Week 8: Homecoming Week/Trevor Birr

To be a leader means to step up when you’re not asked.  To step up even when you don’t want too. And to do good even when no one is watching.

This week that’s exactly what Trevor did.  I’ve known Trevor for over a year now, and we’ve had a lot of really great times together.  From going to dairy queen, to building a Christmas Gingerbread Trailer Park with other Hallmates, to watching Bones, and to just having Breakfast together, Trevor has impressed me many times.  But this week, I was impressed more than I can properly express.  

As it was Homecoming Week, this week held a lot of hurdles that I, as a PA, had to overcome.  And it was having Trevor there behind me that helped make it manageable. Cardboard boat was destined to be a failure. Though people said they wanted to do it, no one was stepping up.  The week prior, Ellen got people to sign up, but no one was actually attempting to make the boat.  And it was difficult to know if I was supposed to take the initiative and force them to make it, or if I was just supposed to let it slide, and not make a boat this year. 

Fortunately, on Wednesday, Trevor stepped up.  I went with him to pick up cardboard, and to buy duct tape, and even though we faced difficulties, by the end of the night we had the base of a boat done! I went to bed that night grateful.  Grateful things were working out, and grateful for Trevor, who I knew didn’t really want to head up cardboard boat, but was still willing to because it needed to be done.

From there, things just started getting better.  We finished our boat.  Trevor drove it down to the park in his truck.  We had a big barbecue at Chutes and Ladders.  And when it came down to it, we totally lost in the race.  Like, didn’t even make it off the starting line, lost. 

It was great.

I was so proud, not only of Trevor, but of my entire house.  People came together, and worked as a team.  For a moment, differences were put aside. 

And I believe that none of that would have happened if Trevor hadn’t stepped up.

This week a lot of really great things happened:

I found out I got the 4^th highest grade on my first Combinatorics Exam.

I champed my Calc 3 Exam.

I didn’t completely fail my Abstract Algebra Exam

I hung out with Nicole, who I hadn’t spent time with in Forever

I saw 'Brave' in Fisher

I saw 'Pitch Perfect' at the Houghton Cinema (a Classy establishment)

I saw my good friends Jade and Sophie perform at Coffeehouse

I watched the Vice Presidential Debate with my House

And We lost Cardboard Boat…and I couldn’t be more proud.

Quote of the Week: “Ninety percent of life is just showing up” – Woody Allen