Passing through Stockton? I lo…
Passing through Stockton? I love Amtrak!
The good: Brite Spot, Devin &…
The good: Brite Spot, Devin & Greg!!
The bad: rear-ended, tight ba…
The bad: rear-ended, tight backs, stressed parents.
Philippes! I miss LA somethin…
Philippes! I miss LA something fierce.
Bathroom has tv volume nob…?
Bathroom has tv volume nob…?
Made it! Checked into the Omn…
Made it! Checked into the Omni. Woot!
dreams of, etc.
Good day, though I’m a bit unclear as to why I’m still awake. I think it’s going to be a list night. My brain feels like pudding.
The Good:
- rocked semantics class/ beginnings of homework
- got eye exam and am uber healthy though nearsighted
- had pie with my sweetie
- got all my prescribed work done!
- acquired massive stack of books from library
- successfully navigated unitrans and bussed to school
- half set up date w/ Devin in LA!
- downloaded Obama audiobook!
The Meh:
- got rained on all day?
- total exhaustion
- failed to pick out frames (see above)
- am still up doing laundry…?
- haven’t packed for trip tomorrow… arg.
- spent forever trying to circumvent audiobook download doucheiness
- nearly killed beloved 6-yr-old mp3 player?
Yep. A few days in LA. Not going to post much past a few twitters perhaps? All I want is bed.
Optimal / Suboptimal
It was one of those big days today. Got up early. Took sister to airport. Got home just in time to put books in bag and bike to school.
Eventful school-happenings du jour. Fire alarm during Quechua, thus allowing Michiq and I to do our dialogue outside on the grass instead of inside where everyone is watching. This is much preferable, but sadly won’t happen again. Also sadly, we have a dialogue due Monday and it’s much harder than today’s. This class sometimes kills me.
Had meeting for the rest of the afternoon. Spent my lunch hour gathering library call numbers for all the semantics reading I need to copy tomorrow afternoon. Had my second meeting with the professor I’m TAing for, who bears this incredibly uncanny resemblance in both looks and manner to Damien Jurado. This pleases me greatly. He’s also much too nice to me, which is breeding a mutual appreciative work situation. He straightens and staples papers before he gives them to me, makes me an answer key, and posts it online so I don’t have to hand correct anything. In exchange, I expertly and expediently grade all his papers. I feel as though this is how TAs are supposed to be used, but I probably shouldn’t get used to it. Something tells me last quarter is probably a better indicator of TA workload and appreciation than this one. Odd thing to note: professor mentioned that he had heard good things about me around the department, particularly that I was a good student and worker. My reputation proceeds me? Graduate advisor is at it again!
Second meeting with professor I think I’ll dub QP Advisor, for this ought to be his role in best possible of worlds (as in, the world in which this research turns into my first QP). Advisory was impressed with the bones of the paper (had given me an A, “Excellent!” on it in first grading round) and thought that with the right amount of work we could make it into “the perfect QP”. This is a good note to start on. Unfortunatley I seem to have lost the short-lived grasp of Halle’s arguement for morphonemic analysis that I had last quarter and based said paper on, so I’ve got some brushing up to do. Other than that, advisor gave me a hundred other trees to start barking up, which pretty much cuts my work out for me this week. Odd things to note number two: QP advisor had heard that graduate advisor wanted me to turn my other essay from last quarter into another QP. My reputation proceeds me? Graduate advisor strikes again!
Came home and for the first time this quarter put more than three things on my Tasque list for next week. House seems a little lonely and quiet without the sister around today. I guess it’s back to business. I did get four whole days off (and subsequently had too much fun to blog regularly…) so I suppose I can trade a mini-vacation for a few weeks (8 weeks?) of hump-busting. It’s really only fair. Anyway, got everything I put on my list for today back off, which was a fair load. I’ve got a lot of things lined up for the upcoming weekend, but managed to for the most part avoid putting anything on Saturday when I’m sure to be busy. I am looking forward to LA. Been a while since I’ve seen that town!
And now, I really must go to bed. It’s not very late, but I’ve been nodding off since about 6:30 this afternoon, and I’ve got another few days of early wake-age to get through before my weekend starts (and is filled with more early wake-age). All in all, a solid way to start the first day of my life under Obama.
Yawln
It’s 10:30. It’s Friday night. I’m exhausted.
I had a really chill day, compared to what I was worried about. Doctor’s office cancelled my appointment at 7:30 this morning, so I didn’t have anything to do but my neuroimaging class. Class went pretty well; it’s a good class, and it’s nice to be done by 11 on Fridays. We have a three day weekend coming up, so that’s pretty bueno.
Did some work this afternoon when I got home, and got the house all cleaned up and ready for my sister. Well, at least most the house. Thankfully our house is always really easy to clean up. I’m really looking forward to this weekend. I should have tried to get all my work done today, but I burned out pretty early. There’s something about the end of a Friday that really makes work difficult to do. So instead, Lewis and I went and got frozen yogurt downtown and did some windowshopping at Ace, made a nice dinner, and watched a movie!
And now, all I really want to do is go curl up in bed and read my book. Which is what I shall do!
Nadezhda na zavtra…
Lazy, lazy day. Took a nap. Did very little reading. Did go to the one class I had, and made the photocopies I needed for the weekend.
I’m feeling rather nervous about a doctor’s appointment I have tomorrow. Nothing but a routine check up, I just hate new doctors and all the rigamarole. And I have a class off campus tomorrow morning that’s complicating matters a bit. I decided that if I drove to that class, instead of biking, it might make me feel less stressed and pressed for time. I can drive there, have a leisurely morning, not stress about the bike, then head home, bike to campus, and make it to my appointment without issue. Or so I hope. Sigh!
This is no time to stress. I think I should go to bed! I’ve got some Dostoyevsky waiting for me, and a big day tomorrow. I do hope the doctor is not too icky! :-\
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