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10.18.2003 posted by William 13:00 link |
It's Homecoming weekend for Columbia, which normally wouldn't be worth writing about, except that this year it's like Homecoming Deluxe because it's the 250th anniversary of the school's founding. Still wouldn't be worth writing about except that it means a lot of people are in town for the weekend, as Christian points out. And then my brother is in town for an AF thing, too -- it's gonna be a busy couple of days.
So why am I sitting on the couch writing a blog entry? Yesterday I finally got paid for some of the work I've done for the past, let's see, nine weeks. Yup, I'm getting snookered. When I wrote my Grandma a thank-you note last week for the card she sent for my birthday in August (...), I guess I let a dash of frustration at the job situation slip into the otherwise innocuous standard thank-you-Grandma letter, because yesterday there was a prim little envelope in my mailbox that contained a slow, thoughtful letter expressing concern for my financial stability and a folded check for $300. What's the etiquette here? I don't want handouts, but the truth is I really could use the cash to keep me in food for a few more weeks until the retroactive payment situation is worked out. So I deposited the check, and I think I'll send another thank-you note. But this one will be more of the chatty letter type, like people wrote when mail correspondence was the primary way to stay in touch. If it feels good, maybe I'll switch all my long-distance staying-in-touch communication from the typed to the hand-written -- hey, it was good enough for these losers. |