Busyness

1/21/10

The Safest Job on Campus

So, there I am, sitting at work, waiting for the grammar contract client to show up. They never did, but the rest of the library's human contents did. Why? Tornado warning, complete with a campus-wide alarm that has this annoying voice (won the contest for most annoying voice EVER, that voice did). The all-clear sounded ten minutes before my shift at the Writing Center, which is in the basement. The annoying alarm voice made it impossible to concentrate, and there were tons of people talking. We were relieved when the alarm went off, and we all had this corporate noise of resignation when it came back on five minutes later. Anyway, we were in the basement, and so all was well. (It didn't hurt that the real potential for tornadic weather was a good distance away, to the north of us, and moving in a northeasterly direction. Knowledge all gleaned from weather.com and family members obsessed with weather.)

Fitness for Life

I had my second pre-assessment today. It was depressing, slightly. I only got 31 sit-ups, 11 guy pushups, am heavier than I was a few months ago (though I did eat a few hours before class),  and feel that my partner is disgustingly healthy, compared to me. Good thing we're not graded based on comparisons between people, but on ourselves. Also, I got to see the Gym-Masters' gym, with its springy floor. That was cool.

Homework...Time Management...ARGH

I usually am decently good with time management. But I didn't realize how time consuming 300-level classes are. Argh. I'll figure out. Also, I have a lot of tests and things due in two weeks. ARGH. Then a concert right after that, the music for which is being frustrating to me because it's supposed to go fast and I can't go that fast yet. ARGH. I haven't been able to freewrite much; it's been essay this and paper that. ARGH. But I am doing something good by getting an education, so not ARGH, but YAY.

Onto homework. More later.