i really hate my job right now. because of my stupid job, i missed dhs' fabled freud lecture. rrr!!

everything i was mildly worried about last night went fine. liz showed me everything i had to do, and i did it. around 12:30 i was feeling pretty good.

but in a job like this... things come up.

i didn't even look at the equipment schedule when i got in because yesterday i had nothing to set up for the next two weeks. i happened to glance up after my second student left, just out of boredom, and saw a penciled-in set-up... for 12:15! great. long past 12:15. i rifled through the schedule folder to figure out who needed a camera and if i was too late. well, luckily it was for dr. o's 2:30 class, and i guess for some reason they thought 12:15 would be the most convenient time for me to set it up. not really, but 12:40 worked all the same.

so i ran upstairs and set up the camera. i'm getting better at it... didn't take 20 minutes to balance the tripod, anyway. (i realized later i left the lens cap on... oh well. i'm sure they can figure that much out.) there's usually an extension cord in 205, but this time there wasn't. so i had to run back down to the lab for one.

when i got back down, there was another student waiting for me. she had not signed up on the schedule before hand, which kind of made me mad. but i set up her tape and gave her her critique form and everything, and then i did something very, very bad.

there is no excuse for leaving a student in the lab alone, under any circumstances. if i had been caught, i really believe i would have been fired then and there. but if i waited until after the student left, dr. o's 1:00 class would have started already. so i raced upstairs to plug in the extension cord, smiling nervously at dr. o as i passed her, hoping to god she wasn't headed toward the lab. and then i raced back downstairs. lani, if i seemed at all abrupt when i saw you then... now you know why :)

the student i had left in the lab was apparently a very studious student indeed, as she took forever and a day to fill out her self-critique. i sat there nervously, checking my watch every five seconds. around 1:10 i realized i wasn't making it to dhs' class. death to the person who walks into her class that late... because even after the girl finally left, there was a lot more i had to do to close out the lab.

this thursday and the next, the girl who comes in after me in the lab wasn't going to be there, and i knew that already. but normally, they do not come five minutes before the hour and i have to leave the lab before they come in order to get to class on time. that was fine when there was nothing to do in the lab. but now that students are starting to come in, there's no way i can leave the lab unattended, even for 5 minutes.

so i left a note for the girls asking if i could block off the last 15 minutes on my t/th hours, or if it was possible for them to start getting in a little earlier. i tried to make it sound nice, it was adorned with a 'thanks!' and a smiley, but i hope they don't take it the wrong way. i feel bad, as the newest labbie, asking them to do anything or change the way they're doing anything. but this is serious... i can't afford to miss another dhs class. and i'm deathly afraid of walking in late.

in other news, i'm on the honors house list, but this morning i saw an email letting the whole school know about it. our list! not fair. honestly though, i'm not worried. we thought the dc trip would fill up really fast, but it didn't. i don't think that many people are really going to be interested in the honors house. besides, if they're going to make singles into doubles and doubles into triples, et cetera, which i really don't mind, it shouldn't be a problem. the senior members of the house are trying to argue against doing that.. but i hope they don't prevail. they're seniors, anyway, what do they care? but i'm optimistic. maybe unrealistically - but that's typical. :)

we had a little fire alarm last night around 1 am.. hehe. i was pissed at first, but it was actually kind of fun.. in a way only i could appreciate. :) i had just gotten out of the shower, my hair was wet, and i was still in my robe. so that was a little uncomfortable, but hey, the floors of hermann are warm. it was kind of like a lock-in in there, it was fun! acting like a jackass with all my favorite dw complex people, what could be better? i didn't have anything more worthwhile to do. i was just going to putz around on my 'puter for a few more minutes and then go to bed. nice change of pace :)

i blame andy entirely.

i'm lacking... a certain undergarment...