Thursday, September 14, 2006
Should have stayed in bed!
Today was one of those days that started off bad and just snowballed into a miserable experience. I woke up this morning at 820 which means I did not set my alarm last night (or I slept right through it). Not only did I not get my morning work-out in, but of all days to be late there was an all staff meeting at 830 in the middle of campus (I live on the East side) and I needed to be presentable at the meeting. Yes, I thought I should call in sick - but no, I didn't. On my way out the door, I call one of my colleagues just so she can tell the boss I am on my way but my call wakes her so she tells me to give her 5 minutes and we can go together.
I wait and then she says I have the wrong location and we walk to where she insists the meeting is - but it wasn't (Why do I never listen to myself - I am ALWAYS right!!). We finally make it to the correct location and the only available seats are in the front of the room so we have to walk by everyone to get to our seats - no hiding that we are late!
Later in the afternoon, I go to give blood down the hall from my office. My appointment was at 2pm and I had a judicial meeting scheduled with a student for 330pm - plenty of time. But no, not with the way my day was going. First off, my right arm is prime for giving blood - I use it all the time and you can see all the holes from every time they stick me. The Red cross guy hits scar tissue and I can't think of a time that being stuck hurt more!
After they take the blood, I go to sit up and am instantly light headed and start to get tunnel vision so I have to lay back down. Then I start to sweat profusely. They give me ice packs and I lay for a bit and feel a little better. I walk to the juice and crackers table where they give me some juice and after I take two sips, I am told to put my head on the table, they yell for a chair and before I know it I am being moved to the "special" recovery area to lay down covered in ice packs while I sweat till my hair is soaked. Finally after 40 minutes of sweating and stomach cramps, I am better and I walk back to my office for my meeting which should have happened 5 minutes ago.
In my job, I have to meet with students who violate university policy. This isn't the first time I have met with a student (I have 4 years of experience!) but I act like a bumbling idiot, can't get the computer to work, and then ended up having the student sign the wrong forms. I had to track him down at his room later to get him to sign the correct form.
When the work day was over, I went home to lay down but was totally restless. I finally doze off but have to get back up so I can get things set up for my program tonight. We watched Survivor in the Cultural Lounge. I have to plan programs for the area that are cultural based and since Survivor was divided into tribes by races, I thought it was a good way to combine something I would be doing anyway with work.
I pulled out the popcorn machine and let it warm up. When I went to add the popcorn and oil the machine was smoking! I was so worried it was going to set off the building smoke detector! It didn't and we went with out popcorn for the evening. When I went to lock up the room, I could not find the key for the room. Thankfully, I found it behind the TV (it fell when I was hooking up the cable) because having to pay for a recore would have been an absolutely miserable way to end the day.
Today stunk and I am going to the place I should have just stayed all day - bed. Cross your fingers that tomorrow is better!
I wait and then she says I have the wrong location and we walk to where she insists the meeting is - but it wasn't (Why do I never listen to myself - I am ALWAYS right!!). We finally make it to the correct location and the only available seats are in the front of the room so we have to walk by everyone to get to our seats - no hiding that we are late!
Later in the afternoon, I go to give blood down the hall from my office. My appointment was at 2pm and I had a judicial meeting scheduled with a student for 330pm - plenty of time. But no, not with the way my day was going. First off, my right arm is prime for giving blood - I use it all the time and you can see all the holes from every time they stick me. The Red cross guy hits scar tissue and I can't think of a time that being stuck hurt more!
After they take the blood, I go to sit up and am instantly light headed and start to get tunnel vision so I have to lay back down. Then I start to sweat profusely. They give me ice packs and I lay for a bit and feel a little better. I walk to the juice and crackers table where they give me some juice and after I take two sips, I am told to put my head on the table, they yell for a chair and before I know it I am being moved to the "special" recovery area to lay down covered in ice packs while I sweat till my hair is soaked. Finally after 40 minutes of sweating and stomach cramps, I am better and I walk back to my office for my meeting which should have happened 5 minutes ago.
In my job, I have to meet with students who violate university policy. This isn't the first time I have met with a student (I have 4 years of experience!) but I act like a bumbling idiot, can't get the computer to work, and then ended up having the student sign the wrong forms. I had to track him down at his room later to get him to sign the correct form.
When the work day was over, I went home to lay down but was totally restless. I finally doze off but have to get back up so I can get things set up for my program tonight. We watched Survivor in the Cultural Lounge. I have to plan programs for the area that are cultural based and since Survivor was divided into tribes by races, I thought it was a good way to combine something I would be doing anyway with work.
I pulled out the popcorn machine and let it warm up. When I went to add the popcorn and oil the machine was smoking! I was so worried it was going to set off the building smoke detector! It didn't and we went with out popcorn for the evening. When I went to lock up the room, I could not find the key for the room. Thankfully, I found it behind the TV (it fell when I was hooking up the cable) because having to pay for a recore would have been an absolutely miserable way to end the day.
Today stunk and I am going to the place I should have just stayed all day - bed. Cross your fingers that tomorrow is better!
# posted by Tracy @ 8:49 PM 
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