2-9-11

The due date for the Farm Bills is quickly approaching, and it appears that a lot of our folders are missing a lot of forms. Perfect project for an intern; go through 20 folders with a checklist to see whats missing. Unfortunately, there were a lot of things missing and a lot of those were forms I wasn't familiar with. Then it was time to search the computer for the forms and fill them out as best as I could. The main thing I was looking for were the practices recommended in their plans and the specifications for each one. While this sounds simple, it was quite time consuming. There were at least 5-10 practices for each folder and about 20 folders. This means a lot of searching, printing, hole punching and organizing. One would think that I would go through this task simply and easily. However, this is me we are talking about so there was bound to be a disaster around the corner. About 2 folders from the end, the printer ran out of paper. No big deal, I knew where the paper was and I refilled it, hit resume printing to hear the printer make a weird noise and then start beeping. Rich had left early and so it was just me and a couple of the RCD employees in the office. After 5 minutes of attempting to solve the problem myself, I gave in and asked one of the other employees to give me a hand. After trying to follow the directions of paper jam removal we found there was no paper jammed! But the printer still wouldn't work. I finally realized there was no hope and went home early feeling frustrated that I couldn't finish my task.