And On We Blindly Stumble! 3.4

Well that was something, OC training was very interesting. We had 8 people and 3 of our supervisors go through it, overall the supervisors; who were supposed to raise morale by going first; literally took it the worst, they got each other pretty well and one of them had to call the fire dept because he had trouble breathing. And another of our new people had trouble breathing and fainted so we had to call the paramedics, I tell you it was like a warzone or something, people in agony and pain running around all over the place, but they did very well despite these oddities. One of the new ones almost had problems, but another employee and I calmed her down and had her go though decon, I had to talk to her the whole time so we would not have any problems, she didnt want me to leave her side so I stayed with her talking trying to make light of the situation, but she was alright. I was actually planning on going through with it, and to let a coworker spray me just to let them see how it is. I am sorta glad I didnt, all that reminded me of how it was, but I am really proud of all of them.

Wow its getting really hot down here, today it was 90 and its only May, I fear as to how the summer will be. I also noticed sunscreen does not have any effect on me, no matter how much I put on I still tan and peel. I guess natives are immune to sun block. I am thinking of buying a camelpack water thingy to carry around with me so I can have water, its tough to walk around on campus and sometimes there is no immediate fountain and walking around in the buildings will rile up the locals.

The apartment hunt continues, although there are some available they are not ready for move in. I am worried I will be home less if something is not found soon.

Some events Friday have left me... lets say feeling empty, for a long while I have been living on my own and it was good, but lately I have been yearning for companionship I guess is a good way to describe it, living on my own has been a blast and its good to have things done my own way and doing things according to my own schedule, lately I have been thinking of sharing things with others. I have also been getting restless at nite, wanting to do something other than stay home, Saturday nite I TRIED to try something different. But it didnt work out exactly as I had planned. Hopefully something will come along and change.

Last week we had someone threaten the Parking Officers, I guess someone got a citation and called the office, one of our secretarys answered and he started asking wierd questions and I guess he didnt like the answers he was getting so at the end of the conversation he asked if the PO's had insurance on them, she asked why and he said he was going to find one and take one out. Scary right? The lighter side to it is the guy called on his own home phone so we got his name and phone number from the caller ID, matched that to student records and parking records and found out who the guy was, where he lived, what he drove, his parents address even his class schedule, the Captain and another officer met up with him and gave him a talking to.

The wierdest experience happened two weeks ago when I was citing near the health and social services building. I was taking pictures of a commuter student's vehicle which parked in a faculty lot when I hear a girl behind me "You should be ashamed of yourself!" I think nothing of it, having heard a lot worse from students I think nothing of it. As she gets closer I take a look and its a native, possibly not a navajo but a native, I look at her and go back to my citation telling her I am "just doing my job." She says in a sarcastic but playful tone "Im just kiddin!"
At this point I look up and they continue walking, flabbergasted, I look up at them they smile and get in their car and leave.