Entries from July 2008

July 30, 2008

I hate exercising…so tired…

We finally got our books back at the library, which means that the hundreds of books that we’ve been storing over the past months need to go back on the shelves. And that means that I actually end up exercising. I’m not kidding! Picking up books, shifting whole shelves, dragging carts stuffed with books…its like [...]

July 22, 2008

Who would have thought amusing myself at work would be so much…work?

Something sort-of exciting actually happened at work today! (here is where you gasp and say “Excitement? In a library employee’s life? No way!”)
You loyal readers recall how in my morning routine of delivering newspapers at the Administration Building on campus I have to enter the Public Relations office, the place where I hear lots of [...]

July 16, 2008

To the National Gallery…Again…

I have the week off this week and while I had originally planned to do nothing and lay about like a bum, I decided that I actually WANTED to drive to DC, park, and walk around the National Gallery of Art (taking photos, of course).
Well, I managed to convince my sister to come with me [...]

July 8, 2008

TheBoredPoetess’ Epic Battle with a Massive Water Beetle!!!

Yes, my friends, I have narrowly escaped with my life after a recent encounter with the massive water beetle that lives in LaFonda’s sink! This is how my harrowing adventure went:
I was getting ready to take a shower, and I had just gotten undressed and turned the shower on when I happened to look down [...]

July 2, 2008

My Life So Far…

Sooo…it is already July, which means that my summer vacation is ALMOST OVER! Not really (I’ve got two months left), but still – June went by very quickly and I have a feeling that July is just going to speed on by too. And before I know it, I’ll have to go and buy my [...]