Hearts Racing When It’s Showtime

It’s showtime!!! The fall semester has officially began. The students are like locust descending upon the campus. We are at 100% capacity so it’s a little adjustment over the last year. And COVID numbers are soaring!! They are everywhere. How is the fall already here. What the flying f*** happened to the summer? I guess summer was s*** and a blur. Worst summer of my life? Maybe so. God it went fast. My friends & I took our traditional back to school photo. Mask not required. It was fun. What a beautiful batch we are.

Did I mention I’m of Staff Senate. We had our first meeting. I will admit to being a little anxious. I had no idea what I was in for. Heck, I didn’t even know it was happening until I received a text. Only 7 people arrived. For the most part I was quiet. I was trying to get a feel for it. It was fun. Short and simple. I’m capable of this for 2 years? Sure!! And I get to be around people I like and possibly meet some future friends. Definitely outside my comfort zone.

Wednesday. What a f***ing morning. It was weird and I got NO sleep so I decided I’d go in late. Later I decided I’d just say f*** it all and not go in at all. Intentions were to sleep but I ended up chatting with Jamie & The Dean for about an hour. After that session my belly began to grumble. Fooooooooooooooood!!!!! I ordered cheese enchiladas from a generally reliable spot and was only dissatisfied. That’s f***ing life. When you actually get what you want and it’s still a bummer.

National Dog Day!!!! My dogs, they sure deserve a day of recognition. They are the sweetest pups ever. They got the treats and were happy doggies. It was a pretty good day for me as well.

Birthday weeks. They are special to many. I think for some more than others. Jamie likes to celebrate her’s so we on campus try to oblige. It didn’t quite fall on a work day so the goofy gifts were distributed throughout. I do mean goofy. I’m a big fan of wasting my money on gag gifts that no one will ever use. I hope she got a chuckle. She now has an addition to her Mariah Carey shrine!! Hahaha

FRIDAY!!! It was a long time coming. So many people I know on campus right now have the delta variant of COVID. If I catch it from work again I’ll be soooo mad. These are people that I’ve been around. I keep telling myself that I should be fine having had the virus already and having take the vaccine, but every bugger in my nose alarms me a little. Phantom sore throat? Is it all in my head?

I took half the day off to take care of things that needed taking care of. It wasn’t exactly a fun afternoon. I was also informed that work BLEW up after I left. We had a morning without anything going on and as soon as we are short staffed everything hits the fan. That’s the way of the world. Chaos. Once done with all appointments I relaxed with a beverage. I owed myself.

Just a side note to finish this one off. Some days I think this world is just a subtle shade of shit and then I witness one simple act of kindness and I know immediately I was wrong. It’s easy to get lost in the BS and not see how amazing things really are. Remember that.