Trudy, I'm so sorry. My thoughts are with you and your family.

I was strong. Plus I fell asleep. Much harder to make an ass of myself that way.

I've never drunk dialled. But judging from my inbox, I have e-mailed under the influence of medication. They need to write that on the bottles.

Trudy, I'm so sorry to hear about what you and your family are going through. I hope you get through this as peacefully as possible.

Cashmere makes good humans.

I have organized all of my Portland info and am now transferring info to the new address book I bought at Powell's (from yesterday's trip when I actually followed my "no buying til you finish even one of the six books I brought up here" rule) while the pretty wee candle I bought at Illuminations (flavor: Fresh Air) is flickering pretty. If I had remembered to bring the smaller iPod speaker dock? I would have the ideal travelling set-up here. Quite content. And totally in love with this city.

Cass, any chance you will be in Portland again the first week in March? Maybe we can road trip when I am in Seattle in a few weeks.

falls into thread

I've graded 12 essays. Do I really have to do eight more? Donwanna.

In fact, not gonna. So there, grading, take THAT!

I'll grade them - I haven't graded essays in YEARS. Which reminds me of how old I felt this week. I was chatting with a co-worker that I've known for a couple years, we used to work on the same project. He's the same age as the kids I taught high school! I could be hanging out with former students! Weird.

And Kristin, you are a big old sweetie-head! Sorry I wasn't around, but the DH had to get a paper done for his masters program that was due yesterday, so I had to be elsewhere.

Do we know anything about this eBay seller? [link] Their stuff seems really inexpensive.

Also, should it surprise me that my Dressed to Kill and Full Monty DVDs are stuck together?

More {{{{Trudy}}}}, just cause.

Poor ChiKat, being worked to death!

Kristin, did you get your essays graded?

I need to be being productive, but I just don't feel like it. I was so productive yesterday; it feels like I should get a break. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.

Many hugs to Trudy.

I already said this elsewhere, but Olivia is such a cutie. We went to a party last night where there were two babies - 2 and 3 months old. They were both boys, but they were still tiny. I had forgotten how small a new baby is.

Why do I wait and decide things at the last minute? I decided to apply for this scholarship to Oxford. The submissions are due next Monday. I've e-mailed three professors, asking for letters of recommendations. I've only heard back from one. And the other two would be the stronger recommendations. So, I'm a little frustrated. One of the profs is on sabatical this semester and is only checking his e-mail every couple of weeks. The other usually gets back right away, so I'm surprised. Maybe something is up with his family or something.

So, I've e-mailed a backup professor, but I don't know who else to get to write a third recommendation. I could ask my former boss, but I'm not sure that's the strongest... I'm stuck.