Saturday, January 29, 2011

A day in the life of res halls

Meal of the week: a ten second review of dining hall food
Personal pizza fresh out of the oven. $4.50. Four toppings of your choice and baked right in front of you. Extra toppings are 75 cents each.
When/where? Lunch at Foodworx!
Delicious? Sad to say, it took me an entire quarter before dragging myself to Foodworx. I only wish it weren't so far from my Marshall dorms! My pizza was super delicious (what pizza isn't, actually?) and enough to fill me up happily. Foodworx itself is a little small and out of the way, but I sure would like a wrap from there right about now...

We're in the midst of the first round of midterms. Yikes. You can do it guys! I've been catching up on all the work I procrastinated for the last four weeks of school....

Midterms and studies aside, my suite was hit with its fair share of problems in the last few weeks. First of all, we were hit with a string of internet problems. Mine was a result of not reregistering my connection at the beginning of the quarter--uh, yeah. Don't be forgetful like me and remember to register your computer! Don't assume they continue to give you access to the internet (like I did), because they sure don't...haha....If you did forget and need to register or if you have general tech problems, call 858-534-2267. The people on line are very nice, patient people and are skilled enough to help the less technologically savvy fix their problems all through the phone.

Our next problem in our halls came in the form of something dark and slimy: mold. I don't know the exact details, but our suite developed a very strange, foul smell for several days, and one of the girls fell very ill. When the girls first called maintenance (858-534-2600), the results were disappointing at first: they didn't believe there were any problems in our suite. However, actions were taken and after a thorough checking of the ill girl's room and our suite, we were declared mold free (at last)! 

These numbers, along with ones such as the RA on duty and the emergency help number, are usually listed on the main bulletin board or somewhere in your suite or building. However, I don't think people do know them as well as they should--personally, I've overlooked that small slip of paper listing the important numbers for the majority of last quarter. People would constantly tell me, "Call the help number if you get in trouble or call an escort!" but no one would actually know the escort number if I asked (which is, for the record, 858-534-WALK).

Lastly, my RA is hosting a building competition that involves raising fish! Meet our new suite pet Pig, a female betta fish who loves to hide in her blue decorative plant:
-Rosanne

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