Rain, Fun, and Serious Money Talk, What a Combo!
26 March 2003-5:09 p.m.
I almost walked to work today. I got about two blocks from my house and suddenly remembered that I had to bring The Big Basket with me. I turned around, walked back, looked at the Big Basket and decided "hell I'm not walking to work with that" I drove. *sigh* That's not what I wanted to do. It was so pretty out this morning. The universe being what it is though, I'm now extrememly glad I didn't walk. It's pouring down rain and I have to be at Sam's ( motto: you know you need a 100 lbs jar of pickles)as soon after work as possible. This being the case things worked out alright. I'll walk to work next time.
But not tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm taking the day off and going to pick up a friend at the airport, and then we are playing. I haven't seen her since she dropped me off at an airport, sometime in spetember, or possibly october oh dear now I can't remember. Anyway I said goodbye, walked into the airport and burst into tears. So I'm very happy to be picking her up tomorrow. We shall play and have fun. Yay fun!
Today we had a long range planning meeting. Oh people news is bad. It's bad all over the country. Libraries are not getting the funding they should. The new budget hasn't come out yet, and there is always the chance we could get our 7% increase that we asked for, but there's a bigger chance we'll get the 8% reduction that's been rumored. *sigh* What I hear from aroud the country it's not much better anywhere else. We've got a friend is New York and he thinks his job is safe, but only becasue they have money put into his education. They need to get there money's worth with him, but they are talking about massive staff cuts. This is my profession. I was looking at grad schools. I still will, but now I'm facing the dire prospect of getting a masters in a field that isn't getting funding. Becoming a professional stage manager is looking better and better. I think I'll run away and join a theatre. I don't know how to join a circus. I suppose if I loose my job that will be a good time to move and start grad school. I must go now, suddenly studing for the GRE seems a lot more important.