It's important to look again

Worked with Mike this morning on the presentation and it was fruitful. We got a lot done. I'm working on it a little more tonight before handing it off to him to fill in some holes. Then tomorrow I'll get a chance to look at the finished product before it heads off to Sweden on Monday. I'm feeling good about this.
I went back down to Nancy's office yesterday to get the mess the school made of getting an ID badge. I wasn't able to get it on Monday because of some mess up....I thought Flagler was the only place where no one knew what was going on? Am I still in that Twilight Zone??? Ugh. It goes without saying that I was frustrated. So my badge is on hold until they get that figured out. Well I sent an email to both Dan and Mike about the problem on Tuesday. Dan was pretty quick about it as he sent a copy to Nancy who worked her magic and sent a reply back to me...which I didn't see until I was on the phone with Mike talking about the problem. She had said they mixed up on some forms and for me to come back in on Wednesday. So that's what I did yesterday only to find out I had refill out a Volunteer Background Check form I had already filled out over 2 weeks ago. It was after 10:30AM by the time I got out of her office. I could have filled it out then and there and headed to the Security Office (I'd probably have my badge by now if I did) but there were some spaces that I couldn't remember what I had filled in before. I should have brought the copies with me. So I took it back home, thinking I could bring it back by the time the Security Office closed (they're only open until noon - bogus). Well by the time I got back to my aunt's house it was well after 11AM. I just made plans to drive down early today and do it, but plans with Mike kind of messed that up. I'd go tomorrow but I think they're only open Monday through Thursday - again another bogus. And of course Monday is Labor Day, so it's a good chance they won't be open then either. Tuesday is when I'll do it, bright and early. I tell you, what an inconvenient adventure. And if not Tuesday, then someday. =)

Mood: Working
Thoughts: I miss Punk'd
Watching: Punk'd - Salma Hayek just got punk'd by Penelope Cruz
Drinking: Ginger ale and Apple Juice

Must not close eyes and procrastin....zzzzzz...

It's about that time to crack down on this presentation, which has undergone a successful round of procrastination. Mike will be here bright and early in the morning to get working on it. 8 in AM to be exact. We'll work until 10 or so because he has a call to take then he's off for a possible gym workout, but will return sometime later in the afternoon to continue working on the slides. I have a feeling Friday will look about the same.

Mood: Sleepy
Thoughts: I shouldn't have had that glass of sangria
Watching: Criminal Minds season 3
Eating: Oatmeal Raisin cookies
Should be: Sleeping and working on presentation

Sweden is quickly approaching

Du gamla, Du fria
Thou ancient, Thou free

I'm working strong, hard, and long on this presentation. I realize how wrong that sounds now that I've written it out. But I am working on the team's presentation for next Monday in Sweden. Things are moving along...far from smoothly. Thursday and Friday Mike will be working with me on the slides perhaps the last times I'll work on them before they fly out. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Excited that I get to be working on something so prestigious. This presentation is going to be presented to over 50 individuals from around the world - Denmark, Ghana, the Netherlands to name a few. So far I've worked on this and an article (which I'll hopefully be getting money for). The best part is that I'll be getting my name on them.
How great is that? A post graduate college student getting her name on presentations and publications. I'll also be working on publications of my own, they'll have focuses in the Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice realm. This is really is an enriching opportunity for me, regardless of what my mom and aunt say about it being too cushy of an internship. It would feel really wonderful to get published. I would love to get my fiction published (and of course finished) first, but this would almost be better. These articles would possibly be published in Criminal Journals or something like that - at least that's what I'm hoping.
It is depressing to know that Mike will be leaving for Oregon soon. Yesterday was his last official day at college. He'll still be assisting the Family Center on certain things. I'll then be working under Dan and Vivi. I still have yet to meet Vivi. She's still on maternity leave; she had a baby girl. Well I should try getting back to work.
Do you think if I drive a black SUV, people will think I'm part of the FBI?

Mood: Working! Working! Working!
Thoughts: I hope I can get this presentation done before Monday (Sept 7), and that its good
Watching: Criminal Minds season 2 - Gideon is writing his farewell letter for Reid to find, suspenseful
Drinking: Oceanspray Cranberry juice
Wish I Was: Outside in the pool soaking up some sun and my daily dosage of Vitamin D