That's Frank (yes, I named the squirrel that I see run across the wires from my balcony) on his perch. He also likes to drink the water out of the pool sometimes.Who knew that a temp job with the Census would be so stressful & crazy?! I didn't. It's engulfed my life and making me crazy. Supposedly we are almost done though. They say there's another project that they may call us to work on. I guess it really depends on what it is because I'm not so sure I want to do anymore. A steady paycheck has been nice, but it's taken a toll on me for sure. I haven't had a day off since we kicked off on May 1st. I finally will get this Saturday off, which I'm super excited for. I haven't done anything that I need to do, like clean or take the recyclables let alone applied to any scholarships or trying to find out about school. I start in September and am totally freaked out about the money and going back to school. It's just so weird. At least the Census job has made me forget all my worries, just masking them with all the worries I have with this Census job. Although I will come out of this with some awesome stories, that I'll share when I have more time.
I finished Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. I really enjoyed this book. The way she set it all up is very different than any book I've read. I thought it was a great read with so many twists and turns. She interweaves the story of Olive with other chapters about random people in the town who may or may not be linked to Olive. Sometimes there is just one sentence about Olive in them. It was really interesting to read about so many different characters with their common link being living in the same town and in some way or another knowing Olive, even if it is just brief.
I've started "The Great Train Robbery" by Michael Crichton, which apparently he pieced together from all historical things. I'm pretty excited to learn about it all. It's pretty interesting so far and I just started it.
Statistics is going well. I only have 2 weeks left! Eek! My final is on June 1st, which means only one more class before the final. I hope I'm ready. I just have to read these last 2 chapters to make sure I know what's going on. I'm a little worried about the final. I think it's going to be difficult. We shall see! I turned in my last homework assignment last night and I made a miscalculation on one of the things, so I'm not so sure how I'll be graded. The good news is that I kept the miscalculation through the whole problem, so I may get a good score, since our professor has told us he won't penalize us too much for a minor miscalculation as long as you show your work and keep it throughout the whole problem, which I did. So I'll find out next week.
Grr is looking cute right now, because she thinks I've been ignoring her, as I have to do a lot of my Census work from home. And I suppose I do ignore her while I'm working. It's more that I don't notice her, as I'm trying to get everything done. I can't wait to get rid of the 10+ boxes surrounding my work area in the living room!
Well, I should go rub the Grr belly and get some dinner.
Hope life is going well for you. And those of you that didn't fill out your Census forms and are being mean to my Enumerators...know that you'll be seeing me on your doorstep sometime soon! Please be nice to me, I'm just trying to get an honest days work and get my job done. And YES it's in the constitution. And NO this information doesn't go anywhere else & is useful for our community, so just cooperate! It only takes a few minutes, so stop wasting my time & yours by arguing with me. We could've been done already. Argh. That's my rant for the night.
