Yesterday morning I had a work event to go to, so I rolled out of bed and strolled past my neglected homework on the way out the door. Because why wouldn't my work have two events during the final weekend of my semester when I'm trying to write two papers and pass this thing? (I'm not really blaming my boss. He had no say in the timing of either of these events. And I knew that this was exactly what I was signing up for when I decided to work for a nonprofit.)
So the event was a 10-mile bike ride with some legislative interns, which is always fun, even for me who hates group rides. (It makes me nervous to bike alongside that many people, but I can deal.) After getting them all biked up and ridden around and our equipment put away, I had a couple of office-y things to do before I locked the doors and rolled off...
... to the Farmers Market. Yep, I had errands to run after the ride. All told, here's what I did:
- Got stopped at an intersection because of a pro-legalisation march in the middle of town
- Bought eggs at the Farmers Market
- Picked up a book at the library
- Rode through the Capitol grounds while the pro-legalisation group was demonstrating (they were not handing out samples, I'm afraid)
- Stopped by the rummage sale at church
- Figured out how to watch a video on UK's Channel 4 even though I'm in the US (with a lot of help from my friends) (and I still haven't had time to watch it, but it's on my to-do list)
- Went grocery shopping
- Finished one of my grad papers, even though I had to stay up to 4:30 AM to do it
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Pic taken with my allegedly smart
phone. I got really lucky with the
dancing marijuana leaf. |
I gotta tell y'all, I really underestimated the value of having someone in my house who was willing to do a lot of this stuff for me. It's been a while since I've had to do everything for myself. But! One paper to go, and I am DONE with this grad school thing. And there's nothing not to like about that. I'm looking forward to spending a Saturday soon just laying around with books and cups of tea and possibly some bon-bons.
4 comments:
You deserve a good rest.
When my parents came for my birthday, they brought our old tandem bike. How fun it that?!
Ha, I heard about the pro-legalization thing going on in Texas. Seriously? A leaf? :) Good luck finishing that last paper.
Delores: Rest is finally happening!
Jenni: Yay! That is fun.
JE: It was so funny. I should have ridden closer first.
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