hushed gray: the Kevin chronicles

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Wow, just wow
I spent a couple of hours listening to entries for a college media contest, and wow. It strangely makes me want to go back and listen to some of the air checks from "Unwind the River," yet at the same time I don't want to do that because they had to be absolutely horrible.

The past week went alright, just really busy. And it left me tired enough that I went to bed around 10 Friday night and didn't get up until 7 a.m. And I probably could have used a nap this afternoon, but I'm not yet feeling completely worn out so I figure an update and some dishwashing may be in order.

On Monday I had a lunch meeting with the news director, then started my work day early covering a press conference with the governor in Northwest Jacksonville. Because the governor was there, there were enough police officers that it was safe for a geeky white guy to stand on a street corner in Northwest Jacksonville. After that I went to cover a press conference with the sheriff, but had about an hour to just walk around downtown. And I have to say I was rather disappointed at how little was open at 4:30 in the afternoon. I'd figured I'd try out some little restaurant, but pretty much everything was closed up tight.

Tuesday it was laundry and taxes. I filed online for the first time, and it was remarkably simple--I'd definitely recommend it for anyone who meets the requirements (annual salary of no more than $52k). Hopefully I'll be getting my refund check in the mail within the next few weeks.

I can't quite remember how all my time got burned up on Wednesday, but it seems like I ran out of hours very quickly. But I did get a paycheck, and it was, shall we say, significantly higher than my normal paycheck. I'm talking in percentages here and my paycheck isn't that big to begin, so it isn't that much money. Still, it makes those extra hours seem a little more worthwhile.

On Thursday...I took the car to a GM dealer here in town to get the air bag light checked. And they determined there's a problem with the side air bag on the passenger's side, and that said air bag needs to be replaced. And they told me how much it would cost to replace it and I said I'd just try not to get in any wrecks. The part would cost more than the labor. Anyway, they got the light turned off though the mechanic said expect it to come back on at any time, so I'll just drive on.

On Friday I got called in to work because of the deadly storms south of here early that morning. I guess they just wanted an extra set of hands in the news room. I'm surprised after the paycheck I got on Wednesday that they'll let me work overtime anymore. Somebody in accounting's going to say, "Whoa whoa whoa...."

Devon came over Saturday evening and we ran through our skit for entertainment night coming up next week. It's...stupid, and yet as Devon pointed out photos of this will probably live on forever. Should be fun.

Despite the general business of the past week, I managed to write three letters and stay somewhat up on e-mail although I still owe a few replies. I also cleaned the bathroom sink and toilet, which didn't get done when I got called in to work last Friday. Again, I didn't accomplish near what I would have liked to accomplish, but all things considered I guess it wasn't a bad week.

For what it's worth, the American Philatelic Society is giving me the opportunity to sign up one person for a free membership through the end of the year since I've been a member for the past five years. So...in the unlikely event that you, my faithful reader, have any interest in joining the APS and receiving the American Philatelist each month for the rest of 2007, please e-mail me and let me know.

Now, let's see about getting some dishes washed and carry on from there.

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