Blog=Procrastination

I have so much work to do to catch up from my trip this past weekend but I think I'll do the blog instead.

As most of you know, I flew out to Columbus, Ohio (no that's not a fake name) last week to visit the Ohio State University out there. I am currently in the process of applying to graduate schools for Student Affairs and that was my first interview weekend. I have actually already been accepted into that school (and the one I currently work at), so I was interviewing for what are called assistantships, part time jobs that pay me in tuition and small stipends. Overall, I think the interviews went very well and I hope to hear back from them in a few weeks.

For this reason you saw my irritated traveling post last week. My point remains, I hate traveling but I love seeing new places. Columbus is a tad bit colder than where I am currently located. I can't recalled the last time I woke up, through on a nice suit and then heavy snow gear to face 1 degree temperatures (that's because that's never happened to me before). And it was so sunny outside too! In Columbus, the sun is a lie.

I did get to walk across the little pond they have on campus. When I later told people this they all thought I'd done the stupidest thing in the world. Why? I asked. Because you could have fallen in! They replied. I found this response strange considering temperatures hadn't risen above 30 in the last two weeks (at least), and there had been plenty of footprints on the snow that had covered the pond. Didn't they walk across this pond all the time? I thought. Apparently, most people in Ohio had not considered this. I was there for less than 48 hours and had already done something most of the people I spoke to had never done. Now that's what I call traveling!

I spent my evening at Summercamp, catching up with some work stuff and doing further procrastination. I decided to follow Naysayer P Smith around on his duty rounds. I met him and the police officer from a previous incident chatting. The interesting thing about police officers, they are usually pretty cool guys, but they don't really acknowledge the presence of anyone who they don't need to. I said hi to the guy and tried to introduce myself, but he didn't even really make eye contact. Whatever. I thought. So then I follow Naysayer up to another incident and we end up meeting the police officer again. He walks straight to me and asks for my ID. Confused, I begin pulling it out before Naysayer goes, Oh, he's with me! The officer had forgotten seeing me just 15 minutes before and thought I was the culprit! Oh cops.

After a third incident in just one hour, the cops new my face and went back to not acknowledging my existence. I was going to offer him a water bottle, but he never even looked at me so fine! Be thirsty! I was able to help the poor RA, Dr. Coheed Smiles, quenching her thirst from multiple marijuana incidents. At least she didn't get the munchies.

Someone who did acknowledge my presence was mother nature. On my way home from Summercamp I noticed some residents staring out at their window at me. One of them pointed and I turned to see a big, fluffy raccoon about two feet away from me. Oh nature, how you like to keep me on my toes, literally because I had visions of rabies from this ringtailed little bandit being inflicted upon my sandalled toes. (Yea I was playing language and imagery in that last sentence I don't know if I like it...) He was actually kind of cute and I took a picture with my weak phone. Just another day at work.

Speaking of phones, I think I'm finally going to upgrade to something with internet. While I keep exploiting my technology endowed friends to consult their portable oracles, it's time I earned my own. And my current phone keeps dying. Sorry if you keep trying to call. I'll get it eventually.

That's all for now. On to my other work.

-JTY

Currently Reading: Tips for Being a Resident Assistant- Naysayer told me to skim it. I wonder if he knew it was not about dorm RAs but rather nursing home ones...

Currently listening to: "Bliss"-Muse

Currently Playing- I think I will pull out Mario Galaxy 2 again... and Brawl. I need more Brawl.