Wow, I am so v.v. behind. Sarah was here for a wonderful five days, and then I had a very busy week after she left ( Read more... )

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So I was so bloody sick this morning, it wasn't even funny. I made it to work, but I was barely crawling through the day. It wasn't so much that my symptoms are bad as that I was so lethargic and dazed; I couldn't focus on anything, I couldn't think straight, I couldn't seen to process what was going on around me. It was taking me three times as ( Read more... )

I just got off a phone call that went something like this ( Read more... )

Studying for finals with a puppy "helping" is much as I would have expected - adorable, but unproductive. Parakeets have ways of getting your attention - sitting on your head, chewing on your hair, landing on your fingers - but nothing quite says LOVE ME like a taking a running leap into your lap ( Read more... )

Johnny went to the groomer today, and got trimmed way way down. His tail is trimmed but still fluffy, and his face is trimmed as well, but his body is buzz cut. And not a day too soon, either, because it was 107 when I picked him up, so he probably is very glad to be a few pounds of fluff lighter ( Read more... )

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There's a reason I don't drink the night before I have to get up and be anywhere. I had one sangria at dinner and then ran later and (I thought) managed to sweat most of it out of my system, but no, it had long-term effects. This morning I set my alarm at a decent time, late enough to get some sleep but early enough to get a good, full day of ( Read more... )

So yesterday was Minitrial 2. It was a definite improvement on MT 1, but at least for me, that wasn't hard. The only way to go from MT1 was up. But I feel good about what everybody did this time around, we all worked hard and did a good job. I distilled the major criticisms I keep getting into three major areas to work on, that I have written up on ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was tired because I didn't sleep the night before. Today I'm tired because I did, and my body's going, "That was sleep? I remember that! I'd like to do some more of that." Sorry, body, not until after minitrial ( Read more... )