Here it is the first NICE day in a while and I'm sitting in my office staring at a pile of papers that need grading. There is really no rush for grading them, I don't plan on handing them back until Thursday. And they are short papers that I don't need to stress about editing, just a simple read through, comment, and grade. But I don't feel like doing it.

So why am I sitting in my office instead of sitting outside?! Heck, I could even sit outside and stare at the papers there. Oh, that's right, because at Job 2 today, I need to shepherd some papers from one office to another once the secretary has finished copying them. That seems like a good reason to come into work.

But it has been several days of errand running. Yesterday I had to drive to one campus to get a form signed, then drive to another campus to pay for the publication and copyrighting of my dissertation, then walk to another building to turn in the 6,000 forms you need to fill out with your dissertation, and then drive to a farther part of the campus to purchase my academica regalia. Finally, drive to a third campus and teach my class. In purchasing the academica regalia, doctoral students are given two choices:
1) The cheap looking $69 robe.
2) The cheap looking custom made $700 robe.
Which do you think most graduates select? Seriously, after six years of graduate student stipend, I would like to meet the graduate student who has $700 for a robe.

Anywho, I'm bored and rambling and trying to avoid doing work, hoping that the secretary will hurry up with these copies so I can just go home (and play "Cooking Mama" on the Wii).

I started the Lucy STR sock a few days ago. I just turned the heel on the train ride to work. I'll try to get some nice outdoorsy pictures for a post later tonight.