Yesterday was a 16hr day of non-stop full throttle work then class, ending with me walking home in the dark at 11:30. Luckily no zombies attacked me. I was so exhausted I dropped into bed, then stared at the ceiling and stared at the ceiling. My brain wouldnt stop ( Read more... )

My weekend began with my first class on Friday evening. I was nervous about taking the metro (both of my classes this semester are at the arlington campus and parking there is fubarred so im doing the hour-long shuttle/metro) and getting there on time, but that worked out just fine ( Read more... )

So Ive decided im going to be a zombie for halloween. Ive been talking about them all year so it seems appropriate ( Read more... )

The everglade may have won a few battles but I won the war. Rar. It took getting a degree in weed wacker mechanics and much study on fixing it once it had been downed by the everglade, but now I am Queen of the Weed Wacker and thus queen of the everglade ( Read more... )

So ive taken it out, loaded it with green staples and tried it on a piece of paper and the resulting ker-CLONK it made scared me to death. It was like something from the 50's that could take a finger off (which considering ive actually managed to stapler my finger before - yeah, impressive- could be a problem ( Read more... )

the other night, after tackling our yard with a mower (including the ditch which I have started calling the everglade) I came in for much needed water and a shower. I happened to glance out the window and see a young buck had jumped our back fence and was saving me from having to mow the back lawn my munching on it happily. Fin and I sat down to ( Read more... )

We have been having a wonderfully relaxed time in MI this trip. Have gotten to see a bunch of friends I havent gotten to see in a while which has been fabulous. Have gotten to go to some favorite food places and in general be well fed and chillin. And Deb, my sister-in-law has the original nintendo with some super mario bros games so we got some ( Read more... )

Uninterrupted sleep--best birthday gift evarr. After 5 days of interrupted sleep from random things, having a night of blissful coma was very welcome. Course it could've helped that I had 2.5 glasses of red wine throughout the evening.

Apparently Facebook has a setting somewhere that you can tell it to remind you of your friends' bdays because ive gotten more happy bdays today on facebook than I think ive ever had. Guess thats why they call it a social tool ;O ( Read more... )

So tired this morning I feel like a zombie shuffling around looking for brains (namely my own). So if you hear an unworldly groan and shuffle its just me searching for some coffee.