As usual I began my week checking through the inbox to see which correspondence I could write a reply email. Thereafter, I worked to clear the newspapers awaiting clipping on the back counter and then after turned my attention to constituent correspondence.
Ironically, mid-day I realized that something terribly wrong had happened to my office computer. The files which I normally save to the desktop had been cleared. I could not find the files at all. Too, numerous error messages had popped up in the morning, but I guess I just choose to disregard them. On top of it, my computer would not print any documents. It was as if my computer was a dead fish floating in water.
This severely limited my ability to do work the remainder of the day as other part-time interns were using the other computers. I would draft correspondence and send to the inbox to be printed by others as needed.
Tuesday, with the office in good shape I turned my attention to a number of constituent issues which needed to be addressed or needed follow-up. Of course, constituent casework varies.
Wednesday and Thursday was a general repeat of Monday, Tuesday, as I tried to keep the office in great shape. At week's end I wondered what work would be left to do when I returned to the office next week. Of course, some sort of work can always be mustered up.
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