Boo! Hiss!

I'd say good evening, but there hardly seems anything good about it :(  It was pouring rain and windy when I got out of the gym. So I walked to the light rail and  - for the first time ever - took a bus back to Sac State so I could catch the 30 which would save me a 10 block walk in rain/wind. Just as the bus was pulling up the 30 left!! Stupid thing didn't even take the extra moment to see if anybody from my bus was going to transfer. So I sat in the (fortunately dry) bus shelter waiting 25 minutes for the next 30 to arrive.
 
Then I got home, logged into my bank account hoping beyond hope that my tax refund had been deposited. *sigh* Wasn't in the bank. I even tried the "Where's my refund" thingy again and this time instead of saying "It should be in your account by Feb 2nd" it said call us and see what's up (not in those exact words, of course). So I actually called the IRS and got the horrible muzak treatment and then the fake polite lady saying oh they're still working on it, verifying information, etc. *sigh* I better not be getting audited (the fear lingers)!
 
Now I'm starving (haven't eaten since that sandwich at 2:00) for something  yummy but have nothing in the house and it's all rainy outside. And worst of all, today's Thursday and I have yet another loooong day at work to get through. *sigh* This all could have been made better if only the IRS weren't so slow to me this year!

Year of the Tiger - grrrrrrr!

After that last whiny post I thought I'd mention my Chinese New Year resolution for this year (since this year I actually started my other resolutions at the top of the calendar year unlike years past) is to write more on my LJ. Even if nobody read its - bwahahahaha! I just forked over more dough for a paid account because I can't bear to part with my user pics, so all the better reason to write and make it worth my money.

Not much is happening, although I am undertaking new ventures at work - first year advising. Hey, quit laughing! I can at least try to be nice and helpful! Anyway, the world of academic advising is completely new to me and filled with so much stuff that I'm trying to learn so I can guide the young 'uns. I'll probably be yammering about that in the near future (I'm still training and I think I won't start advising live people until the week of the 22nd). I decided to do this not because I don't have enough other library work to do. Rather, I've been looking for something new (maybe along the lines of a goal) to keep me from getting into too deep a rut. Heh, here's hoping it won't be a horrible mistake!

Oh yeah, one last thing. As your reward for reading this far, I posted my Christmas Death Valley, Channel Islands, Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Vacation photos here: http://pics.livejournal.com/undeep_thoughts/pic/0009pk2e/g52 Heh, I posted them quite some time ago but apparently was overtaken with the laziness to post that I'd posted them.  Good thing I've got a resolution about that! Apparently, you shouldn't be expecting any writing on that ^__^