I should be working

But posting here will be item #27 on the list of things I've done today other than work. I really don't know if it's that long, but I'm constantly amazed by what I come up with to avoid doing more work than what's minimally expected of me in this place. To be fair, many of my diversions are important. There is a spankin new bulletin to peruse and a time schedule to check, and those Facebook messages won't reply to themselves. Occasionally I'll even do a bit of work for my thesis, and I take up way too much of AJC's bandwidth doing various tasks for DM.

I only have six more work days, and clearly I'm counting. The monotony of my job is really starting to get to me, and I'm anxious to move on to honors college and especially to get back to Stanford. It's been a little weird not to be there after spending most of my first two summers on campus. On the other hand, I'm really glad that I'll arrive having missed the place a great deal.

I've been wondering how other people are feeling about the upcoming year. I suppose it's kind of the obvious question: how do you feel heading into senior year? I don't expect anything other than the same mix of anxiety and excitement that I feel, though I'm sure the proportions vary from person to person. This summer has proven useful in that I'm no longer thinking about going to grad school right after college, but that unfortunately generates at least as many questions as it answers. And it still doesn't allow me to completely devote myself to things at school this year...god knows finding a job will be as stressful and time-consuming as applying to masters programs would.

On a completely different note, I've been regretting not having been in better contact with many of you this summer. Not that an occasional phone call or e-mail would substitute for what I really miss...those absurdly late conversations about free will or good wine; our epic, semi-lit wiffle ball games on the lawn; reliving random moments of "Manstud" production...but it might lend a bit of comfort. Suffice it to say, I can't wait to see you all next month.