Well, I wanted to go to DemoCampDC tonight, I really did. So, I got off work at 4pm. It was then I realized I didn’t have my wallet (and that I had left it on my bed this morning when I got dressed) and not enough money for metro back and forth.
So, I took the bus back home (I really need to buy that moped), looked for my wallet, got changed, and headed back out to the bus stop (which is 10-15 minutes from the house each way.)
I caught the bus at 5:25, with about one hour to get to the University of Maryland campus, take the shuttle, and figure out which building was the “Computer Science Instruction Center”. Needless to say, I didn’t get there in time.
I finally made it to the campus about 7:20. The bus driver didn’t know where I wanted to go, and the schedule map didn’t look like the map I saw online. I got out near the Math building, walked around for 10 minutes, and couldn’t find anyone that knew where CSIC is. At that point I walked back to the bus stop, and began the long trek back home.
On the way, I stopped at Union Station (where I’m writing this post now) to stop off at the bathroom and get something to eat. So now, I’m munching on a “honey mustard snack wrap” (delicious, but too small) and two apple pies (an old favorite) and sipping some MickeyD’s “sweet” iced tea.
Add all that on top of the past three days of work (more about that next post), and I can only come to one conclusion:
I REALLY NEED A VACATION!
I’ll have my chance for at least some time off in a couple of weeks, when the other tech is on spring break and can work more hours.
I can’t wait until May so I can take a full week off, and go somewhere out of this timezone and not have to think about pill-counting, receiving orders, or getting yelled at because something costs too much.
I ask again: Can I retire yet?
Sorry you got lost. The road the shuttle comes in on is Campus Dr. You needed to follow that back towards Rt 1 (away from the big M). You’ll pass the math then the engineering building and then reach an intersection where you make a left and CSIC is on your right shortly after that. I’ve added the following to the wiki for possible future use:
Directions from the shuttle stop: head back towards Rt 1 (i.e. away from the Big M). You’ll pass the Math and Engineering (Glenn L Martin Hall) buildings on your left. At the first (road) intersection you reach, make a left. You should pass a map of the campus and then CSIC is on your right, behind the wind tunnel building. If you get to A.V Williams or the Jeong H. Kim engineering building, you’ve gone too far.
Yeah, I got lost more because it was dark and I hadn’t really given myself enough time to find where I was going. I had looked up the map online, but I didn’t take into account that I wouldn’t be able to see very well. I’ll make sure I’m better prepared next time.