Mall Walk

It's hard to believe that 2 weeks of training are over. In some ways, it feels like it has just begun, while at other times, it feels like we've all been here together forever. It's been really, really busy for me. There were a lot of things that I put off in order to help out with the renovation projects, so now I'm working on that pile-up. I've been keeping really busy, especially since I'm doing two roles. But I'm really glad that I do both, because one without the other would not be enough work. Still, it will be nice when things slow down a little bit...

There are now 38 people living at HDC, so the house is full again, which I love. I've slowly started to get to know some of those people, and look forward to ultimately knowing everyone, but that will take time, especially since I am not with the participants for most of their day.

A highlight from the past two weeks was the Mall Walk last Saturday. For the Mall Walk, the Staff and Team Leaders disguised themselves and/or dressed up, and hid in a pre-determined area around the Capitol. The participants went around as teams, and their goal was to find as many of the Staff and Team Leaders as possible, and to get their signatures. In order to get the signatures, they had to do a creative marriage proposal. I decided to use my available resources - Allison, and I didn't tell anyone that I had a twin. Allison came up from EMU, along with 4 others who were in my training together. I found an awesome hiding place and stayed there with one of the guys. The hiding place was so good that only one team found me. So, I technically wouldn't have needed Allison, if going only by the amount of signatures...but it was worth it for the reactions of the participants! Allison and 2 others walked around in some really obvious areas, where all but one team found her. From what I heard, those teams became very creative, and their proposals just kept getting longer and better because she refused to sign their papers because she wasn't me. She even whipped out her EMU ID, but some of them still didn't believer her, and some of them were actually quite mad at her. I'm sorry I missed all these proposals! It was a really fun day, concluded with hanging out with the EMUers.

My schedule has been and will continue to be pretty busy, but I'll try and post updates on here every now and then.

First picture: all the Staff and Team Leaders

These are all the people who were at Mall Walk this year that were in my training last year