June 21, 2016

 This morning I went to the campus library for a meeting about the assessment project I will be helping with. The meeting was with my adviser and another librarian who explained how she would clean up all the data and make it more manageable. It was very informative. Then my supervisor and I went back up to her office to look at the data we would be working with. It took a bit to sort it all out because it was in a couple different places but we got it figured out and cleaned it up just a little bit. My adviser is going to do a little more work on it and we are going to meet again when we're both back from the conference. At this point I have fallen way behind on my hours and I am only going to continue that trend by being out of the state for the next eight days. Just one more thing to get super stressed about.

When I got home I started doing laundry, ate lunch, and came up with a check list for everything I needed to pack. When I was in the meeting I checked in for my flight and got a little screwed with my internet connection but I ended up somewhere in group B, which is better than C, so it could have been worse.

At 2:30PM I went back to campus to help at the orientation table for the library. I worked with the same student worker I worked with last week so that made things less awkward. We talked about a bunch of random stuff while also getting the occasional incoming freshman to play our game and get a free cup. A few minutes before four o'clock it had completely died down and everyone else was packing up so we joined in. This time she pushed the cart back because I did last time. I think it worked better that way because the handle on the cart is short and she is much shorter than I am. She also walks really fast and it was a struggle to keep up with her. You would think that having longer legs would make it easier to keep up with a person with much shorter legs but I have rarely found that to be the case.

After taking everything back to the library I walked back across campus to the parking garage and then went to Chipotle before heading home. I didn't want to cancel Chipotle night but I also didn't want leftovers because I won't be here to eat them. To avoid leftovers I didn't ask for extra rice and beans in my bowl, which left me with a much more manageable one-time meal, instead of one I would normally divide into two.

When dinner was over I waited for my pants to get out of the dryer and then ironed them because the washer makes them a wrinkled mess and the dryer can't do enough to get them out. Then I started packing, which took me the rest of the night. I probably packed way too many clothes but I got everything in my suitcase with plenty of room to spare.

It's now 11:30PM and I have to wake up around 4:30AM. Can't wait. I think I am excited for the trip but I am also stressed out and terrified, both of which outweigh any excitement I may be feeling. I am looking forward to the experience but I am also looking forward to it being over.

It's going to be at least midnight before I finish doing stuff and can get to bed. I don't feel nearly as prepared as I should at this point. This is supposed to be a guided experience and so far it really just feels like I'm fending for myself. Kind of sucks.