So the first day I got back from Taiwan, I had a bowl of soup... and then promptly threw it back up. Thankfully, I was able to keep down some egg cakes and therefore crossed out the Dread Wiscon Stomach Flu, but my stomach was really not too happy for a few days after ( Read more... )

This weekend, I have:

• Slept a terrifying number of hours to make up for sleep deprivation during the weekday.
• Locked myself out of my apartment.
• Forgotten to take my meds.
• Run back and forth between my car and the apartment approximately eight times after forgetting to bring my cell phone, my meds, and assorted other things.
• Locked myself out AGAIN ( ( Read more... )

I have new ratties! One is a berkshire agouti (brownish with a white tummy, looks a lot like Ruki) and one is a hooded agouti (brownish head and stripe on back, white everywhere else ( Read more... )

Am still severely sleep deprived, though I managed to make it through my programming placement test/assignment. Some edge-case bugs, but given how tired I was, I just thought, "Fuck it, it mostly works" and turned it in instead of trying to get up early and troubleshoot ( Read more... )

I figured I would give you all the conclusion in place of the subject, so you all would know what you were getting into. Or: days 2-3 in Mariposa.

It was immensely lovely being able to finally meet sartorias in person, and naturally wonderful to get to see coffeeandink, sophia_helix, canandagirl, yhlee, and rachelmanija again. I was also very impressed with my getting up at 10:30 not just once, but twice on ( Read more... )

We have arrived in Mariposa!

The universe has apparently decided that it is no fun embarrassing people unless there is an audience involved. I thought I was going to start with this morning, but in fact, the misfortune starts earlier! coffeeandink managed to miss her plane by five minutes (which was secretly good for me, as I was still scrambling to pack, as ( Read more... )

Now that I have gone and spent money on a flashlight, batteries, and a lighter, I am betting that absolutely nothing will happen around where I live ( Read more... )

We had an earthquake! Everyone says 5.6 and I believe them without clicking the link because I am just that lazy ( Read more... )

Well, my travel luck seems to hold, which means there was a delay, but not immense insanity along the lines of forgetting my passport ( Read more... )

Am still at work and not sure when I will be heading home. Am also going to have to work through the weekend, sigh. Well, I knew this was happening, but it is still not fun ( Read more... )