Time Wasting Ace

I have really gone above and beyond when it comes to wasting time here at the University desk job. I'm pretty certain procrastination is hailed here, it's definitely suggested and encouraged! Anyways...I have a few things to do today, but I have just really learned to pace myself and therefore every time I take a trip from the supply closet down to the work room, I detour to my office and check my e-mail, Facebook, my phone, or any other technological thing that may have updated. At least time is flying by today! Heck, there's only an hour and twenty minutes until we all load into cars and head over to the new office space to check it out. I'm so pleased that we're moving to Liberty instead of up to Northwood. Holy muffins that would have been rough indeed. The fact that we have to move still blows, just a little less due to the close proximity to the Chateau. :) Well...the previous two paragraphs were created on Tuesday...and it is now Thursday and we are back in the exact same position. Although, I did get to make a trip to FedEx Office this morning (yeah, it's no longer Kinko's...weird) to get the Ciao Dining inserts trimmed. That's the most excitement I've experienced here in a very long time! The only downside (which was major) is that it took a solid fifteen minutes to find a new parking spot when I returned. Little Oswego Street was all full, sad day. Especially after my ace of a parallel park job this morning. I guess practice really does help the scales lean towards perfection! This evening I must shuttle the Virginian to the airport again. He's vacating the Deuce to celebrate the Bro's high school gradumatation slash visit the fam and the great state of Virginia. I really am quite a fan! Of it all! Last night was a girl's night...The Last Song is currently playing at the Dollar Theater, so naturally we had to attend. SWG and I could not stop crying. JChro and KNood held themselves together quite gracefully, I was impressed. But hello depression city! Holy wow. Also, it's really a shame that Miley Cyrus had to be the main character in it, because I personally think she ruined it. With the snaggletooth and the twelve-year-old face...plus the whacky faces she seems to not have control over...and the whole being Hannah Montana thing just made if very difficult to take seriously. The movie was really good, it just would have been about twelve times better without Miley. Bah. Anyways, on that note I better go find the paper cutter and finish up these binders that I love so much...

Worky Work...Busy Bee?

**Alright I'm not entirely certain why the actual blog post won't show my separate paragraphs...so I apologize, but my attempts at editing the HTML are currently failing...** I nearly bit it on my casual bike ride to work this morning due to a little spider that decided to hitch a ride on my arm. How did it get there? I haven't a clue, I started swiping to see what was causing the tickle, and lo and behold a spider had taken up residence on the underside of my arm. Swatting ensued, as well as swerving, but I made it out alive. I'm currently doing what this University job has taught me to do so well. Procrastinating, being unproductive, lazing around on the job, etc. They tend to complain when I complete tasks in what I consider to be the amount of time necessary, but considering nothing ever gets done at the U, I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised that there are complaints about "over" productivity. Today I successfully wasted three hours doing absolutely nothing except for farting around on the internet while listening to music. Oh, and reading up on sea otters for one of my other pointless tasks that I am attempting to draw out for as long as is humanly possible. This pointless task includes "learning" a program that I am already familiar with thanks to United Way. I get the royal task of replacing all of the text in the newsletter and adding links just to show her that I am capable. Now, this is a Conferences Services Newsletter, but I get to fill it with whatever text I want. Hence, sea animals. Yeah I'm not sure why I chose sea animals. It tends to be one of my go-to subject areas. I guess I just never knew what level was possible when it came to lacking productivity. I do now. What a learning experience! I accompanied the Virginian to his humble abode for Memorial Day Weekend and although I arrived as a giant nervous (and nauseous) wreck, by the end of the weekend I was not ready to go home! It's possible they didn't feel the same way, but I'm hoping I passed the test! The weekend was filled with plenty of food, a lot of entertaining brotherly interactions, countless introductions (although a certain someone tends to slightly suck at introducing people), an adventure down the Shenandoah, and plenty of pretty Virginia sights. The eight hour drive home wasn't ideal, but it definitely did not feel like it was anywhere near eight hours...thank goodness for Aretha Franklin, 98 Degrees, and a wondrous smattering of other such musical wonders. Booked a couple of camping trips for the summer! Just had to make sure that nearly every single weekend has something scheduled...yikes. About that breather from the crazy activity-filled school year? Yeah it's not actually really happening. But I'm okay with that...I much prefer to be busy over bored! The Three Musketeer group is headed up to Fisherman's Island State Park for a lakeside camping adventure in the beginning of July, followed up by a trip to Leelanau State Park for yet another lakeside camping adventure to acquaint the Virginian with the Michigan wilderness at the end of July. Gotta love the mitten!