January 30, 2018

 I set my alarm for 6:45AM so that I wouldn't be as rushed to get up and run and get ready for work. I ended up waking up at 6:30AM (exactly) because I had to go to the bathroom and I said screw it and stayed up because I knew if I went back to bed it would be much harder to get out of bed. Instead, I played a little bit of Staxel before running on the elliptical, getting ready, and going to work.

I was off desk for the first two hours so I went upstairs to work on my article. I didn't quite finish it but after my walkthrough I went back up and put the finishing touches on it. I was fifty words over the limit so I read through it and got it down to just below the limit. Later on I went back and added a word so I was exactly at the word limit. I printed out a copy for the head of technical services to edit and a copy for the librarians in my department. Both came back pretty much the same. One of the librarians pointed out that it felt a little disjointed, like I was trying to tie two trains of thought together, and that is completely accurate, but I liked both ideas and it would have taken too much work to try and separate the two, so I'm going with it.

I had two walkthroughs in the noon hour and when I wasn't doing that I used the big cutter in the basement to start cutting out the maps and surveys for an upcoming event. The maps were a full sheet of printed ink, which made them super slippery and hard to cut without them moving all over the place. After lunch I was able to finish up the maps and I got the surveys cut out as well.

I made the edits to my article after I finished cutting things and then we had a mini department meeting about how to use the copy machine. We all pretty much new how to use the copy machine so it was little bit pointless, but it is part of some department goal, so it happened. Then I read part of a short story until I was on desk.

My hour on desk flew by. I helped an older couple find a couple books, helped a kid on the computer, responded and composed a few emails, and did some other random things that I can't remember. For the last hour of work I reshelved the books I pulled for my article, printed adulting flyers and got those put out as a little bit of advertising, and went upstairs for a little bit to check my email and read a couple news articles. Overall, it was a successful day at work.

On my way home I decided I wasn't in the mood for roasted vegetables and rice (or rather making them), so I stopped at Jimmy Johns to pick up a sandwich, and at Sonic to get a drink and an egg sandwich. For the first time in a long time they put meat on it, which was annoying, but I just pulled it off and called it good. I already assume their eggs are cooked in the same place the meat is, so I'm not going to get worked up about it.

After dinner I watched videos and played Staxel. I finally started to invest my money in expanding my garden. I have some farm animals but I've heard they can be pretty expensive in the beginning, so I haven't put them out yet. I also finished building a fishing spot and bought an apiary, so things are slowly coming along. I haven't tried fishing yet but it would be nice if that was decent form of income.

I played a little CoD: WW2 tonight and had a few good games and a few not so good games, but I had fun. I also unlocked gold camo for one of my SMGs, so that's cool.

Now it's late and I want to go to bed, so I'm going to record my audio journal and go to sleep. This week is going by pretty quickly. Although the remaining days could drag out, so maybe I should hold off on that judgment.