Hey! It’s Friday, and I’m not working. So what can I do with myself, you ask?

Well, I thought I’d swim. Then I thought I’d work a bit on setting myself up with the courses I need to take this semester as I teach.

Cool idea, you say? Why, I thought so as well!

I sat down to my computer, my hair still dripping from cholorinated water and the 45 minute lap session I did while the pool was void of poeple but myself.

I clicked on the links I needed for tuition waiver, given to me by my dear mentor and friend in the department.

This activity reminded me to call the Parking Services people and ask why they think I am no longer a JMU employee; they’ve been demanding my parking pass back. Bullies.

That call leads to my finding out I am marked by HR as an ex-employee. As of late April. Welllll okay then.

I call HR, and no one has any idea what happened. Why this year is different than the last.

I leave several messages for several different people, and I’m waiting for them to call me back.

In the meantime, I think “Gee, I should look into the DoE analyzing my transcripts, as I still don’t know 100% what I need to take for licensure.”

So I call the DoE for my state, I go through a series of gyrations with the automated voice assistant, and I finally reach the receptionist of Licensure.

I explain what I’m looking for, she snaps at me “HOLD PLEASE” and leaves me on hold for 7 minutes.

O.o

I hang up, call back, and get a message machine. I leave my message, ask them to call me back, and now I’m stuck in the middle of a big pile of no progress.

WHAT IN THE FUCK is going on with administration these days? I mean, really. This is ridiculous.

/End rant.