Week 2: Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday, May 27th

Monday was Memorial Day, and I (as ordered) stayed home.  D did not.  When I came in I had emails from him waiting for me.  They were waiting, because he sent them Monday night.  Poor D, working holidays. 

Today felt like a slow day.  SP wasn't in the office and it was a lot quieter without him.  

I met with D when he got back from a meeting somewhere in Benton Co. to talk about what we need to still get done before the FOs (field organizers) and Canvassers and Volunteers start coming in on June 4th.  He had emailed me a to-do list that included data entry and finishing organizing the office and getting it ready for the open house.  It also included getting all the computers and network stuff up and running.  I have no idea why he thought that was a good idea.  I can't do much with computers. I certainly can't do anything with a network to save my life. I think he was expecting this, so he gave me the name of the IDPs tech guy to come help if I need him.  Yay... more talking on the phone with people I don't know. (yuck.)  I suppose I would rather be doing that than the VAN research D is doing, though.  And we have a crap-ton of ethernet cords... so maybe I won't need the network stuff anyways.  

After talking with D, I worked on some finalizing the community events list and updating the online calendar the office uses.  I also took stock of the office and updated our needs list.  I was impressed by how much (especially high-tech, expensive things) we had acquired in a week's time.  We still need many basic things, though (like toilette paper). 

I got to close the office as well, because everyone else cleared out for a labor meeting, while I was finishing a few last things. 

Wednesday, May 28th

Today I was late.  I overslept.  I worried about what D would say, while I sped the whole way over.  When I got to the office I quickly started working on setting up computers.  Later when I checked my email, I saw D was late today too. Maybe that's why he didn't say anything.  Either way, I'm not having that happen again.  (If only work were a place I could go in sweats with dirty hair... I maybe would have been on time.) I've decided I'm going to Best Buy or an electronics store after work, so I can buy a plug adapter, so I can plug in and use my better alarm clock. I don't want to be late ever again.  

I spent today setting up computers, pretending to be a technology goddess. I've discovered we are missing some essential computer cords and that I really have no clue how to work a wireless router, but I set up the two desktop computers we have so far, and D seems pleased with that (for now). 

After I was stymied by a missing printer power cord, I decided to work on some database projects I have going for the rest of the day.  Later tonight, I am going to the county central committee meeting.  I'm pretty stoked for that.