Guh.
December 7th 2005
Happy 30th birthday, Chris.
So it’s Holidailies time again. Will this be the year that I actually write for more than 15 days in a row? Stay tuned and we’ll see. I also signed up to be a reader as well. It may turn out that I have been a bit deluded about the free time I have but we’ll see about that as well.
So far today hasn’t been all that great. Last night a friend of the family died suddenly, and my mum called with the news. While I was talking with her I made a stupid joke to try and lighten things up a little and it fell so flat that I wish I could have turned the clock back. My interpersonal skills have slipped away for a holiday the past week apparently.
It’s one of those no-good days. My brain isn’t working very well today, labouring under a fog of headachey tiredness, the language centres of my brain are fried. I just feel slow and stupid today. One reason why I am not excited about today is that I have a flood of students coming to ask about their assignments. Somehow today I don’t think I can don the mantle of Super TA. At the very least, it’s going to be askew and show the raggedy mess of scraps I am wearing underneath.
Ok, enough moping. Good things today:
Making chocolate cake with chocolate icing tonight for Chris.
Carrie is in today to hang out with me in the afternoon while she works on some stuff.
Going out to lunch with some ladies in the department.
A couple of hours to mess around with NetLogo and more programming.