Two more of my colleagues are leaving UA next Friday. They are both heading to better opportunities – and I remember not so long ago that UA was the “better opportunity”. Smart, funny, talented and engaged in the welfare of the University and our students. And now, heading out.<\/p>\n
Strange times.<\/p>\n
I don’t blame them and if there’s any surprise it’s that such talented people have lasted so long. I think we’re all still waiting for that other shoe to drop.<\/p>\n
I’m still hanging in there. And I’m trying to keep up with my battle plan of being “quietly awesome”. Keep my head down and keep doing what I do. And part of that is being excited for my friends – and being sad to see them go.<\/p>\n
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On a more positive note, I did a little volunteering today. One of the committees that I’m on at work does some volunteering at the Ronald McDonald house. We did a little cleaning and organized the pantry – and brought some food up from the basement to stock the shelves. I was able to use my “ability to reach things on tall shelves” and “able to carry more than it seems like I would be able to” for the project and we were able to finish up in short order. We had time and could have done more, but that was all they asked of us. Not a bad way to spend part of a Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
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One odd bit was when I arrived. One of the staff members was sweeping up outside and buzzed in when I approached. He showed me to the administrator – who was a little taken aback when I said I there to volunteer.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t expect you to be male”, she said.<\/p>\n
Really? I was there to help do some cleaning and organizing – way to rock the 1800’s, lady.<\/p>\n
Also, there were three people from our group that had volunteered. Laura, Bonnie, and Anthony. Pretty sure our names were submitted beforehand – and I would be the Anthony of the mix.<\/p>\n
Maybe I should have just shown up in drag.<\/p>\n
It would have been no less surprising, but at least it would have been legitimately unusual.<\/p>\n
It’s too bad they didn’t have me vacuum or wash dishes – I kick ASS at washing dishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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