two memos:

1. to self, attention stomach: would you please make up your mind what things are going to upset you, and i'll avoid them. i swear. i'm sorry about the ice cream, but you know this morning was lousy and i deserved it -- and besides, that was over twelve hours ago, so that can't be what's motivating you at the moment. get it together, willya?

2. to darthrami: i have your chapstick. it's in the would-be-an-ashtray-is-now-a-coin-jar-place-where-the-phone-lives thing. so don't panic. :-)

side note: in fact, what i want to do is the exact opposite of hibernation -- i want to go someplace nice and cool and take a nap and wait out the summer. should i call that aestivating?

as promised:

friday: didn't actually get on the road until like 6:00. this is okay, because even down here, there's rush-hour traffic that'll make your teeth clench (though nothing, nothing, like it is up in DC). got to darthrami's a little before 9, watched some of "once more with feeling" with her and fafou while waiting for cmshaw, watched the rest after she arrived (everyone's favorite comment -- me, on sarah michelle gellar: ( i just want to hold her nose until she stops singing through it. )

saturday: king's dominion with a co-worker of darthrami's and some of her friends. the co-worker was very nice. two of the friends seemed harmless. the boyfriend was unbelievably annoying. ( i was also in hardly any shape to be simply enjoying a day out. )

sunday: got up early early, hopped in the car, grabbed some bagels (dang, darthrami, i knew we were forgetting something!), and headed for new york, where -- after a late brunch -- we met up with bethbethbeth, cesperanza, rowanfairchild, blunaris, trixiesfic, hesychasm, shayheyred, and (if i'm not mistaken) geekturnedvamp, and found a good spot to watch some of the pride parade, and then went for some dinner, and then for some coffee, and much fun (redux). ( got some sun, but not too much. )

monday: took it to merchant's in the morning, where they told me it was safe to drive and the dealership should be able to fix it (and it should still be under warranty). this was when i realized that between crystal city and the shop, the AC hadn't really kicked in -- and it continued not to kick in all the way home. after about half an hour i realized it was actually cooler outside the car than in it, so i tied back my hair and opened the windows. still not comfortable, but not a freakin steam bath. got a lot more sun, on the left side. grr. made arrangement to have car seen wednesday morning.

after last night's troubles, i called off class all day today, and have been intending since i actually woke up (around 2:00) to head over to student health. bleah. also need to pay bills. fortunately, though, this week is almost over -- no class on friday, huzzah!, and actually no class thursday evening, either. yay, yay. and then, only a couple of weeks until nimbus. huzzah!