Rachel Green

...this is my new nickname at work - Rachel Green from the TV show Friends. Why? Because I have hired a male assistant. I've been absolutely swamped at work. They agreed to hire a student worker for me through June. He started last week. He's been very helpful with student inquiries, filing, etc. My co-workers started teasing me because he also takes on other tasks I don't assign to him - things related to my comfort, getting me drinks and stuff like that. Because we are a State institution they don't turn on the air conditioning until a designated date and time - not determined by the weather, but rather by the budget constraints. It's been 80-90 degrees Fairenheit, the air conditioning is not on. Yesterday "hot" did not describe the conditions of my office - sweltering sauna was more like it. Some people left early because it was giving them a headache. My assistant took it upon himself to find a fan on campus and set it up in my office. I didn't ask him to do it, it's just one of those things guys do...a perk of having a male assistant, I guess. It probably doesn't help that he goes around campus introducing himself as "Sheri's assistant." I've decided every woman should have a male assistant. Come to think of it, many women do, they just call them "husband." Smile!