We're waiting to find out when the insurance person is going to come look at the car. Hopefully they'll declare it totaled. The landlord is here apparently the upstairs radiators are leaking.

Ugh. At dr. for like the billionth day in a row.

GC! ugg. Hate doctors. They are nice enough people, usually. I just hate going to doctors. Seen too many in my lifetime.

SJ- Yikes! and ick. I can't imagine that is clean water in the pipes either. I hope things start to turn around for your household soon.

I'm hoping the lack of word from Pix means she made the connecting flight in the nick of time, and is happily flying over the Rockies.

ND, how is your mom doing? Hopefully your flight/drive were uneventful.

My crew is late, the rental gear arrived early, and I left my watch at home, and it's raining outside. Yup, shaping up to be a great (long) day. BUT! My new rain poncho works great! Keeps me AND the computer bag nice and dry, and my hands stayed dry, and not slipping off the crutches. (must focus on the positive).

(((GC)))

The teenage son of my upstairs neighbor (who lives in the attic) just woke up. He managed to sleep through all of the banging pipes as well as my landlord in his apartment.

Ha! I've slept through earthquakes! Once, as a kid, on my BIRTHDAY even. Takes a lot to wake me up, and I'm not a teenager anymore.

Sigh. Missed the connection. Next flight to Burbank doesn't leave until 1:25 Texas time and gets me into burbank at 2:35. That means my friend T who was kind enough to volunteer to pick me up from that airport and drive me out to LAX is now going to have to do so in the midst of rush hour. I doubt I'll get home home before 6 or 7 California time. I got up at 5 Florida time. I know this is a first world problem, but so exhausted and I just want to be home. It's already been 30 hours since I started this process, and I'm just tired of it. I have to get up and go to work tomorrow, and I still have 14 stupid CTY feedback emails to write (the site was down all day yesterday, so I haven't even been able to start them). I'm worried sick about Drew and his mom, which isn't helping.

I tried standing by on earlier flights directly to LAX, but apparently an LAX and San Diego flight were already canceled and the stanby list is epic.

Okay, enough whining. Done now.

{{{{{{ PIX }}}}}

I wish I could leave work and go hang with you at the airport. Stupid load-in :: kicks dirt :: I dunno DFW airport, but is there a corner you can curl up in with your bag and try to take a catnap?

And jeez that online class was nothing but a PITA this summer. Oy.

Whine away. That's what we are here for. (well, I shouldn't be here, should be working, but Windows partition needs to do virus scan, so... I'm waiting.... um. joy!)

You have earned your whine, Kristin. I didn't realize you started work so soon. Much -ma that you get home soon.

You have earned your whine, Kristin. I didn't realize you started work so soon. Much -ma that you get home soon.

This.

Thanks. Also hugs to eveyone else dealing with tough stuff, most recently sj and vw.

I've camped out at the front of the line at the gate for the last LAX flight I could catch before I'd have to run to get on the Burbank flight. A gate agent should be here in 15-20 minutes. I would love to avoid having to do airport musical chairs during rush hour if at all possible. I'm not getting my hopes up, though. Pretty sure it's fully booked.

To be clear, I don't officially start work until Wednesday. I'll be running the new faculty orientation Wednesday and Thursday and have regular faculty PD Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. The kids have orientation Wednesday and Thursday, and the first day of classes is next Friday. I need to go I'm tomorrow to at least start unpacking and setting up my new room so the new faculty know what it looks like. I also need to meet with my co-leader, Karen, about exactly how the orientation is gong to run. I haven't even thought about the fact that I've barely begun to think about the new course I'm teaching.