{"id":804,"date":"2010-11-18T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=804"},"modified":"2010-11-18T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:37:12","slug":"youve-been-on-the-road-too-long-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2010\/11\/18\/youve-been-on-the-road-too-long-when\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve Been on the Road Too Long When\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/11\/JuliaSanders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-411\" title=\"JuliaSanders\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/11\/JuliaSanders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>As an admissions staff, we criss-crossed the country this fall, meeting with students while visiting over 1,000 high schools.  For many of us, visiting with students in their hometowns is a highlight of this job but it can be exhausting.  Here\u2019s how you know you\u2019ve been on the road too long:<\/p>\n<p>-Running low on toiletries, you go MacGyver with office supplies.  Paper clips to hold your hair back?  More than once.<\/p>\n<p>-Your steady diet of comfort food &#8211; grilled cheese, French onion soup, buffalo tenders , etc. &#8211; has literally SPLIT your favorite business casual slacks.<\/p>\n<p>-You meet someone in line at the Panera and your first question is \u201cSo what are you thinking about studying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Your relationship with your GPS (Jennifer) has grown so rocky that you start giving her time-outs in the glove compartment.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good thing we&#8217;re home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Julia Sanders<br \/>\nAssistant Director of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an admissions staff, we criss-crossed the country this fall, meeting with students while visiting over 1,000 high schools. For many of us, visiting with students in their hometowns is a highlight of this job but it can be exhausting. Here\u2019s how you know you\u2019ve been on the road too long: -Running low on toiletries, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2010\/11\/18\/youve-been-on-the-road-too-long-when\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You\u2019ve Been on the Road Too Long When\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[206],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions-staff","category-julia-sanders","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}