#9- Where's the extinguisher?!

Alas, here I am once again, doing my second post of the evening. Wow, the many things I do in a week! Haha. So during this intense week of RA training we've had so far (with another week and a half to go!), I've learned many things, the most fun of which being how to use a fire extinguisher.
Okay, so it's really not that hard. But I'd never done it before.
Everyone, I'm sure, has a general idea of how to use a fire extinguisher.
Step #1: break it out of the plastic box in the hall and take it to the location of the fire.
Step #2: Pull out pin on extinguisher.
Step #3: Aim nozzle-like thing at said fire.
Step #4: Squeeze handle until puffy white stuff comes out and the fire disappears.
Well, simple though it may be, when you have about 70 people watching you put out the nicely controlled fire, it can be slightly awkward. Especially when your extinguisher runs out of extinguishing liquid. Yes, mine ran out. Fortunately for me, there were a couple Campus Safety people there with extra extinguishers, refilling them. And also fortunate, I put out the fire.

#8- Check?

Well, here I am, back in Tennessee, back in the dorm, back in the heat. Yes, why yes I am. Although why I chose to come to college in this area of humidity is beyond me... Anyways, in short, I am here once again. I had to come back two weeks early in order to participate in RA training. After sitting in meetings, participating in semi-awkward-yet-fun icebreakers, trying to organize my room (yeah, still not done...), our first test of RA-like activities came about- night check.
Near the end of last year, all of us future-RA's had to shadow two different RA's doing night check to make sure we had a general idea of how to do it. Being an RA my senior year of high school, I thought I'd be prepared to do this, no problem. Well, it turns out colleges happen to have a few more girls in their dorm than my former dorm. It also turns out that we not only do first check, but also second check if needed, and it's just slighly more intense than in high school. Ha, kidding. A lot more intense. However, I would like to make this pronouncement for all to read- I have now done two night checks, and I have not screwed either of them up. Hallelujah!
This, I view, as not necessarily a "new" experience, but at the same time, it is new. I may have had some previous experience in this area, but this in itself was definitely new, and I am very happy to say that I have successfully completed my #8.

#7- State Travels.

I have always been one to enjoy traveling. Albeit, I didn't travel too much up until the seventh grade when my class took a trip to Washington, DC, but ever since that trip I have been racking up quite a few frequent flyer miles. However, along with my traveling to other countries, I've been doing a lot of traveling as I drive back and forth from my lovely home in Washinton (STATE!) to Southern. This is the third time I've driven across the country, and each time has been a different route. This has been purposeful, even though I usually end up taking the longer route... but by this time in two days, I will have been to every single state west of the Mississippi River. Excluding Hawaii and Alaska... but who counts those? Haha. The only two I haven't been to (and will be to by Tuesday!) are the Dakotas. Now, just to travel to New England... and Florida. And South Carolina. Mississippi, Alabama, Lousiana... Maybe if I get lucky, I'll have added a few more states by the end of this year. :)