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I wrote this fabulous entry last week about my computer, and of course it got erased, so now you'll get the short version of it. Stupid new computer decided that part of it would break - the prong for the AC connection got pushed, so while my poor, poor Persephone was still usable, that would only last until her battery wore out. So, after backing up my files (yay for at least a fast burner) I shipped her off to the dear doctors at HP, praying for a speedy recovery and return (they say it'll be 2-3 weeks). It's been 6 days, and I'm hurting. Ahh well. The one good thing about having a roommate who basically lives at her boyfriend's is that her computer is very much available and she is very much sympathetic (yes, I cleared the borrowing with her). I do miss my laptop, though. =(
Let me give a warm welcome to Cat, one of my readers that I just found out about! =)
So... NERC. The Phi Sigma Pi Northeast Regional Conference. This thing that I've been working on tirelessly all damn semester. I can't believe it's really over. The last week was rough but most of me is really amazed that it finally came together. We finally got a scholarship speaker - we had the administrator from Namgyal Monastery come, along with a former monk, to tell us about the monastery and briefly about Buddhism. It was pretty interesting. Herb and Bolcar's presentation came together really well. And Ryan's mom did a fabulous job as our keynote speaker, talking about leadership and service. Basically she told a story about a man who never tired of helping people and was always working at at peace with himself. She talked about how we are leaders because it is the right thing to do. I probably felt the best all weekend during that speech, because it made me remember why I had worked so hard on the conference, and why we were all there in the first place. And of course, it tied in so well with what the people from Namgyal had to say and what Herb and Bolcar had to say. All of the feedback I got from people was that they had fun, we pulled it off well, and the weekend as a whole was a success. So I'm really happy for that. Even the minor setbacks during the weekend were really just that - minor, and were solved without too much complaint.
But all the same.... I did not have too much fun this weekend. I have a lot more respect for those that put the time and effort into planning something like this, because, in general, the coordinators don't get to have fun. I missed so much of the weekend because I was running around. Friday night, while ice breakers and introductions were going on, I was running around making sure we had everything we needed, then running all over the campus finding our guests who had trouble with directions (I walked all the way down a dark road that I didn't know the destination of and then walked from Noyes to Myron Taylor to find people). And I got so much less sleep than I should have, because I was trying to make appearances and get everything I needed to done. Friday night was hard - while I was up loading my car (yes, at 5:30am, before I had gotten a chance to sleep) and typing notes and writing lists of things to get done, Bolcar was asleep on my couch and Herb was asleep in my bed, which kinda made it necessary for me to stay up. Seeing someone else sleep in your bed while you have to do other things kinda sucks. Then, around 5:30am, I decided that there's was no way I was driving to the service event and using saws on no sleep. So, I finally got Herb and Bolcar up, and while they worked on their presentation in my room, I tried to grap a couple of restless hours of sleep on the couch. Yeah, good sleeping times there. Then, on Saturday, I snapped at Demetri (I so rarely snap at people anymore) about speakers. While I was frustrated by the lack of timeliness of Saturday's activities, I was less so than the rest of the NERC people and no one else seemed to notice, so that was good. I of course had to work the scavenger hunt, so didn't really get to enjoy that. And then by dinner, my apetite was gone because of the lack of sleep. I was also losing my voice by then. At the party, I let something minor really get to me, so I got completely upset, which didn't make things any better. By Sunday morning, all I wanted to do was curl into a ball and sleep for about a week, but since I couldn't, I had absolutely no patience for anything. So I'm glad everyone had fun. That's what I wanted. I just wish I could have had fun, too.
- Lizzardie, at 5:20 PM
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