It was bound to happen eventually. It just happened to happen now… I got my grade on my Economics final. Let's just say that I felt more confident in my grade than I probably should have. I got a 76. For this course, that was good enough for a B.
Bittersweet, the name of the song I have playing right now, is how I feel. Actually, more sweet than bitter… FIU will still be paying for the course, which is a good thing. Out of the deal, I get a lot of satisfaction in knowing that I actually mastered the course material, and that the instructor did not present a watered-down version of the material for the mini-term course.
And I now get to sign up for Accounting and Statistics courses for next term.
Welcome back to school, Sean!
I just got a call from my Economics professor. It seems that the envelope that I turned in this morning was acceptable, so I'll be getting my grade tomorrow. That's a good thing; I have been obsessing.
My best friend from college, Jen, and I were on the phone for almost two-and-a-half hours about a week ago, catching up on old times. We talked about our families, work, and other personal interests. Toward the end of the call, she started to, for lack of a better term, lecture me about building a fulfilling relationship with my family…
I love my family, and I try to not do things that hurt them; but like most humans, I am not able to accomplish this goal 100% of the time. Her words at the time hurt; but that was because they were so true. I spend so little time paying attention to my family, and spend so much of my time caring more about work. If I die, work will go on, as will my family; but I'd be willing to bet that I'll be remembered more and longer by those three people who I call my immediate family than I would by all of my coworkers combined at FIU… why do I spend so much time trying to please FIU while I spend so little trying to make my family stronger? I think the answer lies in something that I've been talking with someone about. I have a need to get people to like me, and I will go to all ends to help them to that end.
Well, I think I'm turning the corner on that, with some help.
Yes, I know… deep… but that's me. Deep.
Again - appropriate music for my feelings right now.
As a service to our students, Florida International University provides internet access from the dorm rooms on campus. Well, it would seem that on Saturday, an entire building went down so my staff called our operations center to let them know. Operations never called them back, for whatever reason. On Sunday, my staff came back into the office to answer the calls, as they usually do, and there was no update. So they called operations again on Sunday.
Today rolls around, and my staff is telling me they're not being listened to when they call operations. So I send an e-mail on to the associate director of networks, to let her know, and it seems that that finally got the proverbial ball rolling… finally.
I had a bunch of random thoughts this morning driving in. I should have phoned in my stuff using the LiveJournal phone-in option, but I chose not to… now I have programmed my phone with the telephone number of the local LJ call-in line and will use it.
My random thoughts from this morning:
1) How did I do on my Microeconomics final? I have no clue. Further, grades for the term will not be posted until the 19th. I better call the prof to see if I can get my grade early.
2) Who am I going to vote for for President? Many people who know me will say “WTF do you mean?”… honestly, I'm concerned with both choices that we have for the office of President of the United States. I don't like the unilateral stance of Bush, and I don't like the waffling of Kerry - and his inability to give a specific answer to a specific question: “If you knew what you knew today, would you go to war in Iraq?” That should be a simple yes-no answer… not a waffle.
3) What format should I put my report in for the Assistant Vice President, when asking for increased staffing? It seems that there's no standard report format to prove your case, so I'm guessing I just have to make it up as I go along.
4) Should I start a collection to donate to the hurricane-ravaged portion of Florida? I'm thinking I should… and will probably do that.
Anyhow… I probably should get to work. I've had more random thoughts than this this morning, but some of those aren't fit for human consumption! 
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