You know it's my hectic time at work when...

I hadn't finished the media guide on time so I loaded the files I needed onto my flash drive, packed up the work laptop and was planning to head to the Rush Rhees Periodical Reading Room; I saw a very clear image of the room from the back of the room on the right side when you walk in, lots of students were in there studying/sleeping as always. I decided I wanted to buy a laptop mouse - you know, the kind that you can plug into one of the USB jacks - because that would make it much easier for me to edit in InDesign, so I was going to go to Best Buy to pick one up. Mel stopped me on my way out of Arco, though, and asked if I wanted to take a ride w/her and Jill to go pick up our GM... in New Mexico. I said I'd go, but only if it was a quick trip because I had a lot of work to do. They promised it would be fast, so we all got into Mo's car (a white Escalade) and drove off.

We were driving around in Albuquerque when I realized I had to stop at Bank of America, so Mel drove into a drive-thru in a minimall. I went inside with Jill because we both had checks to deposit. We asked the clerk if we needed to sign and he said, "No, you jsut need to write the account number on the back." We did that and he deposited the checks for us, then we went back outside and as we were pulling out of the drive-thru line, I started filling out a country music survey. Some of the questions (that I can remember) were: What's your favorite country song?; Who is your favorite country singer?; What was Shania Twain wearing at the CMT Awards this year?; What's your favorite outfit that Shania Twain wears? I wanted to fill it out as accurately as possible because the prize that I could win was something I really wanted, but I can't remember now what it was.

All of a sudden, I realized that I needed to get back to the library to finish the media guide, so I started freaking out, telling Mel and Jill that I needed to leave immediately to get back to Canyon, Texas, so that I could finish the media guide.