Coffee is not helping with my morning stupid.

The real tragedy is that it doesn't make other people seem less stupid either.

But I am at work without the burden of the Handbook hanging over my head. There might even be birdies chirping outside.

Laura, if it's OK to ask, why are you giving up on coffee?

It breaks my heart because I am big with the coffee love, but it does evil things to my body. The caffeine at any rate. I'm testing the decaf. It causes me problems on 2 fronts. Major insomnia. If I have a diet coke at lunch I won't be able to sleep that evening. Also, I was getting stabbing pains in my temples and they magically disappeared when I stopped the caffeine. Alas, they come back if I stray. It is sad making.

edit to note that on the plus side I am sleeping like a log and wake up early and alert. This is a new treat.

Welcome, Mallory James. All the best to Raquel and dh!

I was just talking to a friend who finished a PhD here, and for some reason the conversation went to "why wouldn't anyone make tv shows about physicists?", and from there it was a short way for him to start casting the other students around here (meaning, who would play them in a tv show/movie). So it was all fun and games, and then he said that I should pick who would play me. Of course, I had no idea. So who did he pick? Halle Berry.

That's crazy talk. Whether he is nice or not, clearly--clearly the part of Nilly will be played either by Summer Glau or Amy Acker.

Chris's pre-school teacher wants me to have Chris evaluated, because she literally thinks he is a genius. I want him to realize his potential, but I also want him just to be a kid, and be comfortable in his own skin. My cousin's wife, who specializes in special ed., thinks we're making the right call for now.

Congratulations, Raquel! And welcome to the world, Mallory James!

Which makes me think of that Pretenders song, you know the one...

Argh, must go work. See you later, Buffistas!

Cindy, I wouldn't push, either. If he's happy being his kid self, let him enjoy it. If he proves later that he needs more, you guys can always have him evaluated later. You know what's best for him.

shrift, may I tag?

Heh. Be my guest.

The morning stupid seems to be endemic in my office. People have been coming to me all morning, sheepishly admitting, "Can you pull these files from backup? I accidentally deleted/overwrote them."

Although why they trust a fellow stupidhead to fix their boo-boos, I couldn't say.

Welcome, Mallory James! And congrats to Raquel and her DH.

Re: writing things down. I seem to learn through my fingers, so if I want to remember anything I generally have to write it down. So even with proceedures that I've done a thousand times, if I'm in a new environment I'll write down notes about them. Of course, I'll lose the note 15 minutes later, but the knowledge will usually have traveled through my arm to my brain by then. I probably look all kinds of committed to the new data, to onlookers. But damn, my purse is a recycling bin, what with all the notes and torn off bits of papers and so on.

erika! How is your writing going?

Laura, at least it means you're doing something good for yourself, right? And I'm glad that you see such immediate results, with the headaches gone and the sleep being better.

I seem to learn through my fingers

I am Calli.

Oh, and thanks, Cindy.

Congratulations mama Raquel and funny DH, and welcome Mallory James!

Is it wrong of me to be loving the fact that the current winning bracket in my NCAA pool was submitted by a dog? Named El Gato? Eve's bracket is beating mine, but my friend's cat is coming in last.

It is moving right along, Nilly! Although to being a rough draft, which is a sloppy mess by definition.