lesson learned: brush teeth soon after eating lasagna

last night i was sitting on the couch, working on some physics problems & dan was sitting next to me, internetting:

me: "i'm confused about...."
dan: "i smell dog shit."
(dan glanced down at his shoes momentarily & continued to help me solve the problem. time passed...)

me: "i don't understand this part..."
dan: "i smell DOG SHIT!"
(dan was a bit exasperated at this point. he smelled the soles of both shoes even though they were spotless. no poop smell. i was not wearing shoes. neither of us had recently farted either...)

i told dan he couldn't write about this on his blog because it's embarrassing... but every time i think about it, i laugh.

sleepy peepy

i recently got a ridiculously bad haircut. it kinda looks like the woman cut my bangs straight across my forehead. the straight-across-the-forehead haircut looks ridiculous on anyone & this is something i've mentioned to dan on occasion...as he once sported the 'do himself years ago.

had another physics test this week. i felt completely unprepared but i got another crazy-high score. when i went to class on thursday the teacher asked me if i was bored in the class because he's going so slow. what a goon! i assured him i was struggling to keep up.

my gal-pal, katie, is likely moving back to balto in a few weeks for most of the winter. haven't talked to her in several weeks - but i sure am feeling excited!

had a work fundraiser last weekend & it wasn't too bad. i found a fun vintage dress & that helped. dan went dress shopping a couple of times in the weeks leading up to the event & i eventually settled on this kinda-ok, kinda-gimpy (super cheap looking) dress for $100. i wasn't feeling all that confident about it so i kept looking. anyway, i got a well-made dress, shoes, earrings & a wrap for less than the gimpy department store dress. not only that, but the only new thing i bought were the shoes - everything else was used! pretty pumped about that.

when i was shopping around used places, i stopped in a goodwill store downtown to check out their stock of dresses. i noticed it smelled a little off when i went in but didn't pay any attention to it - used stuff can be a little smelly. i picked up a couple of dresses & headed to the changing rooms when i heard the staff folks ahead of me say that someone had taken a shit on the floor in one of the changing rooms. i then realized i didn't need to try on any of those dresses because they weren't what i wanted anyway.

i'm tired & hungry
physics is hard

Can Dan increase his ∆x without increasing his protein intake?

I don't think so.

Not much going on in these parts. Stumbling my way through forces for a pre-test tomorrow. My understanding is pretty slim so I don't expect to do well.

An interesting situation occured yesterday. I had a freelance design gig about 2 years ago for this couple, designing a major addition and renovation for their house. I finished working for them 18 months ago because they contracted me for design work only, not structural drawings. This was very clear in the beginning but became a point of stress later on in the relationship. What can I do? I'm not an architect. Anyway, they've been slow to get things started & I've been completely wrapped up in my own life for the last 12 months. I get a call on Sunday morning that there's a major problem with the drawings I've given them & that if I don't make the time to resolve it, they'll sue me, basically. Totally awesome! Anyway, turns out this boob-of-an-architect they're working with to complete structural drawings for them has totally screwed up the drawings somehow - no fault of mine. It was an easy fix - I just emailed the file again. But seriously though, the dude should know how to work with CAD files. I think he's a bit of a schiester & trying to get more $$$ out of them. Stupid ass. Anyway, I've learned my lesson for real - though I already had before it got to this point. I'm not working with folks who can't build it themselves.

Other than that, I'm putting the finishing touches on a game that I will play with the new crew at work tomorrow - to review everthing they've learned thus far. We'll see how it goes. Thank God Dan's funny, cuz I sure ain't. Physics tutor & script-writer extraordinaire, my spouse.

sleep, why do you elude me?

so, it's pretty early in the morning & i've given up trying to sleep. i can't even rest. nasty headache & thoughts of work. we're re-arranging the warehouse in a few weeks & i'm kinda freaked out about how i can get 25 volunteers to get it all done & done well. a little nerve-racking.

went to a work function last night & the food was good but upset my guts a bit. the folks who had the shin-dig made a lot of food - 4 or 5 main dishes. but they all had meat. what the hell?! i wish more people knew how to prepare 1 vegetarian main dish, meaning it has protein. nice of them to host a party though.

i'm wondering if my brother in japan might be around at this time of day. it's 4:30pm-ish there. we talked for about 10 minutes in the last 10 months.

spent 4 hours writing one stupid physics lab today. rediculous. i hate labs.

hm... that's pretty much all i've got at the moment.

don't you leave him, samwise gamgee

this weekend, life finally slowed down a bit. spent my days w/ dan & his folks at the jersey shore, not working & not doing physics. it was a pretty sweet deal. there was one disagreement. my spouse says "argument", but i disagree. i feel like arguments = anger & maybe even some yelling, or raised voices at least. as a rule, we generally raise our voices only in fun, not in anger. in the end, we did not agree... which is ok. i hope to shed some light on things the next time we're all together. i wasn't prepared this weekend.

as a result of the slower pace of life, i've been sleeping pretty well. maybe it's just the fall weather?! i took naps & slept through the night on saturday & sunday (unheard of). i've also had some incredibly vivid dreams. this morning's was particularly disturbing & when i woke up, i couldn't help but burst into tears. in my dream, which was oh-so-real, dan decided to leave me. he was exceedingly cold about the whole thing... really didn't care at all. he was dressing weird - even had new shoes he'd received from some internet dating site. he said he'd decided he'd rather be with an artist & he didn't love me anymore... it was awful. so that was how my day started :)

...it ended with me receiving my physics test back. my teacher is crazy & goes way too fast & is all over the place when he "lectures", but thank god he's a nice guy("idiot" according to dan). there was a total of aproximately 300 points on our test. we weren't required to answer all the questions (some sections said "answer 6 & only 6...") anyway, i figured i'd cut my losses by answering EVERYTHING i possibly could, just in case the points counted. it took me an ungodly 4 hours to finish the test... here's the kicker - i got %162!! what the hell?!?! anyway, i don't even care. i passed & i've learned a lot. props to my live-in tutor!

why do i try to make life as stressful as possible? i'm not sure... work's taken it all out of me lately. but it's my fault because i gave more than 100%, which left me with nothing.

took our group to a soup kitchen today. it was pretty interesting stuff. not mind-blowing or anything. but it definitely made me feel very thankful for all the ease in my life... for everything that i've had access to without having to work for it. a lot of privilege, that's what i have. but there are a lot of folks out there without ease & privilege, trying to make it in this world. it's a tough place & i don't even know the half of it.

what i do know is i'm damn lucky - though it has nothing to do with luck.

i also know that physics is lame & i have a test tomorrow. a real test. so i'm going to bed in hope of getting a decent night's sleep.

in spite of the craziness at work, i'm really enjoying the new gang. they're pretty great people.