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second time around
last week i gave the old guy across the street a copy of the estimate for the bodywork required to fix the damage to my car--about $850. i talked with him on monday, and he said he wanted me to get a second estimate from his guy. ugh. so i got the second estimate this morning, after waiting 40 minutes for someone to show up. THEN they charged ( Read more... ) -
enough already!
dear friends ( Read more... ) -
how bizarre
little sis is now officially a high school grad. my father is ecstatic because his tuition bills are now a fraction of what they were previously. it seems appalling that private high school is more expensive than a state university ( Read more... ) -
stupid neighbor
earlier this evening, i was sitting in the office, which overlooks the dead end street and looks out onto the indian grandfather's house, talking to someone on the phone. i watched the family pile into this giant suv and the indian grandfather climb into the driver's seat. i watched him back his behemoth vehicle out of the driveway. i heard a ( Read more... ) -
impromptu veggie curry
or something. this was last night's dinner, thrown together from stuff in the kitchen/fridge. i was surprised that it turned out as tasty as it did ( Read more... ) -
perhaps it is my lack of time
i'm feeling a lot of time pressure these days. there's the ridiculous travel every freaking weekend. when i'm not traveling, it's various social commitments with people i haven't seen due to traveling and other busyness. there's the pressure at work to get this analysis done. never mind it's just me trying to process it all, and do it all ( Read more... ) -
korean bbq yummmm
oh my god, oh my god. i found out that my best friend is having a korean barbeque dinner tomorrow night as part of wedding festivities. i <3 korean barbeque! however, i don't get in till about midnight west coast time, but that's okay... because then i get to eat leftovers with her and not have to worry about fitting in among various relative ( Read more... ) -
much less agony than last week
for some odd reason, the arthrogram was much less traumatic than last week. the needle went right in with much less of the strange feelings. i did identify what it felt like though--being at the dentist and/or pulling out a tooth during the teeth-losing days. ecch. and the mri itself was uneventfully loud and long, but nothing horrific. all in ( Read more... ) -
how rude!
who sends a wedding invite and doesn't include postage for the RSVP envelope? tacky! also, i found a spelling error on the invite. sheesh. -
feels exactly like what it is
i had my mri yesterday. or sort of. ( icky )