brown+orange=total domination

each year, res. life is in charge of putting on a huge event where each living area competes against the other one. i had a lot of fun my freshman year. last year wasn't quite as much fun as i didn't really know my residents/not many came. i loved getting to know my staff better through the decorating process/clean-up, but it was a little sad to have the smallest turn-out. and the houses won.

this year, i was a little less than enthusiastic going into this. year #3 and honestly, my expectation was that the fun would be setting up for the event, but that we would lose again, with the smallest represention of our residents.

the whole evening turned out to be pretty fun. decorations looked great, thanks to carrie.
we tried on costumes-testing them for one of the games. i was a bride as i decorated. rob proposed to me in his clown costumed. i accepted, of course. sarah looked lovely as a hershey kiss, while matt was sporting the m&m look.
after dinner, we returned to finish set-up. carrie painted brown stars on any apt. staff girl who would allow her near their face. my star didn't end up staying on for too long, since the first game i played involved my face being dunked in a bowl of water. lots of brown drippy-ness. lacey and i put up posters-some were quite high up and she acted as my support. good teamwork.

we went back to our areas to retrieve residents. brett drove me back so i didn't have to walk back with a brown star on my face. so kind of him...i informed him that apartments were going to dominate houses this year.

jodi was the supportive room-mate who accompanied me to the main event. while quite a few of my residents came, it was evident that apartments were by far the smallest group again. well, except for the 15 enthusastic commuters...
just a tad bit intimidating to see
the swarms of green shirted pcwb residents...
the mass of red shirted individuals hailing from co-ed...
the herd of blue making up hms...
and of course the reigning and very enthusiastic champions, houses...

as the evening progressed, i was a bit surprised to discover that the orange and brown apartments were holding their own. our numbers were few, but amazingly, we were in the top of the competition. our group really took one for the team. i covered my face in water and rice krispies. i had my face painted like a clown by a blind-folded team member. i "sumo-wrestled" a guy while holding an exercise ball.

before long, the last event was finishing and the totals were being tallied. and the apartments were the CHAMPIONS! what a triumph!

clean up came next. returning large decorations to coffin basement. returning trikes to martha's apt. watching brett break one of the trikes. =) taking signs down with lacey. several trips to the janitor's closet with lacey. giving brett massage face, much to lisa's dismay. cheering for the effective shoe-scuff-scrubbers with lisa. showering. going to bed.

go APT!