Update (long)

Monday-Tuesday -- Atlanta with shadesong and company. Absolutely wonderful. Saw dark_blade and ryokan and met enchant. Lounged around, watched Olympics, read Terry Pratchett, and overall had a wonderful mini-vacation.

Wednesday -- Drive back to Columbia and training at the School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as SOM) library. I'm really looking forward to working there. It will be almost entirely nights and weekends on my own and they're *very* relaxed there. Allison (my boss) said to make sure and bring plenty of classwork in with me, since that's probably what I'll be doing most of the time, and that I'm free to eat at the desk and casually mentioned that there are even pizza places that will deliver directly to the library. I think I'm going to love this job.

Thursday -- First day of classes. Everything that could go wrong that morning did. Accidently set my alarm for an hour later than I had planned to get up, so when it went off I had exactly half an hour to be sitting in class. Then the route I usually take to campus was closed due to construction and I had to take a detour in horrible traffic. Not to mention the damn campus jaywalkers that would walk out in front of cars even when the light was green such that I had to sit through the same light 3 times before I could finally get through. Then I had to spend almost 20 minutes looking for a parking space. So I was 15 minutes late to my first class. Wonderful first impression that made. Oh, and since the parking space I finally found and took in desperation had a meter with a limit far short of when my classes were actually over, I got two parking tickets by the time I got back.

That said, the classes themselves were wonderful and I'm really looking forward to the readings. And I got to go out for dinner with harkalark who was in town. So it was not a bad day overall.

My schedule

Ok so I knew this I'd have a horrible schedule this semester, but I didn't think it'd be *this* horrible.

All my attempts to consolidate things failed. I now work or have class 7 days a week. Yup, that's right. No days off at all. I *hate* that. I'd rather do a bunch of long days and a few days off than 7 half days. But that's the only thing that would work. Grrrr.

So, for those of you who care, the actual schedule is behind the cut tag. Columbia people, particularly mmirabilis, *please* feel free to stop by and visit me any time I'm working the SOM library (except 12-5 Fridays when I'm shelving), and Sundays at the Science Library. I'm sure I could really use the company.

( my horrible schedule )

link of the day

http://www.theescapist.com/random011102.htm

Plans

Tonight:

• Find out from Tommy what time his mini-party at Art Bar will be


• Read Emerson introduction


• Go to mini-party for Tommy at Art Bar


• Home by 10 and in bed by 11

Tomorrow:

• Be at SOM library at 7:55 for opening training. Depending on how well I slept I may stick around for a few hours more training then or I might go home and go back to bed and come back later.


• Read Emerson


• Shelve classics


• Spend some hours before closing at the SOM observing. Closing training at the SOM 7:30pm


• Start Spenser

Sunday:

• Work at Science Library 1-10


• Work on online usage statistics project


• Continue Spenser

Monday:

• Work at Science Libary 11-3


• Meet Dr. Thesing at 3:45


• Finish Spenser

(no subject)

"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
"The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer."
While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
He cries to the moon
"If only, if only."

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply;
Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.
Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
Fly high, my baby bird,
My angel, my only.