Oh yeah
I just got a tour of the new res hall. An almost personal tour at that, by the head of res life. I'm so excited for fall - the new buildings are amazing. I haven't been in my building yet (not quite done), but it's apartments, so it's going to be even better than the suites I got to see. I really like the furniture they chose - the desks have trays that pull out to increase work space, and so does the dresser (!!). And the dresser and desk are the same height, so you can push them together and make one giant area. The beds have different heights, and are loftable, plus they come with these cool little shelves that hook over the edge for your alarm clock and stuff. Our living room is going to be huge. (Clearly, we shall have to have parties. Conveniently, my birthday is on a Friday this year.) And it comes with two comfy chairs and a couch. The view from the windows is gorgeous. Just the building in itself is cool, with all the lounge spaces, the fire place, the patio out back... Negative things: no closet doors (?!) though there is a bar for putting up a curtain; no bookcases in the bedrooms because they ran out of money (!!) so if you're rich or know rich people, donate money to CSC furniture fund for our bookcases; the color in some of the living rooms is this bright red-orange color, because it's the college President's favorite color (it's not exactly ugly, but it's really bright, and not a color that's going to calm stressed college students down); the single rooms are on the small side, but the giant living room will make up for that. A few things that I'd change, but the benefits and awesomeness far outweight the negatives. Less than three months till I can move in!
The meeting last night was good, although I had no idea what was going on, so I just sat and listened. fire_eater somehow managed to terp for two hours, even when everyone was going back and forth really fast. I was amazed. (Oh, but I got lost finding the parking ramp. Naturally. I drove in circles a bunch, called Di, drove in more circles, then finally found it. I'm sure I drove past it a few times and didn't see it. Then, of course, I parked, and realized I'd been to that ramp at least once, and that my friend had lived in the building across from the ramp our first year of college. Then I went in circles again, but this time on foot, until I found the building. But somehow I managed to get back to WSP with no difficulty at all. I'm like a homing pigeon, or something. But I'd really rather not home to WSP, thank you very much.)
My powerpoint for class tonight is done. I have this thing...maybe it's OCD or something, but powerpoints, research papers - important things that I cannot lose - I make lots of backups of. The powerpoint for this presentation is currently backed up on my home laptop, my work laptop, my network drive at school, my work flash drive, my home flash drive, and in an email. Short of an E-bomb, I think I'm safe. I ran through it one and a half times last night, but by then it was 1am, and I was half asleep. Went through part of it at lunch again, and I've thought about it in my head. I think I can make it through in English. I have no idea how long it is though...I need to go through it again this afternoon and make sure it's not too long. Not feeling terribly nervous at the moment, but that will probably change the closer it gets to 6:30.
I think the gorgeous weather is helping me not be nervous. It's the perfect temperature outside, sunny, breezy...absolutely perfect. I wish I could spend more time outside today!
The meeting last night was good, although I had no idea what was going on, so I just sat and listened. fire_eater somehow managed to terp for two hours, even when everyone was going back and forth really fast. I was amazed. (Oh, but I got lost finding the parking ramp. Naturally. I drove in circles a bunch, called Di, drove in more circles, then finally found it. I'm sure I drove past it a few times and didn't see it. Then, of course, I parked, and realized I'd been to that ramp at least once, and that my friend had lived in the building across from the ramp our first year of college. Then I went in circles again, but this time on foot, until I found the building. But somehow I managed to get back to WSP with no difficulty at all. I'm like a homing pigeon, or something. But I'd really rather not home to WSP, thank you very much.)
My powerpoint for class tonight is done. I have this thing...maybe it's OCD or something, but powerpoints, research papers - important things that I cannot lose - I make lots of backups of. The powerpoint for this presentation is currently backed up on my home laptop, my work laptop, my network drive at school, my work flash drive, my home flash drive, and in an email. Short of an E-bomb, I think I'm safe. I ran through it one and a half times last night, but by then it was 1am, and I was half asleep. Went through part of it at lunch again, and I've thought about it in my head. I think I can make it through in English. I have no idea how long it is though...I need to go through it again this afternoon and make sure it's not too long. Not feeling terribly nervous at the moment, but that will probably change the closer it gets to 6:30.
I think the gorgeous weather is helping me not be nervous. It's the perfect temperature outside, sunny, breezy...absolutely perfect. I wish I could spend more time outside today!