"What are you doing the rest of your life..."

...the north and south and east and west of your life?"

Today? Not much it seems.

Repeat after me (ala Bambi in the "bir-dah, bird" scene): Bore-dah. Bore-dah. Bore-dah. Bored.

Yup, I am bored. I was planning on not being in the office today and tomorrow for a business trip, but it got postponed. I hadn't planned on doing anything these 2 days and had worked ahead earlier in the week to compensate for my absence. Now, I am here with very little to do. Today I have:
-ordered toys off of Amazon.com and bid on some more toys on ebay. I love my job in that I get to order toys.
-goofed off during an on-line teleconference. I know I learned something about the teenage brain, but I couldn't tell you what it was.
-sent numerous pointless and quasi-important emails. But nothing earth shattering, except for this one which was sent to everyone in Extension on my side of the state:

All,

Due to a series of unfortunate events, [coworker] and myself are mourning the abandonment of our county laptops in Brookings. What was supposed to be a short stint with Chuck to make sure that they worked appropriately and that we could function adequately with them has drastically turned into an extended layover with no escape for weeks to come.

So, we are inquiring if anyone is planning on going to Brookings in the near future and, if so, we would like to plead our case for you to graciously return said laptops to this side of the state. Thereafter, we can make further arrangements to pick them up. If you are making such a trip, please let [coworker] or myself know. We, and our laptops, would appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Jessica & [coworker]

I got a kick out of this, as did many of my fellow educators who informed me they couldn't pick up my computer, but that they liked the email regardless.

Now I think I am going to build a robot. I have nothing better to do, and it sounds like a good idea. Who doesn't build robots at work? Additionally, I haven't removed my Christmas mix off my iPod and it is not cool to be playing Christmas carols at the office in January.