I started school this week. I am taking Graphic Design, Advanced Computer Graphics, and Typography. What does this mean? I sit from 8 to 2:40 in front of the same computer.  It's almost like middle school as most of my friends in the class are in the same exact classes - so no one switches seats or changes rooms.  Or you can equate it to my last office job - without the solitaire playing.

Anyway, I was at my last class yesterday and was informed that I wasn't on the roll (thank god for teachers who will actually tell me when I am not in their class).  So I knew that today I would have to go down to the school and see what gives and if necessary - get a note from said teacher. 

I get down there and I ask for my schedule.  Of course, God wanted to laugh at me today and decided to erase my entire schedule off the computer database  - and if that weren't enough - add some more forms to fill out.  Oh yeah, and this is also the last day of Drop/Add - I am in the midst of a sea of 18 year olds with pants bigger than Scarlett O'Hara's hoop skirts - and they are all snapping their gum.

I give my name and the girl types in some info on the computer.

"Are you sure you registered here before?"
"Yes" (dammit)
"The computer says you need to fill out this form for your new address"
"Computers have errors all the time"
(Blank look from the receptionist)
"Fine" 
(I fill out the form in record time - before the next girl in line can get a bubble out of her gum even)
"Ok, here - can I get to my schedule now?
"I'm sorry - you need to drive over to Decatur and re-register... provided that your classes aren't full yet"

I refrain from screaming obscenities at the monotone voiced receptionist - it's not her fault - though I do give some thought to cramming my hand down the mouth of the student in front of me and strangling her with her own gum.

I drive to the Decatur Campus and fill out the Drop/Add forms *AFTER* I sign in.   God gave me a small leg up and I was fifth in line.  I give my name and the girl types in some info on the computer.

"Are you sure you registered here before?"
"YES!!" (I am not going through this again)
"The computer says you need to fill out this form for your new address"
(Did I just go through a time warp?)
"I already filled one out"
"What color was it?"
"Blue"
(WTF?)
"Ok, I can get you into two of your three classes - but you need to get a signature for Typography - it's full"
(Of course it is, nothing is ever the way it should be in the World of Dawn)
"Ok, I will be back with my signature"

I drive over to the Fine Arts Building, hoping that someone will have mercy on my unregistered ass and let me into the Typography class.  I look around and can't find anyone - so I see if anyone is in the painting room (yes, I thought I might run into hottie art teacher, there - let me have one bright spot to this fiasco).  Paydirt.  The teacher I need a signature from is there - as is the hottie art teacher.  However, what I have neglected to tell you is that the teacher I need a signature from is a very impatient woman - who seemed to like letting me know that I was interfering in her task of stapling.  Grumbling, she fills out the form for me while I thank her profusely for giving up 8 seconds of her precious time.

I get the signature I need and then attempt to talk to Mr. HAT while the other teacher is busy locking her office.  I say attempt, because it mainly involves me trying not to stutter, talk low, and talk too fast - all of which I have an extreme problem with normally - but especially when he is around.  What's worse, is I think he knows this and he thinks it's funny.  Dammit.  I at least am able to smile correctly without a smirk ruining it before I leave to go back to admissions.

I get to the desk at the admissions office and hand a different girl at the desk my note with the signature.  She types some stuff on the computer.
"The computer says you need to fill out this form for your new address"
(Somehow I feel like the computer is laughing at me at this point)
"I already filled one out" 
(I am a pro at this dialog now)
"What color --"
"Blue"
I am done with this jaw grinding game level and want to move on.

So I finally get registered and go to get my books - only to find out everything has been bought out - and I need to go to a different department.  I have had enough and decide to play that game a different day.  What did I learn? PAY THE SCHOOL BILL ON TIME and that I know how Bill Murray felt on Groundhog day.