stress

Crap, is work busy. I expected this and all, but it's a little ridiculous. It's calmed down a little since the very first day of the term, but still well into 'crazy' range. On the plus side, my days go by amazingly quickly. And it is true, the U doesn't let you blow your nose without a form, and I'm now in charge of locating, handing out, xeroxing, and telling people what to do with said forms. Eh. They all have a definite function and I understand why they exist, but it gets a little trying. I recommended Brazil to a frazzled, adorably flamingly gay piano TA. I hope he watches it. Still like the job, though. The students, generally, are really nice. And I got thanked for being so nice about a crappy paperwork situation that I couldn't do much about the other day. It made me feel much better about the whole thing. Bleh. And karlyn_de_steno came to visit today! That'll make you feel better about most anything, too. And lostbutton came and delivered the last episodes of Firefly that I missed 'cause I was on the way back from Chicago! yaaaay. And s4 picked me up, and bought groceries to make lasagne, and bought wine and beer, so my stressful week and the grumpy mood I found myself in at the food and beer stores is evaporating right quick. I think the beer is helping.

Looking forward to my weekend, a full night's sleep, and a whole two days without permission numbers or elective lessons or audition information or grade change forms or time conflict forms or student petitions or recital petitions or supplementary grade forms or credit-by-exam forms or cancel/add/drop forms or evaluation forms or major declaration forms or major clearance forms or locker information forms or keycard checkout forms or networks being down or spreadsheets not working or anything like that.

Yup.

Happy Birthday, Ethel!