Timely Extradition

After what understandably appeared to be the complete disappearance of me, I return. For the most part. If you can call it that. My life? Oh, no, I couldn't bore you with that.

Oh, well, if you insist.

I've been in summer sessions and working all day every day, which could possibly explain my notable absence. Class at 10am followed immediately by 6 - 8 hours of work a day really seems to tax one more than originally planned. I'm enjoying it, for the most part, though. My job is one I can actually put on a resume, and though it is on the low end of the totem pole, I fully believe that the work I and those below me are doing is worthwhile and will do good for the community in the long haul. It's slightly difficult to explain what I do, but I am a Triennial School Census Team Leader (in title), and I manage four to six census interviewers every day as we cover every square mile of Chesterfield County and the City of Richmond. We go door-to-door, but only to addresses that have not responded to the federally-mandated public school census, and fill out the information manually if we are responded to. It's long, it's arduous, the pay is surprisingly good, and I work with a bunch of VCU and other university kids I might or might not have ever gotten to meet otherwise.

I attended Capital Pride 2008 a few weeks ago and had a complete blast spending time with high school friends and staying at my family's place in A-Town. I realize more and more how much I miss the city that bred and raised me every time I visit, but when I come home to Richmond I always see new things that I didn't appreciate about it before. I definitely couldn't see myself making a life here or staying here long if at all after undergrad, but it's not a terrible place and I think it'll be somewhere that I will fondly remember.

I leave this entry slightly open, so as I have somewhere to pick up for the next one, or at least to give me some ideas. People are complicated, and I am seeing that no matter how hard you try to understand people or their behaviors, sometimes you just can't. Ever. It's frustrating as hell, but it's a fact of life and I think it's one that makes being individuals so awesome. Agonizing, yes. But awesome.

Until next time.