A correspondence blog

Monday, February 9, 2009

Releasing students back into the wild (a take off of Audrey's dolphin story)

Umm, is anyone else having problems reintegrating into an office job? I am okay from like 9am-2pm, but it's that 2pm-5pm time period where I'm struggling to stay focused/awake. I believe that used to be my usual break time to sit down and watch Two and a Half Men with Sarah, before the late night meetings for Fundraising. Also, I didn't usually go to school/BCT until around 11am. No brisk walks across the freezing campus to keep me invigorated. Just a cozy warm office with a comfy chair and sunlight coming in the window. Sometimes an occasional walk to the copy room to fill up my coffee cup. Sounds nice in theory, but it's quite tiresome. I feel like I might start doing body slaps like Ginger soon, just to shake off the tired. Maybe we can get some interested donors to watch me be released back into the real world. They would see me slowly slouch lower in my chair as the day goes on, but I'd come back every morning.

Forget real-life, I want my school schedule back.

Stephanie

3 comments:

Sarah Roffman said...

Oh, Stephanie, I miss you!

Unknown said...

YES, I feel the same way. I miss the walking, because I have to take the bus to work (not walkable) and am just having trouble readjusting my life. School schedule is nice (though, it's nice to be done with work by 6pm and just be done). 2 or 3 pm is the time Jessica and I usually go out for coffee or a cookie.

Audrey Lu said...

2 to 4 is my dead time. I talked it over with my supervisor, and we were able to work my schedule so that I do mind-numbing tasks (envelope stuffing, filing, crap in Excel) during the afternoon. It's worked REALLY well, and I'm to the point that I get TONS done in the morning creatively and then still get the necessaries done in the afternoon.