And then there's life in college in the Poconos.
Snow out the ass and not a cancelation to be seen. It's particularly frustrating when all of the area high schools and middle schools (include one that is on the same road as the campus) are closed but not ESU. The icing on the cake of today is that a watermain on the same street as my house broke today so we have to boil all of our water until we hear otherwise and I couldn't drive to work.
That's right folks, I DID get myself a second job.
I'm working for my friend Naya's dad who owns a kiosk in the Stroud mall. It sells newspapers, cigarettes, chips, candy, gum, beverages and lottery tickets. And the best part is, it's called The Street Corner.
That's right, I work The Street Corner almost every day.
I've been using it as an away message the past week and the responses I get are quite funny, which is why I felt the need to explain myself in a journal entry...that and it was time for one anyway.
Last week was a really good week. Besides starting my new job, I also ran 3 miles on the track. I have been busting my ass at the gym all last semester and Christmas break using the elipitical runner to build up leg strength in the hopes of running on the roads again. I have been working at running on the track little by little and on Wednesday I just felt great and went for it. For those of you who are unaware, I have had a strained/pulled hamstring that hurts when I walk and especially when I run, so it was especially great to be able to run my 3 miles while feeling rather shitty in my left hamstring.
I have also figured out what I am doing for my honors senior thesis, and I use the term thesis loosely. I am going to assistant produce the Pocono Medical Center Auction this year. It's a week long live televised auction from 6-10 every night. It's something I loved doing and the fact that not only do I get to do it but I get to help run it...I can't even explain to you how excited I am about this.
Another random good thing is that I may very well be doing the voiceovers for the new ESU Orientation Video for incoming freshman and transfer students. I laid some voice tracks down for Frank who was quite pleased with my voice. He commented "Wow, you really hauled ass through those paragraphs! We may even be able to shorten the video thanks to you!" I'm waiting to hear back from the other person in charge of selected the voiceover person, but I have a good shot at it.
But the thing I am most happiest about is the job. I enjoy keeping busy and the work isn't too difficult. I like getting to know all the people who work in the mall and I think I know more about the lottery than I ever needed to know.
Last week I was a bit bummed because I had all this time on my hands and I missed being with my friends from home and going out and having fun. I don't handle free time very like. I like my time monopolized, or at least filled for the most part so I enjoy the times when I don't have anything to do. Kind of like tonight.
I attempted to get to work tonight, slid on the road a bit and came home and called my boss telling him I was too scared to drive to work. He was very nice and very understanding, and thus, I am left with a free evening that I can relax and enjoy and use for doing snow dances and journal entries.
And perhaps some homework...