Eureka!....well, sort of

Today was a crazy day. I woke up with the mind set that I was going to cream that drawer of blueprints and get as much done as my brain and body would let me. I rearranged my attack strategy a bit, tweaked my motivation and got to work. I thought I cataloged a lot of blueprints yesterday...til I counted today's.

FIFTY.

That's insane.
That's crazy.
That's too many.

Somewhere around blueprint #40 I realized exactly what I was doing. Yes I was cranking out blueprints like a mad woman, but was I having any fun? Ummm...not really, I was tired, grouchy, and I had a headache. Not a great way to go about the day. Yes, you get a lot done when you don't think long enough to breath, but eventually you run out of air and realize what you got done was NOT worth O2 lost.

Interestingly, this ties in a bit with the biggest difference I see between government-operated museums and non-profits. This is a VERY general statement, but there's a bit of a trend to these institutions: the former is run by people who are doing their job while the later is successful because of volunteers who work because they care.

I think I'd rather work in the later.
Don't get me wrong, any kind of educational institution that can get our government to support it deserves a certain amount of credit. But at Mitchell, I worked with people who came in at 9 a.m. because they wanted to, not because they were getting paid to. Sure, government funded museum employees do enjoy their jobs, or they wouldn't be doing it, but it really is a completely different atmosphere at a non-profit institution.

So there's one question answered...if I do decide to stay in the museum field, I'd prefer a non-profit institution I think. And even if I don't stay in the museum field, I have a huge respect for non-profit organizations and while that opens up some more doors for inspection, at least it's a direction, right?

I forgot to mention yesterday that on my flight back from Peoria on Monday, I sat next to a Baptist preacher (of some sort). We had a really great conversation and he introduced me to a few Christian-based political groups he had been doing some research with. Pretty interesting. May have to check some of them out...

As it stands at the moment...it takes a really special person to screw up Mac n Cheese. Guess I'm special. Plan B for Dinner: Mint Chocolate Ice Cream!!! :D