm learning new things about C-dale and myself too.
If you still think Carbondale is just a small little town in the middle of nowhere, maybe this video will help. It helped me.
This is my little city now. Y'all are welcome to come visit some time :)
To be continued!
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