Today’s my two-year anniversary of working here. Very strange. It almost seems like no time has gone by since I celebrated my one-year anniversary. I dragged everyone to Austin Grill, and even got a free dessert out of it. But this year, it doesn’t seem like a big deal at all. This year, I’ll spend my lunch hour happily reading outside in the courtyard. Meghan’s gone, Krishni’s gone. It’s just kind of strange.
I had my first copyediting class last night. I think I’ll learn a lot from it, but the classes? Meh. It didn’t start well, with the teacher giving the little, “You’ll work really hard for the next 8 weeks, so don’t expect to see much of your family, friends, blah blah blah.” Whatever. I guess I remember college too clearly to really buy into all that. I mean, yeah, I looked at the syllabus and it does look like a good deal of work. But we have a week to do it. In college, we had 2 days to do the same amount of work for one class, but we also had 3 or 4 other classes, in addition to any jobs and extracurricular activities. Plus, the teacher is all, “Nope, no breaks [the class is 2½ hours long], I start on time, and I sometimes go over.” She went 10 minutes over last night, and I could’ve easily cut out a bunch of what she said, and come out as smart.
I was awfully cranky when I got home last night. It took 90 minutes from the end of class to get home. Stupid Metro. The ride itself is 55 minutes, not including time waiting, first at West Falls Church, then at Metro Center. So I’m thinking next week I’ll try driving. The parking probably isn’t any more expensive than taking the Metro (which works out to $5.50 each time).
Anyway, I’m not as cranky today. I’m just trying to plow through the news section—I’m only about halfway there. Gack.
Current song in my head:
“The Entertainer” by Billy Joel