Bored

I was so anxious to leave work today that I left work 45 minutes early, even though I didn't have any other plans tonight except to watch the new episode of SG-1 (LOVE that show) with my boyfriend. I got home and I've been pretty bored ever since. I should do laundry or something, but I kind of feel like doing absolutely nothing right now. This is my last free weekend before I have to go back to school. My boyfriend called me after work, and he's not going to be able to come over here. He had a hard time driving to his house, and he could barely keep his eyes open (we were up really late last night), so he thinks it would be too dangerous to drive over to my house (~17 miles). I guess I'll be watching SG-1 by myself tonight. What an eventful Friday evening.I have to go to my company's annual party tomorrow. My boyfriend won't go with me. I don't think it's fun, and neither does he, and thus refuses to go. I guess I'll be going there by myself, too... but I was considering taking one of my guy friends, one of my brother's friends, or one of my boyfriend's friends as a fill-in date. That sounds like too much work and planning, though. I'll probably just go by myself, stay a short time, and return home.I had my windshield replaced in my small car today. My parents replaced the windshield as a Christmas present. I felt slightly bad, though, when my boss called me while I was still at home and told me the windshield company was already at my work to replace my windshield. I was 1.25 hours late for work, not at all unusual for me. He ended up leaving and coming back later in the day, and wasn't cranky about it at all. :) That's always good. So now my windshield is all sparkly, new, and not cracked. One thing that sticks out in my mind from today is that the windshield guy asked me, "so what do you do around here? secretarial work?" Oh my god! Well, I know he was fixing my cheaper car, but that makes me wonder if he assumed it because I was a woman, because I don't look bright, because I don't dress or convey an incredibly professional demeanor, because the car is on the "cheap" side, or what? Pretty much, any of those besides the worth of the car are marred rationale. I don't think even think the car rationale is reasonable, as at my work, one Ph.D. drives a old, beat Toyota, the Ph.D. who directs our synthetic chemistry division drives a standard Toyota Corolla, and the Director of my department (Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs) drives an 80's model Toyota Celica and an '84 Toyota Pick-up truck. Oh well, at least my poor little neglected car is getting some attention and much-needed maintenance.That reminds me... I read a disturbing survey in a pharmaceutical magazine I subscribe to. They held their first ever salary survey. The results of people in my position were slightly out of balance. The overall average salary was $101 K + (the highest option), while the average salary for women was $70 K to $80 K. The other average is an overall average, so even with the majority of women being under that, they did not pull the overall average down from $101 K. It appears there is still unfairness in the workplace.Aww, I just remembered that my boyfriend was going to let me take pictures of him this afternoon, with his truck. Damn - I hope he lets me take them later, because he normally avoids cameras at all costs, while I love to gather pictures of people I love (mainly myself though - is it wrong to love yourself? No!).Update: I called him and woke him up after SG-1, and he came over here in time to catch the next replay of it with me. Now he's playing SOCOM 2. :)