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Ahhhh a long bike ride and an afternoon soaking in California sun was just what the doctor ordered :) I feel good ~_~

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Ahhh today was a day off for the first time in 2.5 weeks! Well, sort-of–we still had some mingling to do with the first-years, but they were busy with tests all morning, so I got to sleep in until 10:30a or so. I got enough sleep last night :D I’m stoked.

It feels weird to not be with the 16 people I’ve been with this entire time…and kind of sad. I’m in RA withdrawl :(

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Hi, first-years, welcome to Claremont, I’m Talya, your first-floor RA…I hope we have a good year together….

this is weird.

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Phew, RA training is DONE! I feel ready for anything, so that’s a good thing.

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Well, today was rather full, with diversity training all day and a fire drill thereafter…funstuff :) Shoot, I was going to buy books tonight…I better do that now…

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Just BEAT IT! :spank spank: just BEAT IT! :spank spank:

I hope you all appreciated the water balloons :)

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I have Michael Jackson stuck in my head.

Occidental is a pretty cool place, and Oxy people are a lot of fun, even when they’re pretending to be drunk for a crazy RA session.

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Kevin: It’s according to weather.com…
Talya: I’m not on weather.com…I’m on eucalyptus-tree.real-life, so nyah!

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I want to let you know that each and every one of you is a beautiful person and that healthy eating habits are essential to your basic everyday needs. Five years ago a Pitzer RA died as a result of an eating disorder. Tell your friends.

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blah, too many heavy topics today…on suicide, eating disorders, mediating…crazy stuff. Tomorrow is supposed to have a really really heavy session too.