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JUST ANOTHER DAY - Excerpt from "InspiRAtion for RAs"

Each morning as I roll from bed
I wonder what will lie ahead
What will I face out there today?
Welcome to the life of an RA.

Tornado warnings, fire drills
Someone who took a chance with sleeping pills
Broken glass and broken hearts,
Roommate friendships torn apart.

Another party down the hall
Another game of floor football
"Hey who began that water fight?"
"Who put in that porn on movie night?"

A six-page paper still to write,
Four different meetings, all tonight,
Another one where I’m up late,
Oh well I’ll sleep after I graduate!

I often laugh, I sometimes cry,
I almost daily wonder "why?"
Why do I take on all this stuff?
An RAs job is just too tough!!

But when I think I’ve been stretched thin,
Someone asks, "Can I come in?"
"Thank you so much" they shyly say
"You really helped me out today."

Then suddenly my mind is clear
And I remember why I’m here.
It’s so much more than room and board,
My staff
My floor
The best rewards.

In my three years as a Resident Assistant, I have had the opportunity to work with some of the best residents that have ever passed through the halls of my university. My staff has sustained me, and I have never laughed so much as when I was working as a resident assistant.

Amy Connolly – Resident Assistant
Northern Illinois University – tigger2@niu.edu 

Do it big or stay in bed.
-Larry Kelly

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