long days ahead

i've had a long-assed day.

i had to travel for work today -- to an institution located about 40 miles away, south, from my house.

i spent about half a day at the institution and didn't get any breaks. the sup3rint3nd3nt who showed me around was totally awesome. i was told that this person had a no-nonsense attitude and that you'd know it if you were on the person's shit-list. i'm glad to say that i hit it off with this supe, and i don't think i am on the shit-list a' tall.

:)

i left the institution at about 1, started my drive back to town, and called dimples because she had left me a voice message while i was busy with the supe. she had a work-related question, she said in her voice mail. but when i called her back, we didn't talk shop at all; instead, we just chit-chatted about random things.

i wasn't expected to come in to the office at all today, after traveling to the institution. but i did so anyway ("you're such a nerd," dimples jokingly chided me). i came back into the office to a frustrated boss. although he wasn't frustrated with me, per se, his emotions still caused me to stay a little bit later at work than i had intended. i'd been hoping to leave at around four, but i ended up going home after 5 p.m.

and now . . . my day's not even over yet. i'm working on putting together a presentation for a graduate class i'm taking. it's a pretty straight-forward assignment -- at least in theory. i'm to present an analysis of a chapter from one of our books. but damn me, if the essays in this book aren't so damned convoluted! it took a whole day of stepping away from the book for me to put together a framework for how i wanted to approach my presentation.

that's the one thing i haven't really missed about academia. the posers. the fluffy writers who write in obtuse abstractions.

like, dude. whatever happened to just saying what you mean? and if possible, say it in as few words as possible, in the most direct way possible.

:-T

so that's what i'm wrasslin' with right now. the project is, in and of itself, fun; i'm definitely having fun putting together the presentation, using all the skills i've acquired from blogging on blogger to help spruce it all up. but wading through the text itself is what's so engrossing and so intense.

i'm pooped.

my life . . . it's just going in so many damned directions right now. i easily have four or five different major things going on right now, and i'm doing my best to prioritize each and every one of them.

i just want it all. there is no stopping me. i know i can do them.

all i need to do is knock each little task one at a time -- and each of the major things will get done.

let's do it.

one task at a time. . . .