I think my car must be jinxed.  It will be going into the shop for the third time because someone decided to U-turn into me 30 minutes ago :(  I didn't realize she was parked on the street I was driving down, and she didn't realize I was driving down said street.  She was attempting to make a U-turn as I drove by her, and it was a really weird ( Read more... )

Not being able to chew really bites!  On Tuesday, I was diagnosed with TMJ (after having my jaw hurt for more than a week - I finally went to see a doctor).  I was prescribed some muscle relaxers, told to take those, not really chew anything, and put hot/cold compresses on the affected part of my jaw until things got better. Well, 2 days later, ( Read more... )

My grant is funded, my grant is funded!

I just got the official notice that my first very own grant is DEFINITELY being funded.  I am so totally and completely on top of the world right now.  This grant means that I am good to go for the next 5 years work wise.

I think I will definitely be celebrating with the gang tomorrow night.

 It seems life is pretty swell at the moment.  I had a wonderful Saturday night with friends, which was followed by a Sunday spent beautifying my yard (thanks again Abby!), and I just got the best news ever after a 4 hour meeting.  The meeting was about forming a new program (medical informatics for any interested) where I work, and it turns out ( Read more... )

It seems my home computer died last night.  Here is the symptom.  It seems ( Read more... )

I'm feeling all accomplished at the moment.  I successfully changed out the light switch for my front porch light.  I installed one of those automatic timers which will turn the light both on and off for me (http://www.smarthome.com/2509.html).  It's programmable, and I have have it go off at different times for different days, or even random if I ( Read more... )

HO HO HO, get off you asses you lazy drunken Santas.? Pull you beer ( Read more... )

This morning started out mundane enough.  I was reading a bunch of papers I need to summarize, and then was a good girl and went to class.  I'm actually really liking the Cell Biology class I am auditing because of a grant, but I am very thankful that I am not required to take the tests.  Lunch was amusing as usual, and then my boss requested my ( Read more... )

cSaturday, while washing my car, I confirmed what I had suspected for a while now.  My car has a leak in the seal of the front windshield.  Shortly after I bought it, I had taken it in to have the front windshield replaced due to a serious rock chip.  This was all on their dime.  I noticed sometime after I washed it for the first time, that there ( Read more... )

I thought I had everything nicely worked out with the owner of the garage apartment and the new tenant.  WRONG!  This morning, I noticed that the new tenant had placed landscaping stepping stones behind my hibiscus bushes (on my property) to use as his walkway.  I am very not pleased about that as both he and the new owner agreed not to use my ( Read more... )