Ugh...

I just realized
That all the posts
Thus far

Are in
The wrong
Time zone...

This makes me
ANGRY
Because it's
Wrong...

Darnit.

Ah, The Joys of the Desk...

Ah, behold the joys of the midnight to 4 a.m. shift...
Fueled by energy drinks, and driven to stay awake
Mostly because they'll fire me if I don't...
I embark on a wonderful continuation of my shift...

MonsterKhaos is actually a tasty energy drink...
Mostly they taste like Hell... but that one was good...
BAWLs is lined up for hte next few hours...
The only problem is not being allowed to leave the desk...
And eventually, I will have to pee... this is the problem...

In between blogging, and chatting with a friend
About relationship crises... exactly my cup of tea...
I'm watching The X-Files... I'm on disc 2 of season 2...
And in case you care, the new movie comes out Friday.

This will most likely be my last post for a few weeks...
I work 12-4, then 10-1 tomorrow... and then I'm on duty
Friday I have to do a key pull for a conference
Then I work 4-10 at night, and I'm leaving for home

Uncle Danny (who I haven't seen in years and years)
Is having a party, and for reasons unknown and miraculous
My parents actually WANT to go... They never do family stuff...
So that's what we're doing Saturday... then heading home

By Sunday afternoon, I should be Johnson's Island bound...
Nothing but relaxation, and family time for a week...
One whole glorious, wonderful week without desk shifts...
No lockouts or AC problems, no noise violations, no checkouts...

I only have to get through the rest of this week... that's all
Because after a week of vaction, I'm pretty sure that no matter
What happens in the end of the summer semester, I can handle it
The rest and relaxation is all that I need... and I can't wait

For now, I'm going to wrap up this blog post...
The X-Files is getting pretty interesting...
Mulder is making out with vampire chick
And vampire dude is PISSED...

The plot thickens... dun dun dunnnn
Time to watch the episode
And drink my other energy drink
An hour and a half to go...

Desk Shift # 36,274

Blarggh.....I take that back...
Double BLARRRGGGHHH!

Working yet another desk shift...
This time, I'm working on what should be my break
Because I'm on weekend duty
But because it's the holiday weekend,
No one else wanted to work...
And hey, why ruin their holiday too?

Anyway, I'm working 10-2 today
And I was on duty the last two nights...
I'm on tonight as well
And then desk 10-2 tomorrow,
And the other desk from 8-12 at night.
All this makes for a lovely (ugh) 4th of July weekend.

There were some good things...
Brittany and Nicole came up to visit me
And we went out to dinner...
Though we had to hurry back
Because I was on duty...
We played with sparklers
And Gregg from the desk joined us for a little...
I try to brighten everyone's crappy holidays...

At any rate, I got through the night...
Now only one more to go...
On the brighter side,
All this has given me much more time
To read more books!

Seven A.M. Can Blow Me...

So... it's 7:30 in the morning...
And I am working the desk...
Until 4:00 tonight...
And that makes me want to cry
Because I am on duty tonight...
Which means I will not be sleeping
For quite some time...
And if you know me at all,
I like me some sleep...

So anyway, this has been a long week.
I had a lovely weekend with Connie.
We went to lovely Vermilion
And walked around the Fish Festival
All day Saturday...
And we did not think about the desk
Or duty... Or the millions of other things
That were waiting for us back in Kent...
We just had fun.
We ate lots of junk food, and went to the beach
And picked up fun rocks and things like that.

When we stopped at my house
So my Dad could put my new license plates
On my new car (new enough, anyway...)
My Mom and Dad both appeared to be
NORMAL
And if you know my parents at all
You could understand my apprehension
At introducing someone new to them.
But they were nice...
And like normal parents
And it was strange, and it made me happy
Even if it was only a one time occurance.

I took pictures, and soon I will post them
Because it was a lovely fun time.
But it still doesn't make today suck any less...

Settled In

So it's June now,
And all our summer school students
Moved in yesterday.

The halls are full
And they're all bright eyed
And bushy tailed.
It's good to have people here again.

At night
It gets all quiet...
Like the wind is whispering secrets
Only they're the ones
You were never supposed to hear.
And it feels lonely.
Very lonely.
But now it's populated
And pleasant.

Anyway, I'm totally settled in now
At least, I think I am.
I'm going home Saturday
For the Fish Festival...
Connie is going to come too
And we're going to eat fair food.
And not think about the residence halls
Or the desk
Or anything besides fun.

Have a nice evening!

An RA's Nightmare...

So today, I managed to put up 4 bulletin boards.
I got all my butcher block paper
From the Korb office,
And I moved a fridge and microwave to my room.
Right now I am cooking dinner

On top of this, I still have:
Room Condition Reports (RCRs) for 2 1/2 floors
Which means about 50-60 rooms
And Door decs
For the same number...

Back in my normal building, I have about 40 girls
And 20 rooms... One bulletin board
Maybe two, depending on whose turn it is
To do the middle board.

So this building
And this summer
May just be
A little taste
Of Hell.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone!

Busy Bee...

I know I haven't posted much
I only had a few days off
Before I headed back to campus
For the summer RA job
Which has been crazy so far.

Right now, I'm home
For the last time in awhile, probably.
And I'm sitting here
Enjoying the ice cream cone Mommy made me
Which has strawberry in the bottom
Vanilla in the middle
And chocolate on top
Just like it used to when I was little.
We made apple pie too
Which is in the oven.
It's been a good weekend.

I got a new car.
A '99 Mercury Sable.
It's red, and it doesn't break down
And all the windows work
And it has air conditioning
And a radio...
Needless to say, it's a vast improvement on the last car...

Well, I have to be getting ready to head back to school...
Everyone have a lovely summer!