7:00am: Alarm goes off. snooze.
7:09am: Alarm goes off. snooze.
7:18am: Alarm goes off. snooze.
7:27am: Alarm goes off. open eyes and glare at alarm.
7:30am: Alarm goes off. concede to waking up.
7:32am: Get up and start day. shower, dress, think about breakfast, pack bag for day.
8:55am: Decide which of my three buildings to visit second. the one I live in is always first by technicality.
9:00am: Work, work, work. visit each of my buildings, go to meetings, host meetings, talk to students, learn. text my boss and ask some question that has cropped up.
11:38am: Head to lunch. have to beat the lunch rush at noon!
12:23pm: Head to Res Life office. pass in paperwork for the day, chat with colleagues/supervisor’s supervisor, etc.
12:48pm: Head back to the office of choice for the day. more meetings, hanging out with students, wayyy more learning. definitely text my boss and ask some question that has cropped up.
4:00pm: Look at clock and acknowledge that my office hours are done for the day. continue to work anyway because I have a ton to learn/do.
5:49pm: Decide I’m hungry. text other HD and make plans for dinner.
6:00pm: Dinner. cafeteria food and going over our days. I look forward to dinner a lot, actually….
6:58pm: Head back to my office to work on things some more. organize paperwork, prepare for the next day, stare at the computer screen blankly.
9:00pm: Do a quick round of my buildings and check in with on-duty CAs and desk assistants. get caught up in a conversation somewhere about something.
10:30pm: Decide it’s time to go home for the night. continue talking to my students for at least 20 more minutes, if not longer.
11:10pm: Put sweatpants and t-shirt on, crawl into bed. catch up on life outside of my campus bubble.
11:47pm: Try to go to sleep. my brain is too full to usually let this happen.
12:08-12:46am: Fall asleep eventually. 3 out of 5 nights, get a call to respond to something just after falling asleep- toilet won’t stop flushing, fire panel sounding, etc.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

And as much as I’m absolutely exhausted and feel like a crappy friend because my job has taken over my life and I’m available approximately never, I’ve never been so sure that I am in the right field and doing what I love.