Upclose weekend went great! It was really neat to be able to meet everyone who is interested in EC and hope that they will actually join and sign up. It was fun to meet possible girls who might be in my house next year. I can't wait! I think Andrew and Emily had a really good time, Andrew especially. He really connected with some of the guys and I think he will seriously consider joining next year depending on how this semester at the Arbor goes.
Upclose weekend and thinking about next year has really gotten me excited for it to be here. I'm really hoping I'll get to be an RA. The other night I couldn't sleep and I kept thinking of things that I want to do with my girls next year and how I will want our house to be. Here is a list of what I have so far:
Have a house name - come up with ideas and vote as a house within the first couple of weeks
Have each girl put a detailed schedule up on the outside of her door telling when her classes are and when she will be working - have a deadline to when they need to be up
Write verses or encouraging sayings on the bathroom mirror in dry erase
Have a house dinner night where I or another girl cooks and we all eat dinner together
After the dinner night try to hang out for a little bit: do nails, watch a movie, exercise video, worship, have a heart to heart about what God is teaching them
Before each semester starts go over each girl's new class/work schedule and pray over them to have a good semester
Have a mouse meeting every other week or once a month about new house rules or things that come up or announcements
Show them how to clean a toilet and what is expected out of cleaning
For me as an RA - always keep good stock of paper towel, toilet paper, hand soap, dish soap, dishwasher soap, sandwich bags/gallon bags, kleenex, etc. - ask for $10 a semester from each girl to buy these types of things and ask for more if needed, keep money in a jar in the kitchen
Keep watch of workouts and make sure they are doing them on the right days (not when it is boy times)
Wash dishtowels and hand towels regularly (keep dirty ones in a box in laundry room)
Have a dress up dinner night with the guys each semester
Write a "Monthly Cycle" newsletter each month and put it in the bathroom
Have a summer slumber party of future EC girls this summer at my parent's house
Have a variation of Muffit Christmas morning
Do the bathroom word game
Do the bathroom Christmas carol pictures
Do bathroom testimony/what has God been teaching you? paper
Do the holding thumbs prayer
Do morning house workouts
Do birthday dinners with dollar store presents
Have host parents (mom and Richard) cook our house dinner once a semester
Do a Walmart scavenger hunt
A pretty good list don't you think? It makes me excited about next year and all God is going to do! Can't wait!
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