My Crazy Friday

So, today was a pretty crazy day. Here's a (not-so-)brief synopsis:

• 01:31 - Finish drafting and mapping Singing Valentines delivery schedule
• 02:42 - Finish final (printed) version of Valentines delivery schedule
• 03:06 - Bed
• 07:05 - Alarm
• 07:15 - Check for last-minute messages
• 07:42 - Morning correspondence
  
• 08:03 - Shower and morning hygiene
• 08:41 - Send schedules remotely to campus printer
• 08:44 - Briefly look over Music Theory homework in preparation for quiz
  
• 08:54 - Gather belongings with intent of being on campus early to study and eat
  
• 09:00 - Leave apartment
• 09:02 - Arrive at bus stop
• 09:09 - First bus passes me and two others (too full)
• 09:23 - Second bus passes me and five others (completely empty, but was a training bus)
• 09:27 - Third bus passes me and seven others (not headed to Oakland)
• 09:29 - Fourth bus passes me and eight others (too full)...
• 09:30 - Bus right behind it (thankfully) has room for all of us, but no more
  
• 09:39 - Arrive on campus
• 09:42 - Frantically cram in some last-minute quiz studying in what little time is left
• 09:59 - Sit for quiz
• 10:02 - Quiz begins
• 10:24 - My phone rings... probably urgent, but can't answer
  
• 10:40 - I finish the quiz
• 10:41 - See call was from John Goldsmith, Heinz Chapel Choir director
• 10:42 - Go knock on his door since it's right down the hall; no answer
• 10:44 - Listen to voicemail; he emailed some additional last-minute orders that were in his mailbox; also, he's going home (pretty early, I might add)
• 10:49 - Head to computer lab to pick up schedule printouts
• 10:51 - See that only one of the three copies actually printed, despite the fact that I was debited the sheets for all three from my print quota
• 10:53 - Use my laptop to print the other two copies
• 10:58 - Second of the other two copies actually prints and makes it to the "output" table
• 10:59 - Frantically and apologetically call Patrick, making sure everyone's already there and ready to begin
  
• 11:02 - Arrive at William Pitt Union
• 11:16 - Sing two telephone Valentines
• 11:35 - Head to a few local businesses for "Random Acts" of Valentines
• 11:51 - Leave group for class
  
• 11:57 - Send a series of advisory text messages to the second-in-commands
• 12:02 - First class (ChE 0602) begins
• 12:18 - Mind wanders briefly to "when the heck am I going to eat?"
  
• 12:40 - Class seems like it's about to end; it doesn't
• 12:49 - Class ends
• 12:50 - Ask friend if she might be able to deliver a lunch to me later in the day if I pay her back; she's not able
• 12:51 - Take long elevator ride down to Einstein Bros. Bagels to see how the line is and if they have salads
• 12:54 - Line is long, no salads; take same long elevator ride right back up
• 13:01 - Second class (ChE 0613) begins
• 13:33 - Class comes to its ten-minute break early; professor says we'll be done early; I rejoice
• 13:45 - Class resumes
• 14:23 - Class ends
• 14:27 - Arrive at Quiznos Subs; order sub
• 14:30 - Receive and eat sub
• 14:40 - Depart Quiznos Subs
• 14:45 - Arrive at William Pitt Union, discuss the past three hours' of Valentines with second-in-command
• 15:00 - Take over Singing Valentines again
  
• 15:22 - Deliver seven Valentines across campus in 40 minutes... one undelivered due to bad campus address
• 16:08 - Head to new address given at old address; recipient's office is actually elsewhere
  
• 16:31 - A few more phone Valentines
  
• 16:56 - Finally deliver previously undelivered Valentine
• 17:23 - A slew of phone Valentines... basically sing the same 90-second song repeatedly for a couple hours; people come and go, but I stay
  
• 19:36 - A number of complimentary phone Valentines undeliverable because the numbers were disconnected (very curious)
• 19:59 - Deliver final Valentine; dismiss and thank singers profusely
  
• 20:05 - Arrive at Benedum Hall
• 20:09 - Arrive at my locker, retrieve trumpet and pep band clothes
• 20:14 - Walk up hill
• 20:20 - Arrive at Petersen Events Center
• 20:23 - Change clothes, gather belongings
  
• 20:29 - Enter arena just in time to play
• 20:51 - Phone battery dies
• 21:02 - Tip-off, Pitt v. West Virginia
• 21:21 - Eat some chips I had from lunch while watching the game to try to stave my hunger
  
• 21:34 - Start to get a bit thirsty from chips and repeated use of voice
  
• 21:51 - Halftime
• 22:07 - Plan to eat a late dinner at Arby's after the game since they close at 24:00
  
• 22:57 - People start leaving, Pitt down 66-59 with one minute left
• 23:04 - Regulation ends tied 68-68
• 23:17 - Portions of voice may have been lost
  
• 23:26 - First overtime ends tied 78-78; forgo the option of dinner
  
• 23:44 - Second overtime ends tied 88-88
• 23:55 - Portions of sanity may have been lost
• 24:02 - Game ends, Pitt wins 98-95 in 3OT
• 24:11 - Spend about two full minutes at the drinking fountain quenching aforementioned thirst
  
• 24:14 - Leave Petersen Events Center
• 24:23 - Arrive at Benedum Hall
• 24:25 - Change clothes; return trumpet and pep band clothes to locker
• 24:31 - Walk to bus stop
• 24:42 - Board bus to Shadyside
• 24:53 - Arrive in Shadyside
• 24:55 - Arrive home
• 25:00 - Bathroom; settle down; ears start ringing
• 25:14 - Start writing this post
• 25:45 - Click "Publish Post"
• 25:47 - Bed
  

That said, today was really fun. But I'm also glad that my days aren't like this every day.

And with that, good night. I've got reports to write in the morning.