(An exhausted rant? after three hours of sleep).
Today was a pretty crappy day all round. I had to invigilate/proctor a midterm that started at nine in the morning at a campus that is about an hour and a half (by transit) away from my house. I probably could have driven in but rush hour driving across the city would've taken at least as long and given the fact that it had snowed the night before, the roads were still in a mess.
So, I dutifully rolled out of bed at 6 this morning, exhausted and bleary eyed because 6am is still the night before in my mind. Things were running smoothly, more or less, and I made it to the train only a few minutes later than I'd planned.
Awesome.
Not awesome? The joys of commuting... I didn't realize that my jeans had caught some very sticky gum under the seat until I was just about to get off. Yay! After doing nothing but sitting on a seemingly gumless seat for an hour, there was now gum stuck to both pant legs. (How I accomplished this I still don't know).
I have a thing about germs and being nowhere near a bathroom I didn't want to try to get it off with my bare hands so in my brilliance I used my gloves. Did I mention I wasn't a morning person? Leather gloves and gum is NOT A GOOD IDEA. So of course now I was both sticky and peeved.
After being on the subway for about an hour, the latter stage of my commute requires either a transfer to light rail and then a bus or, time willing, a transfer to an express bus directly to campus. As it was rush hour the express bus was (supposedly) running, so I opted to wait for it - something I typically do not do when I'm heading out there to teach. Twenty five minutes later the bus still hadn't arrived so I was cold, late and covered in gum. I made it to the exam just minutes before we started.
Should've stayed in bed.
Today was a pretty crappy day all round. I had to invigilate/proctor a midterm that started at nine in the morning at a campus that is about an hour and a half (by transit) away from my house. I probably could have driven in but rush hour driving across the city would've taken at least as long and given the fact that it had snowed the night before, the roads were still in a mess.
So, I dutifully rolled out of bed at 6 this morning, exhausted and bleary eyed because 6am is still the night before in my mind. Things were running smoothly, more or less, and I made it to the train only a few minutes later than I'd planned.
Awesome.
I have a thing about germs and being nowhere near a bathroom I didn't want to try to get it off with my bare hands so in my brilliance I used my gloves. Did I mention I wasn't a morning person? Leather gloves and gum is NOT A GOOD IDEA. So of course now I was both sticky and peeved.
After being on the subway for about an hour, the latter stage of my commute requires either a transfer to light rail and then a bus or, time willing, a transfer to an express bus directly to campus. As it was rush hour the express bus was (supposedly) running, so I opted to wait for it - something I typically do not do when I'm heading out there to teach. Twenty five minutes later the bus still hadn't arrived so I was cold, late and covered in gum. I made it to the exam just minutes before we started.
Should've stayed in bed.
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