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fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2005-01-24 07:09 pm
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monday roundup

so, after this morning's inexplicable complete misery, i did manage to get myself to the starbucks in borders to meet [livejournal.com profile] servalan for lunch and collect the PDFs she'd printed out for me because she is a ROCK STAR.  (stopped at the post office as well, so the second round of new year's cards is finally en route, as well as a small package for [livejournal.com profile] flt and a rather larger one for [livejournal.com profile] elance.)  i was still feeling moderately wretched, so i didn't have any coffee -- i figured, when your stomach feels like this, there's no way acid can be any good.  and buzzed along to class.

syntax moved along at a pretty brisk clip.  for the first time maybe ever, i wasn't spending a lot of the time wondering when the class would be over already (and i like syntax, yo).  handed in my ORS application, which is good because on friday the professor e-mailed to let me know he'd sent the rec letter, so it could be arriving any day now.  found the book i was looking for in the library, which is a surprisingly rare thing.  was having a pretty successful afternoon, actually.

i had the idea that i'd buy a throw blanket and a space heater, but i found only a space heater that was far too big and throw blankets that were far too ugly.  did buy new sheets, though -- maybe these will be un-scratchy, and also maybe the fitted sheet will stay on the bed.

"breakfast pitta" [sic] for dinner.  egg mayonnaise (i.e. egg salad -- i, like a lot of you i'm sure, find "egg mayonnaise" to be redundant [g]) with sausage and lettuce.  not bad.  could have been just egg salad, actually, and i'd have been even happier.

they are busy on the street outside my window with jackhammers and related machinery, and a truck with a spinning yellow light on top of it.  they didn't begin this noise-making until 6:30 this evening.  i hope they don't plan to be at it all night.  (unless it's an emergency, whatever it is, in which event i hope they'll be at it for as long as they need to be and the result is we'll have more hot water when they're through.)

[identity profile] impyvixen.livejournal.com 2005-01-24 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
why not get an electric blanket?

[identity profile] darthfox.livejournal.com 2005-01-24 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
because when i'm in bed, i'm fine. what i need is something to keep me (signally my legs and feet) warm when i'm sitting at my desk, which is against built into the outer wall of the building, so it's colder over here. (also the window is single-glazed, so it's just chilly, man.) then i'd also be able to take a nap without getting under the covers, which is all good. naps are meant to be taken on the bed, not in it.

[identity profile] impyvixen.livejournal.com 2005-01-24 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
ah, gotcha. makes sense now. :)