journaling: enabled

It’s been another long week at work. I nearly went home ill this afternoon but I wanted to get a computer delivered. The recipient was very happy. I also got to order some audio equipment for the Dance Theatre concert to provide some “thump”. Should be fun. The amp is 125W per channel and I got a pair of 15″ subwoofers too for a total less than $500. We’re going to hook them to a crossover so they just provide bass. If anybody’s interested, we got them from the marsmusic.com going-out-of-business sale.
Anyway, I’m really tired tonight. I haven’t posted the past few days because I’ve been having trouble accessing the LiveJournal website… not that I use it to post, but I figured if I can’t access the website I probably wouldn’t be able to post with the client either. I have my new wireless access point. It’s been giving me grief by cutting out the wireless signal occassionally. I’m not sure why. I might have to give them a call or email and ask what’s up. At least it’s not cutting out wired service, which would affect my mail server.
Yesterday the chancellor gave her doom and gloom talk regarding budget. I wasn’t there so I got the news second-hand. Apparently all adjunct faculty positions are being cut. Yikes. UWRF’s share of the state budget cut is $1.6 million … which is quite a hefty chunk. To compensate they’re going to raise tuition $250 each semester for the next 2 yrs … making up 38% of the cuts. While it’s harsh, I think they’re between a rock and a hard place. If they don’t raise tuition, they have to cut programs. If they cut programs, they will lose students. On the other hand, by raising tuition, they may lose students too. Hopefully aid can make up most of the difference. UW System still ranks #9 in the Big Ten for tuition costs, but that’s little consolation to the student who can no longer afford school.
Yesterday I finished my sofa project. I converted a sleeper sofa into a semi-regular sofa for flutterbyefred and liz4jc4ever. It was fun. They now have additional seating space in their reshall room. I found it amusing that the sofa was going back into a reshall because I used it myself when I lived in Prucha Hall… I think it was even about this time of year when I moved it in there. How crazy is that?
I need to hook up with someone from my parents’ neck of the woods so that I can retrieve a SmartMedia card for Rich to take on his trip. I hope he enjoys it. I’d love to go overseas someday… maybe a honeymoon.
Time for bed … I’m thoroughly exhausted and am having trouble typing.