Beanery, Teresa, Brew Pub

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
9:12 AM

Currently sitting here in pajamas watching "The Jeffersons" on TV Land, having a coffee, and trying to get woke up before heading down for my appointment at 11. My plan was to get up and exercise this morning, but enter cramps, and forget it. Want to save some of my misery tolerance for the day for when I go to get my tattoo filled in. *Scared. At least this time I know it hurts and am ready for it.

On Monday I turned in my last two papers for the semester. All that remains now is to have my meeting today at 5, proctor the 101 exam from 7-9, grade stuff, and submit grades. My goal is to get that all done tomorrow so that I can just be finished, even though it isn't necessarily due until Monday.

Yesterday wound up being nothing I expected but a good day. It started with the mandatory training of next semester's 101 TA's. Dr. Amores just let us know about this recently; I thought it was kind of rough to throw that right in the middle of finals week. I was finished, but lots of people aren't yet. The presenter was late and then didn't seem to know quite what was going on with what he was presenting. Time got fairly wasted, and of course not all the accounts were working properly, mine being one of them, so I couldn't even participate or really learn anything.

Oh well, the whole thing took a lot longer than I expected, but they treated us to lunch at Boston and Beanery afterward. I shared a booth with Ignacio and Diana, and we just sort of passed the time talking and eating. I enjoyed it.

I met with Teresa in the Mountain Lair a little before 3 to just catch up. We haven't seen each other much during the semester, but then, she has a boyfriend now and we're both up to our necks in our master's programs. Well, not her anymore. She graduated. :)

Once John and I got home, I got ready and went up to Wal-mart to get a haircut. The girl I like wasn't there, so I walked out, but then I thought... well, I came all the way up here, I'd kinda just like to get this done. So I gave another new girl a chance... they seem to not be able to maintain their staff there... and she did an excellent job. I actually love my hair right now.

Speaking of hair, on Monday, I decided to recolor my hair, same color, just to touch up the roots and brighten it. I was nervous to do it myself, and John had me convinced he'd be able to do it.
You can guess how that went, not because he's a guy, but because he'd never even witnessed someone getting their hair colored before. So I took over and finished it, and it turned out just fine.

That same night, about 12:30, we got a phone call about Krysta having been in a car accident involving ambulances and firetrucks. So ten minutes later... if that... we were both in my car and on our way home. We got to Star City when his parents called to say it wasn't that bad after all, and we didn't need to come home.

Next morning, yesterday, I was in the shower, and John comes in to tell me that it was more serious than they'd let on, that they just didn't want us trying to drive home. There were still no serious injuries, but she did flip her car over a hill several times, and wound up four teeth knocked out and a pretty banged up leg. I find it odd... both siblings, different years, flipping their cars all the way over that bank on Route 2, climbing out, and crawling up the hill... that doesn't happen. People don't walk out of those kind of accidents, let alone with no sorts of major injuries whatsoever. How does it happen to two siblings, same time of year... couple weeks before Christmas... and both of them are fine? Eerie.

John and I picked up John Tudek and went down to Brew Pub to meet Jim, Tiffany, and some other geologists. Tudek and I were playing darts. He can play. I still can't. I just enjoy throwing something sharp with the force of a major league pitcher. Apparently, this is a bad idea. I threw one so hard and missed the dartboard, that it broke in half against a brick wall, making sparks as it skidded against the bricks. Anyway, I had a good time. They're crazy, and they enjoy crazy, and that's good for me.

OK, lots to do today- appointment, tattoo, meeting, exam. Can't wait til item #2 is over.