loooong.

that's my day. Long. and it's not over yet. I still have to write a paper and study vocab. words.... stuff just never seems to end......


I stayed up last night, doing a little homework, and laughing with friends... like a couple of girls from my dorm wing, who were running up and down the hall, trying to calculate what unit of measure Confucius would have used, and how many "Li" (as they discovered was the unit,) it would be, to equal a thousand miles.... (we painted a mural on our hallway wall, which has the quote, "A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With A Single Step"....) and whether the 1000 was converted, or not..... etc. etc.... Lots of fun. As one of my friends said, "Is anybody taping this? 'Cause I want to keep it!"

Yeah. That was a lot of fun.

Today I went to work. And then one little boy's dad didn't pick him up until 5:15.... 15 minutes LATE..... all because he was having "computer problems"... hmm.... Knowing the nature of computers.... I really wish he had started wrapping up 15 minutes earlier!.... and I wish that my boss would re-announce and sound severe, stating to parents that the program CLOSES at 5pm... not just ENDS..... so that they need to be here on time..... it's really a pain when everyone comes late.... which is kind of a pattern I'm seeing...

I could really ramble on about work.... for example, how insane it is, that these babies have feeding "schedules" that are so rigid..... I mean- if the baby is hungry.... why not feed her? You can make toddlers wait for their food... but.... a 5 month old.... PLEASE!!!!..... especially when she's tiny.... it's getting quite annoying to have to try to comfort a little girl, when it's obvious to everyone that she's hungry, and say, "But she has to wait another 45 minutes for her bottle...". dumb. These parents need to realize that when babies grow, they need to eat more.

...that's enough rambling.... but.. hrm.... I definitely want to find another job for next semester. ON campus. I don't want to have to drive off-campus for work. Even as close as it is, it's quite inconvenient to have to drive there...and takes time.... and so when parents come late, I still have to drive back to campus, and THEN eat dinner... and THEN go to class... it's a pain.

I found out that the lady I used to work for at the registration office switched jobs- now she works in the organizations complex in the Davies center..... and a huge number of student employees stopped working at the registration office... so... maybe I could go back? It would be boring... but... a lot less stressful, than dealing with Cole every week.... Or Madison... The only ones I don't mind being with, are either the littler babies, or the toddlers, when they're well-rested, or otherwise happy.

I could maybe beg to move to the regular childrens' center....


But I definitely want to work somewhere else.... (and I don't think my boss likes me very much... she seems to communicate in a different way than me.... and gets confused when I say something, and then I have to try to explain it... and then I think it must come out wrong or something.......... it's complicated..... anyway, I get along fine with her, (Mother....) it's just there seems to be a wall, so I pretty much don't talk to her much, so that I don't get her confused with me, or offended, etc..... ick.)

That's enough time-wasting.. I must write my paper.
~Danette