Hmph. Who was the wiseass who decided to build a city on top of a SWAMP? Bad move, buddy. DC is nasty today.

Uh huh. The air is so gross. And somehow, it's humid inside my apartment.

Why do I keep thinking it's Wednesday? I'm getting all confused with trying to plan my week.

Also, I'm falling into my "nothing else I need to do, might as well study" pattern. This is bad -- I get into cycles of just staring at pages until nothing makes sense, and then thinking, "well, if I stare for a little while longer, it might make sense then..." I am not going to waste my summer on this loop. Just need to find some other stuff to do. (Hmm. Sign language class starts next week. Vague plans with friend to go to trapeze school in Baltimore. Vague plans with other friend to go horseback riding. Just need to make vague plans into reality.)

Happy birthday, Plei!

Gorgeous cut, JZ, just gorgeous. I imagine it was very, very nice even without product. Just a guess.

Cassitude

See, I hardly even noticed this the first time, because it seems like such a given. Of course Portland has Cassitude. Of course.

I have new drugs. I took Advair this morning and could actually breath! I almost went to work after, even though the doctor sent me home, but since I ended up dozing most of the day, I guess it was good that I ended up following her advice. Also gave blood and had a chest x-ray.

It seems likely that these tests will come back negative, and that the only problem is that I had bronchitis that got out of hand, but I'm a teensy bit nervous and could use a little clear x-ray ~ma.

Why am I in grad school? Just need some reminders. Work lately has not been going well. I'm browsing through craigslist, and there are plenty of jobs that I was qualified for after graduating college that pay way more than a starting professor salary, which I won't even be getting for another two years.

I'm just having a fed up day.

Hil, you like learning and want to continue that even though sometimes you have a fed up, no good, rotten day. They are the exception, not the rule.

I have new drugs. I took Advair this morning and could actually breath!

Yeah, I am liking Advair too. Found it a week ago. Kinda want to propose to it. That kind of like.

there are plenty of jobs that I was qualified for after graduating college that pay way more than a starting professor salary,

Are they jobs you would enjoy doing, Hil? When I was in grad school, there were undergraduates from the same school (information studies) being recruited at nearly twice my anticipated starting salary, and even the other graduate degrees the school offered generally led to much more lucrative careers, but I'm glad with my choice, because I love my job and my career.

and then I fly to LA Friday night!

Sweet! Where should we go for ....

Fuck.

Why am I in grad school? Just need some reminders. Work lately has not been going well. I'm browsing through craigslist, and there are plenty of jobs that I was qualified for after graduating college that pay way more than a starting professor salary, which I won't even be getting for another two years.

I've heard that at those job things you have a boss who tells you what to do, and you have to think about things that other people are interested in rather than the things that you are interested in, and you hardly ever get a year off for a sabbatical, and they expect you to show up at the same time every day even if you are working on something really exciting and don't want to go in. It's true about the much higher salaries but, hey, did I mention the thing about having a boss?

Hmm. My mother still has a boss. Is she doing tenure wrong?

Why do I keep thinking it's Wednesday? I'm getting all confused with trying to plan my week.

Huh, we must be in the same alternate reality. I even went to put my trash out, because Wednesday. But not so much. (Also Hil, as far as vague plans go, I should be in Otter Lake in a couple weeks to stay for a month or so if you want to work in an Adirondack retreat)

libkitty, breathing is da bomb. Go drugs!

Also Hil, school as long as possible. Learning good, and you are good at it. Both DH and I plan to go back as soon as possible. Every single phase of this life has the joys, sorrows, and lessons. But being in school is uniquely satisfying because it is (mostly) one of the few times where my effort alone determines the outcome. Not so much in other pursuits.

Aww Aims, sorry that you are feeling what all of us NOT IN LA feel on a regular basis.

As a final note. I worked my ass off today, not unusual. But in between working on my actual work I had such fun playing with images for Plei. So much not what I was supposed to be doing in Paint Shop. So much more fun! If I spent more than a few minutes at this I could be like Gud. Anyway, thanks for the delightful distraction and I hope you had a lovely 33. (Damn! You are more than 20 years younger than me chickee!)

I've heard that at those job things you have a boss who tells you what to do, and you have to think about things that other people are interested in rather than the things that you are interested in, and you hardly ever get a year off for a sabbatical, and they expect you to show up at the same time every day even if you are working on something really exciting and don't want to go in. It's true about the much higher salaries but, hey, did I mention the thing about having a boss?

Ah. Right.

OK. In the spirit of that, and because I've been working way too long hours lately for no good reason, and because I don't actually have any reason to be in the office tomorrow, I'm going to take tomorrow off. Instead of working, I will ... um. Do something else. Ah! I will go grocery shopping, take a bike ride, and make cupcakes. Or maybe spend all afternoon playing DDR. And talk to my super about whey, when I've got the air conditioner on full blast, it's still 76 degrees in my apartment.