Hurry up and Wait

Mondays are always a little different as we all get back into our routine. For me, they start with 3 times as much work because all the papers we get think that we deserve the Saturday and Sunday editions. I am not complaining because its so hard to sort and throw away newspaper, or even because my 10 minute mail sorting turns into 30. What drives me crazy is that everything needs to be done right at 9:05 am.

I do not mean to single out people, but I'm sure that this happens at many workplaces. People think up all these great ideas over the weekend, then come to work Monday and try to get them out of their system as fast as they can. It has taught me to try to be early on Mondays, but after I realized being early only led to more boredom during the day it was hard to continue the habit. It is not that I had no projects in front of me or nothing to do, I just do a lot of waiting, which has kind of molded my job around a model of wait and remind.
The staff in our office have a million other things going on, so many of the projects that need to be done by noon are done by close of business or even the next day depending on how busy the staffer is.

My sister flew in yesterday on a trip through our local phone company. She called me today while outside the Department of Agriculture headquarters to ask how close I was to her, as she assumed I was inside that building. Tourists, they never learn (this is a joke for those of you who don't know my sarcasm, I was just as confused my first time out and the whole first week of this experience).

Speaking of tourists, there were protesters everywhere. They wasn't anything organized in my area, but many of the stragglers left from yesterday and this morning decided to have a look around, which is fine, but I wouldn't want to be a yes-voting war advocate when a group of them walks into my office. On my way home a stop sign had a bumper sticker slapped on it to read: STOP Funding War.

We are still moving into everything, we still have half of one large office left to unpack. I have no clue how many more people we are hiring (if any), but there is a lot of misplaced and empty furniture around. It does not help that we are putting the final touches on our conference room, 1300. It looks very state of the art, and when the sun shines in the refinishing of the wood looks great. One funny thing is that the whole room renovation was paid for by the Republicans last year, it's not that they don't get to use it, but the majority just has greater use of the room as most events that are scheduled come through the majority office.
I have a couple of projects ongoing, but nothing too time consuming. My parents and brother are coming later in the week and will be given the grand tour by yours truly.

Final side note: Good luck to the GFW Boys Basketball team as they advance to state. Another GFW connection is my aunt, a GFW grad, taking her Fairmont Girls team to State last week when the upset some very good teams, and lost by only 8 to a team with one loss.