Well, here I sit, for the third afternoon in a row, filling in for the secretary to the Dean of Finance. I was asked to help out on Tuesday because her mom had to go to the hospital, but never did I imagine that 2 days later I would still be here. If it had been anyone else I probably could have said no, but since this is one of the Deans of the college, I don't have much choice.

I haven't gotten any work done all week. It seems like everybody has something they need done, right away, 5 minutes ago. And of course, most of it doesn't relate to my work. I have fixed more people's problems this week than I've actually paid bills. I guess that's what happens when you've worked just about every department and know what's going on. Someone said yesterday that not too much longer and I'd be running the college. I don't know about all that, but it was a nice thing to say.

I've been so tired this week. We went to Jennifer's last night so Jeff could install her new iMac, and I fell asleep almost immediately after sitting down. And I thought I'd been doing good the last few days by going to bed at 12:30! Well, except for last night, but that's another story that I'll let Jeff tell when he wakes up :)

I'm so excited it's Thursday. Arguably the best night of TV (Monday coming in a close second). I just hope I can stay awake for it all. :) Isn't it sad when the most exciting part of your week is watching a tv show? Oh well. That's just this week. Maybe next week will be more exciting.

In 2 weekends Jeff and I will start the seemingly endless tour of custom vehicle shows for the summer. Since he's going to be taking pictures for several different people and/or websites, I think we're going to be hitting all the ones we can. Which is ok by me. Isn't Jeff lucky to have someone that totally supports his crazy hobbies? Ok, off my soapbox now.

School is winding down for all the college folks again. I can't believe it's been 2 years already. They went by so fast. Much faster than when I was actually in school. Craziness. I've been looking for announcements about my high school having a reunion, but have yet to find anything. So if anyone comes across Tabb High School Class of 1996 reunion, please let me know. I guess we've past the 5 year mark, so I shouldn't expect anything until the 10th or 15th year, huh? Yikes, let's not go there.

The State has decided that since we're not getting raises this year, that they'll give us a "bonus." For me, since I was hired after October 2001, my bonus will be prorated. Which sucks, but is better than not getting one at all. The only thing now is that I have to decide whether I want to take it as bonus pay or leavetime. Truthfully, I'd be getting more money from the deal if I took the leave, but I could use the actually money more. So now I'm torn. And I have to decide by the end of this month. I could take it 50/50, but since I'm only getting 5 days leave or some wacky percentage of my pay anyway, doesn't seem worth it to split. Well, if anyone has any suggestions, let me know.

I'm off to find something exciting to do for the next 2 hours; wish me luck!