Thwarted Plans

Me: There's a problem with my check.
Payroll office gal: (chuckles) What, they pay you too much?
Me: Actually, yes.
-Conversation, five minutes ago

This morning I made a list in my head of things I need to accomplish. It looked something like this:
1. Write & Mail checks for electric, gas & credit card bill.
2. Pick up work study check from campus.
3. See a professor to get an article from her to summarize for my next paper.
4. Go to the bank.

All was going well, until I got to number two on the list. I went to the cashier, picked up my check, and thought, "That's not right." The check before this one was slightly short due to an error on my part in filling out my time sheet. So, I marked the difference on the sheet, had Katherine sign it and returned it to the payroll office. Instead of adding the difference to my current check, they repaid the whole month. So, here's the dilemma: Do I take the check to the bank, deposit it and count it a windfall? Do I bring attention to the mistake and return the excess money? I opted for the second one. Otherwise, I figure they’ll realize the error sooner or later and I’ll have to write them a check. Then again, maybe they never would have and I’d just have a little more money. Hard to say, really. In any event, I already returned the check. *Sigh* Now I have to make another trip to campus to pick it up.

This brings us to number three. My professor’s office hours are 10-12, MWF. I stopped by her office at 10:50 to find the lights off and the door shut. Why are things being so difficult today? Is there a particular force in the universe that’s decided I’ve been having too easy a time of it lately?

Movie Review: The Transporter. Fittingly, to go with the tone of the rest of the day, this movie was disappointing. When I saw The Transporter 2, and kept rolling my eyes at how insanely far-fetched Jason Statham’s stunts were and how ridiculous the plot was, well, I chalked it up to sequelitis. Little did I know… I mean, come on, the man hijacks a plane so he can jump out of it and parachute onto a moving semi. That, my friends, is pretty damn absurd. Granted, some of the fight scenes were nifty for their creativity, but it just pushes the believability envelope way too far. The high point: Getting to see a very buff Jason Statham without his shirt.