On Wednesday night, I left robotics well after midnight, only to return 6 short hours later for the unveiling of the new robot, TnT. It has been a long and tiring week spent mostly on campus.
This week I have eaten most of my meals in a classroom (at one point I dumped out my purse and gave a kids $8 in quarters to go buy Jack in the Box Tacos at 11pm), shopped online from a classroom, made personal phone calls from a classroom, wrapped Valentine gifts in a classroom, paid bills in a classroom, made important fashion decisions in a classroom, fixed my hair and makeup in a classroom, and slept in a classroom on a pillow made out of a sweatshirt.
I'm beginning to wonder why we even bother paying rent.
This afternoon I called my neighbor teacher who is also one of robotics advisors and, like us, has spent every waking hour at school. He answered "Room 231" which would have been totally normal had I dialed the school. Except that I had dialed his cell phone.
You know you are spending too much time on campus when you answer your personal cell phone with your classroom information.
The robot ships on Tuesday and we will be back to your regularly-scheduled, robot-free Slice of Pink. At least until mid-March when we fly to Annapolis to meet up with the robot. There's nothing like taking 35 teenagers cross country on a red-eye flight.
Cool robot! I've totally answered my home phone like that before. xoxo
Posted by: nicole | February 18, 2006 at 06:55 AM
The whole robot thing sounds great and tons of fun. I hope you guys when the gold (in olympics mode).
One thing: Mrs. Photography teachers...What is the proper position to hold a camera of that caliber? Please fix. LOL
Did we get the radisson?
Posted by: Stephanie | February 19, 2006 at 08:21 PM
During the last few months of grad school, classes and work got so hectic I was never sure where I was. IZ made a habit of calling me at work to check in on me--and when I would answer "SFTS Bookstore" he would say, "Are you sure?" Because honestly, I wasn't always at the bookstore. :)
Posted by: Wende | February 20, 2006 at 04:32 PM
God, two things I miss about being vegan (and in Florida) are Jack in the Box tacos and those pumpkin pie shakes they make around Thanksgiving.
Terrible- I always miss the worst food for me!
Posted by: Brooke | February 21, 2006 at 04:34 AM
"Room 231!" That is GREAT. I've had some moments like that -- having worked in a call center, we were required to thank the customers for calling at the conclusion of every call. So of course there were a few times where I ended some personal calls with "Thanks for calling!" Embarrassing. :)
I also cannot believe all the multi-tasking you're doing in the classroom. Craziness.
Posted by: Zandria | February 22, 2006 at 07:13 PM
ooh ooh, I am from Annapolis! Be sure to get the crab dip at Griffin's downtown. Delish. Can't wait to hear about your trip - should be a nice time of year there for your visit.
Posted by: PLD | March 01, 2006 at 06:14 PM