hedgehog II

[psocoptera]

Cantaloupe. And iCab, aka "the browser that works", so far at least. Why would I ever want to leave my house...

Problem is, there are things I should go deal with at Brandeis:
- I worked two days at the bookstore and then flaked out completely and didn't come back. It's not like I had set shifts or hours, rush week was on a "show up whenever" basis, so this wasn't as bad as it could be, but I still feel like a total dork about it. I feel like I ought to go back and
a) apologize
b) see if there's anything else they need to get me paid for those two days
c) see if there's still any chance of working any more.
- I got a June paycheck and packet of student-handbooky stuff, suggesting that there is confusion over the state of my leave, so I need to make sure that there is agreement about my leave status among
a) the department
b) the administration
c) the payroll office
d) me.

I dread both, due to my irrational fear of possibly-uncomfortable interpersonal interactions about Official Things, and it's so easy just to hide in my room and not deal... am trying to come up with some sort of bribe and/or kick-in-the-seat-of-the-pants I can offer myself. You'd think the promise of "having it over with" would work, but, foo.

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[sofer.livejournal.com]

Well, if you didn't go in yesterday, you can join me in celebrating national Do Things You Don't Want To Do Day. (Yes, I have just declared a new national holiday.) I have to call people about resumes I sent them, go the RMV and start the evil "networking" phase of the job search. Maybe I'll make lima beans for dinner, too.

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

I really liked the plan of DTYDWTD Day, and was really intending to go down to Brandeis this afternoon, but have gotten totally stalled on a search for a couple pieces of important paperwork I think I might need. Am, honestly, a bit panicked... one is the "leave of absence grant" that had mystified me when it showed up because I hadn't actually filed my leave paperwork. And I thought I filed it, but can't find it, and it's making me wonder if I hallucinated the entire episode, or something, because it didn't make much sense at the time... but this would be a disaster from an academic perspective... ugh.