big sky country

and so it goes. another day in iowa. went to our site this morning where they were poorly prepped for the work we were to do (exterior painting) - they didn't even know what paint was for which part of the house. good thing they had like 20 people to help paint this house. and then it rained. and rained. and rained. our day on site was canceled before noon. LAME. had a sad excuse for a lunch (vegetarian lunch = 2 handfulls of "salad" with 5 chickpeas in it). stood in the rain. rode back to the campus in a bus that had the emergency overhead doors (like a sunroof) open so it was raining in my eyes. we tried to close it but couldn't figure it out so i wore my safety glasses the rest of the ride.

read this book i borrowed (it's not very good - sorry Paulo Coehlo) and took a short nap. went for a nice walk in the cute neighborhoods around campus. envied people's hostas & handsome landscaping. bought some peanut butter and cheese to pad out tomorrow's meager lunch. played hearts w/ the kids. had dinner. went to a recruitment fair & talked w/ folks about our positions. interviewed a guy. now i'm procrastinating going to bed - again. i'm ready to go home now.

one of my members here is being a total jackass. i'm not sure what he's up to - he's always doing his own thing, which annoys the hell out of me - but he told me yesterday how frustrated he was that he couldn't find a first aid kit or get any medical attention for the large cut on his hand that he received when "falling". (he's also a bad liar) - mind you, i'd seen him in the middle of the day rushing off somewhere and he didn't say a word about this terrible emergency that happened 12 hours ago... apparently he was drunk the previous night and went skinny dipping in the pond behind our dorm w/ some other dumbasses & somehow cut himself pretty badly. i found him some help & offered the hydrogen peroxide i have in my room (for brushing my teeth - gross, i know). i wasn't able to provide the proxide immediately because i had a meeting & he seemed a little shocked that his care wasn't my first priority. i'm SO SOOOO tired of his spoiled, annoying-ass attitude. i can't wait until his last day. so full of himself. OH-MY-GOD! making me crazy.

this probably sounds all wine-y and compain-y - & maybe it is - but i'm really not in a bad mood. just bored. why can't i just take a random week off work and stay home to get my own stuff done? i guess i can, but i won't get paid for it... i'm just BORED. went running last night. it was good though i missed a turn and ended up in the middle of corn fields - which was pretty cool, actually. running next to rusty wire fences, watching swooping birds (i think they were orioles) and staring up at the endless sky of the midwest. i don't miss it - but it's pretty damn cool looking.

that's it. i have to sleep now. early day on site tomorrow. hope it doesn't rain.