"crash into me..."

I'm sitting at the front desk at work today. Because The Office comes back today, I am honoring it by pretending to be Pam. Definitely not as great of a receptionist as she is, but I heard that she's in art school anyways for awhile. Last Thursday I sat as the front desker because 6 people were out with sickness, and I got sick over the weekend. Thank you so much. It's been kind of strange. I've gone through multiple stages including coughing, nausea, sinus pressure, head swelling, loss of balance (probably looked drunk trying to walk to work today--luckily I took the bus so I didn't endanger anyone on the road), vision impairments, and insomnia. I might have made up the last one because I thought it sounded cool though.

Tyson and I are taking Aggie Wrangler dance lessons and have another one tonight. Last week was our first lesson and it was pretty interesting. It was supposed to be on campus, so we got there 15 minutes early like we were told to do...only to find that it had been moved to Harry's. Awesome. Luckily Ty knew some crazy fast shortcuts and we bypassed the 5:00 traffic and arrived exactly on time! We learned the polka, as well as quarter and half turns in both directions. It was nice because we definitely got to laugh at ourselves (and each other) a lot.

Well the real receptionist actually came back so I am going to find something to do. Have a great day! :o)

"i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts...deedely dee"

I am sitting in the annex, super procrastinating writing papers...which is bad, because I've pretty much done that all week. I have three five page papers, and I've researched one. Practically ready to start writing. Almost. The problem is, they were supposed to be due the 30th, but because of the power outages in Houston, our prof suspended all deadlines until the end of the semester. The ultimate problem with that is that he said it was temporary, which means that I guess he could reassign them whenever. Yikes. Oh, and I've got a presentation tomorrow.

Well I think that was the sufficient push to get me to work...I'm (only a little) stressed.

"if you haven't evacuated yet and you're in galveston, FORGET ABOUT IT."

Well today has been a super busy day of hunkering down. A&M was closed (except for "essential personnel") today, which is only a little sad since I have neither class nor work on Fridays. I have been super not productive, instead watching Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel pretty much all day. I actually just stalked him online and found his (almost) life story. It was fascinating. I did make everyone watch "The Day After Tomorrow" and Tyson did say later that it made Ike seem less intense. Mission accomplished.

I am so very tired but I do not want to miss the 50 mph winds that will come in a few hours! Also, we managed to find D batteries this afternoon and I would really like the chance to use them. Is that bad? Probably. Well I am off to find some medicine because I am crazy congested.

"you're scared to know i'm always on your mind."

Last week’s small taste of the end of September weather was so wonderful. A high of 95 degrees is so much more pleasant than 102. Alas, real-beginning-of-September weather is back, and is continuing to bring hurricane threats with it.

I wish I could watch all the seasons of Alias, Veronica Mars, 24, and Arrested Development. But I have school. Blech. Christmas break = watching tv shows on dvd + cricut + me.

Tuesdays are super busy for me, even though nothing is really going on at work today. I work from 8:30-1:30, pick up kids and baby-sit from 2:45-4:30ish, and now I have Bible Study at 6 in legit College Station. Plus I think we’re going to Breakaway afterwards. I got an email today that last week they had to turn away hundreds of people from the 9pm Breakaway because they’re in Rudder. I think it’s pretty crazy that Reed is a “disaster site” or whatever it’s called.

Other than that, I really am just trying to stay caught up with school. Which I need to do a lot of tonight. Also, it’s Taco Tuesday but I don’t think I can go. :o(