First, apologies for the past entry that was re-posted from an earlier entry, I have no idea how that happened but I really wish that would stop.
So yeah, work. 9-6 all week, and 9-6 all next week. Lots of good old fashioned physical labor. Moving tables, desks, and computers, all over the building from one room to the next. Clearing out rooms to clean and paint, then put stuff back in. Cleaning the equipment, and getting a partial high from the Goof-Off (hey the associate dean suggested that one). Sometimes we switch tables and computers between rooms. Sometimes we just remove stuff and throw it out. And every time we move stuff, all the cabling has to be re-done. So half the time I’m lifting and moving heavy objects around the building, the other half I’m on all fours, crawling under a table and rewiring cables. And it’s not a typical “oh just throw the cables behind the table and leave it” job either… there’s a process we go through to keep everything neat and orderly so it does require a good deal of time and finesse with the cables.
I’m getting free food every day though, and they supply us with Mountain Dew. I really can’t complain much. Plus the time flies when all this is going on; it’s really enjoyable work, I really don’t mind doing any of it. They even let us blast whatever music we want while we’re working. The atmosphere is just amazing there.
The only real downfall is that I come home all sweaty and exhausted. Yes, this sort of work does make one break a sweat, even in an air-conditioned building. Hot air doesn’t seem to rise fast enough when you’re under tables for the majority of the day. So I come home, shower, get something to eat if I even have enough energy to do so, and just crash for the rest of the night. This weekend I’ll have downtime though to just sleep in and relax.
Speaking of weekends, last weekend I escaped with Crystal to the Zoo on Saturday. That was oodles of fun, I love the zoo. I forgot to bring my camera though, I wanted more pictures of the penguins. Ah well, I suppose I’ll just have to go again sometime soon. And then we saw Pirates 3 on Sunday. Amazing movie, loved it, rounded out the trilogy quite well. And it was 3 hours long, damn. Worth every minute though, that’s for sure.
On the internet front, I’ve been spending a lot of what time I actually have to spare working on the BMS Terminal, fixing up the download code and adding stuff. If you’re into IIDX simfiles, seriously check it out if you haven’t yet already. I’m working on getting the full collection there, I’m just limited to when exactly I can get work done on it. I’ve been getting some help with sowsBits too, I really hope to get all the bugs squashed with that in the next couple weeks so I can start doing more fun things with the tracker, like adding new features. I have some pretty kickass ideas rolling around in my head, too.
Well, I suppose I’m going to pop in a movie and pass out. Another 9am shift ahead of me, this one’s going to be a doozy. I can just tell.
