Drowning in a Sea of Paper

I’ve been busily trying to turn out all the laboratory exercises for my osteo class next fall. This leads me to two observations. (1) I really need a scanner and (2) It seems that whenever I get involved in a project (of an academic nature) it is quite obvious to the casual observer, i.e. my office really suffers. Of course I have one of those twisty office chairs at my desk, and currently it is completely surrounded on all three sides with a hemisphere of paper and book, which I have to clamber over in order to go get a drink of water or whatever else may draw me away from the desk. Yesterday, between the cat and all of my papers there wasn’t a inch of my desk top visible. This is quite a feat since I have an enormous desk.

Of course ever present in the middle of whatever it is I am trying to read is Mouse. I count my blessings when she isn’t on the keyboard or standing on the sliver of desk between me and the keyboard because she is pissed that I am paying more attention to work then to her.

I got a jury duty summons the other day.

“Dangit, didn’t I just do this?”

I found my juror certificate, and of course, it was three years ago almost to the day. I swear I’ve been called to jury duty more over the last 15 years than anyone else I know. WTF? Of course the appearance was also scheduled for the exact day and time I’m supposed to be in RI teaching. Sigh.