Over the weekend, I made a trip to Indianapolis for the first time since I arrived here and it felt great being able to connect with some of my classmates from the IUPUI campus. We went to the Chinese Festival and then to Oktoberfest.
It was nice to spend some time with Mara and the 2 Samanthas and also talk from the car ride. I really enjoyed getting to see Nathan, Elizabeth, Melissa, Devon, and Teddi. They are way fun and I hope that the distance from us and Indy doesn't keep us from hanging out more frequently.
I think the best thing that I'm learning from being here is how to do things on my own and make my own decisions. So far I've been fairly organized (not to mention Microsoft Outlook has changed my life). Classes are going well because I'm slowly tackling the reading and making connections to what I'm learning.
I have such a flexible and comfortable schedule because I basically am in charge of it. It's so nice not to be hourly anymore. I can actually take pride in my work because I have a bigger picture and invested interest in what I do. I probably work well over 20 hours a week, but it's comfortable because I choose the hours I work. I don't have to get up really early. I start work at 10am most every weekday. In return I am done around 6 or 7 depending on what I need to do. If I have class or a meeting or personal business to take care of. I can just take care of it on my time. This works SO MUCH BETTER.
I am in my office all the time though. When I finish up my tasks, I still don't leave my office. I stay and work on stuff for school or just relax at my desk and listen to music. It's so nice to have my own space. People think I work all the time because I'm always at my office, but I just like being there. Sometimes a little more than being at my apartment. And I've personalized my space a little more now. I still want to put up some more photos, but for now it's looking a little more like home.
I have my degree framed and my Glee poster up now. I love it! It's my home away from home. LOVE MY OFFICE!!!
Today was a busy and productive Monday. Class was pretty nice. We talked the whole time about the History of Higher Education. I like my two HESA classes because we do a lot of discussions and presentations. We also have great reflexive assignments. The reading is hard to keep up with, but I'm learning to skim better.
Today was the first single COMU event of the year. It was our Call Out and I didn't know what to expect or how many people would come, but it went really well. The real amazing part was how I realized I was not dressed as nice as I could be after class got out at 3:45 so I had 30 minutes to make a mad dash back to my apartment, change, bike down to my office, print off the sign up sheets, bike over to the Call Out just in time to set up at 4:30. It was awesome! I got to be the facilitator and introduce the committees and welcome everyone. We ended up having about 20 people show up which was the usual from last years numbers so I felt good about that. We had refreshments and people got to mingle. I met some great people who I'll be working with and I got to connect with some students.
Throughout my whole assistantship experience Darrell and Doug have been so wonderful. They make me feel so good about my work and it makes me want to be a better worker. I seriously can't imagine having it better in any other assistantship. My job is perfect! Since we are all new officials of COMU we work together to think of ways to grow the organization from our fresh new perspective. I feel so invested and validated in what I do. I never thought that I would catch on so well to a job like this.
Well I'm off to bed. I always end up writing these pretty late after I finish up my work and cook something to eat and watch a couple episodes of The Hills (which is now available on Netflix) I don't know why I like this show. Haha!
Smiling as always,
Cameron
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