Must... sleep...

I've been incognito for a little while. I have a good reason - I'm working at a Teach For America summer institute. The last week and a half have been set up weeks, except this year, we had a twist - 350 corps members arrived about a week early for their regional induction. The other institutes had a full week and half to prepare for their first corps member arrival. We had less than a week.

The result? Long nights, putting out fires, and not being able to get anything done while the corps members are here (because they need a lot of attention).

In the past week, I've gotten an average of 4-5 hours a night, sometimes more, usually less. I haven't been able to exercise. I am so tired.

Working a large event/conference like the New York summer institute gives you an interesting perspective. It lets you see how picky and outrageously demanding some people can be, to the point of lying to get what they want. An example: I handle residential operations (housing, food, etc). We have two dorms. One is modern (e.g nice) and one is "quaint". Staff and corps members in the "quaint" dorm have told me flat out lies, have tried to use their sex appeal, have tried to guilt-trip me, have tried to bribe me to switch them into the modern dorm.

Our policy: no switches. Two reasons: 1) no room 2) bad precedent. Oh, and a third reason is that there's some fire code that requires a certain ratio of staff members to corps members (like RAs to students)... or so I'm told.

Anyway, so tired...