So I had to run an errand this afternoon for my co-worker to the Parking Services office to pick up some pre-paid parking passes for the guests attending an event we're coordinating tomorrow. The office is on the other end of campus, so I decided to drive. I took our departmental parking pass, which sticks in the window above our regular parking passes, so that I could park at a meter without paying. No big deal, right?
But here's the thing. While I was taking care of my business at Parking Services, the departmental parking pass came un-stuck and fell off my window. When I got back to my car, I had received a ticket. A parking violation from Parking Services. What painful irony, I'm telling you. And so frustrating!
Of course, I'm contesting this. Sure it's only $10, but it's $10 I'm not going to pay. It's not my fault the departmental parking passes distributed by Parking Services don't stick to windows well. When I got back to my office, I called down to see what I needed to do to get this cleared, and my formal protest about the unfairness of it all is now in the mail on its way to them. Hopefully this will get resolved soon and I can move on with my happy little life. Because seriously -- this little incident was NOT something I needed to happen today. My Wednesday's lately have had a tendency to be stressful enough as it is.
But anyway...on another note, yesterday Blake interviewed for a position in business analytics and intelligence at a large Indiana/Ohio financial company which is headquartered here. He went into the interview thinking that this really might not be the job for him, that, if anything, it'd be good practice. But he came home from the interview singing a totally different tune. Turns out he IS interested in this job. Which is all well and good because, after all, a job is a job. But it makes the potential of our staying in Muncie for several more years a stronger possibility. And, even though staying here would make a lot of things easier in the short run, I'm not so sure I like that.
Don't get me wrong -- Muncie has treated us very well for these last two years. But it's hard to get excited about staying in a place that 1) you were initially planning on leaving after two years, 2) all of your ward friends are leaving, and 3) really is a dying community anyway. Nothing, obviously, is certain yet, so I still have some time to get used to the idea. Or at least time to firmly remind myself that wherever we end up is where we're supposed to be.
4 comments:
well, if you do stay in Muncie, maybe move to another apartment just for the sake of moving. Plus, you'll need more space OR budget $50 (or however much) to buying something new for your house. Just a suggestion for the fun of it.
You stick it to the parking Nazis. I hope you win. (I've fought meager parking tickets before.....ten bucks is ten bucks).
Wow, if you had gotten that ticket at BYU it would have been between $50-$70 (believe me, I got a few of them while I was there). Anyway, that is absolutely great about Blake's interview! Congratulate him for me! It sounds like a really good job, and even if you stay there for a while, I'm sure it wouldn't be for too long (a lot of things could happen - transfers, etc).
It's really hard once you get in the "I'm outta here in x months" mind-set to change it. My family moved often growing up, and we all get antsy after about 3-4 years in one place. I like Sarah's idea - moving into a slightly bigger and better apartment/condo/house could still be enough of a change to make it work.
And way to fight the parking Nazis! BYU really soured me on parking services. I may have to post about this one.
Post a Comment