11 December 2005 1243 EST
We did stop by the house to search through my stuff for a present for Thuy to bring. I had a bunch of board games still in their cellophane, like pictionary, scrabble, monopoly, and the 90s edition of trivial pursuit. We decided on the last one, which Thuy ended up wrapping using two Trader Joe's bags...very creative. Anyway, we head off to Chantilly, where we began our search for the house. We were pretty sure the "Lee" street Ben was talking about was Lee's Corner Rd, which pretty much runs through the middle of Chantilly, and we started our Karel the Robot-like search from there. We started off by driving slowly until we hit a street that sounded familiar to Ben. He had never been to the place, but he was the best that we had. He had at least looked at the directions on mapQuest before he left his house. I didn't even go that far. Heck, I didn't even read the eVite because I didn't plan on going until that morning...and I assumed that Ben knew the way there. But I was feeling pretty confident. By the time we hit Lee's Corner, we still had about fifteen minutes before the time on the eVite. Plus, it was a party for twenty and thirtysomethings, so we figured that we could show up to a half hour late and still be somewhat fashionable. But yeah...beyond the word "Lee," Ben didn't really remember anything else...which made it harder. After about twenty or thirty minutes of picking random streets that seemed right, we started turning into every street and court and place and drive possible. I feel like I know that neighborhood in Chantilly better than any other place in Virginia right now.
Anyway, eventually, we ended up pulling up to a house with a bunch of cars parked outside. It was clear from the street that there was a party inside, and it looked like there were a bunch of silhouettes peeking out the window as if they were waiting for us. Assuming we'd finally found the place, I parked the car on the side of the road and we grabbed our presents to head to the house. As Ben was walking up the driveway, this teenaged boy opens the door and starts talking to him. Ben yells a question to him, asking if this was the Sanders' residence or something like that, and he starts waving Ben inside. But then this other grown-up-type person starts walking to the door too. And within two minutes, we were all back in the car searching for the party. Apparently, there is another Sanders family in Chantilly having a Christmas party tonight...only this party wasn't waiting for three asian guys to show up. Go figure.
At this point, Ben is trying to call his friends to get some more hints. He doesn't ask for a street address or anything like that though. Instead, he asked questions like "single family home or townhouse" and "what cars do they drive" and "are there any decorations out front?" After that, we were once again on our search. Suffice it to say, we were the second-to-last guests to arrive, and it was about an hour after the official eVite time. Everyone was happy to see us, though, and it served as a cool topic of conversation throughout the night.
Fast forward to after the party. Trying to explore the roads a little more, we take a different path back to my house...except that we are only half a mile away from my house before we decide that we need another adventure for the night. We started thinking about other places we don't know how to get to and I remember that I have never been to Jane's new place yet...but I do know that it is in Landmark and the name Olympus or Olympian seemed to stick out in my mind. Enter adventure number two. On our way there, we call Jane just to make sure she's home. She's not, but that doesn't stop us from going. She was driving on her way home from a friend's place in Richmond, so we figured that we would probably find the place around the same time she got home. So we asked a few questions that would give us an indication of where she lived since we didn't have a car to look out for. #1: What can you see when you look out the window of your place? A: Cars and trees. #2: What color is your building? A: White. #3: How many stories tall? A:15. That was enough to go on . We hung up and continued our trip.
About ten minutes later after driving down I-66, we start debating whether or not we wanted to continue on this trip. It was nearing midnight already and we could possibly be on the road until 0300h in the worst-case. The doubt didn't last for more than a minute though. We decided to push on. Anyway, long story short...after a half hour of driving in circles and passing some relatively attractive women walking dogs near some condominiums in Landmark, we finally stumbled upon a tall condo that overlooked cars and trees. We made a wrong turn though, and ended up on a side road that didn't take us to the condo we were actually trying to get to. So it took us a few mintues to turn around and we made a left turn onto the road we thought we were supposed to go on...only we ended up driving down the exact same street we were on. It was like the Bermuda triangle. Instead of turning around and trying again though, we just continued driving straight. No more than 500 feet later, we showed up at the entrance of Olympus Condominiums. Serendipity?
At that point, we called Jane to confirm the address and we were right. The only problem was that Jane was still a while away, and we needed more adventure. We didn't do much more adventuring that night. Instead, we reflected on our night and contemplated continuing similar adventures in the future. We ended up giving a name to the game we played last night, the Find a Place Without Any Directions game or FAPWAD. At the same time, we started thinking about ways we could add rules to make this game more interesting and popular among our other friends and "normal" people. And so UAHAS was born, Ultimate Adult Hide and Seek.
Okay, picture this. You have small teams of 3-4 friends each. Each team has their own car and a bunch of cell phones - cell phones very important for communication...or possibly motorola radios with a range of 10-12 miles. That would be ideal for broadcasting clues to everyone without actually having to place multiple phone calls to each team. So yeah, all of the teams start at a central location, and the first team gets a 5-10 minute head start. It's basically hide-and-seek, except instead of limiting yourself to a house or a playground, you have all of the DC Metro area to hide...except you have to park somewhere where your car is visible from the street. So after driving far enough away, you give all of the other teams one clue as to where you're headed, preferably a city so that you can at least limit your search area to a few square miles. When you finally reach your destination, you can start broadcasting more clues, being as cryptic or as obvious as you want. As long as everyone else gets the same clues at relatively the same time (hence the need for multiple cell phones or radios), it can be anything from "I spy with my little eye a big green sign" to "I am at the location of something pictured on U.S. coin" or "I can see a 7-11 and a McDonald's from where I am at." So everyone just drives around until they find the team that is currently hiding. And when they do, they announce the location and they get to be the next team to hide. Either that, or you just go from team to team so that everyone gets the same number of turns hiding. I'm still working out the rules here, so I'm open to suggestions. Also, I would recommend an early Saturday/Sunday morning start time or a late night start time in order to limit the impact of traffic.
I know that there are some challenges that may keep this from taking off. The biggest is that it will be hard to combine drinking with this game because of the amount of driving involved...but I think there is some way around it. Also, there is the cost of gas. But as long as you don't play for more than two or three hours, you should be able to keep it down to a half-tank as long as you're driving in a somewhat efficient sedan. The positives clearly outweigh the negatives though. You will definitely learn your way around the area and you will learn a lot more about the people in the car with you. Anyway, I'm thinking about kicking this off with an inaugural game around the 23rd or 24th of December. Send me an e-mail or give me a call if you're interested. I'm thinking about getting four to five teams of three to four people each.
And last thing...happy birthday, Dad!
11 December 2005 1006 EST
I won't hold you in suspense, we lost. It was exciting though. I don't know if it was our first or second possession, but it was fourth down and we were on our own 15-yard line or so. Dave decided to go for it. I forget if we ended up calling a time-out or not, but the whole punt team started to run on the field assuming that he didn't really mean it. But after some discussing, it was Dave's call and we ended up running back off the field. Ten seconds later, Dave completed a fifteen yard pass right in the center of the field. The game was still scoreless at the time, so that definitely gave us some hope. Oh, did I mention that half the field resembled the Okefenokee Swamp...minus the gators? My socks were already wet after the first play, and I had mud splatter all over my uniform by halftime. So yeah, we're playing and we start losing. I think we were down by two touchdowns when this group of about a hundred santas started walking to the field. We're in the middle of DC, so you see weird stuff like this every once in a while. So yeah...I think they were some Christian group...which is interesting because I thought most Christian groups would be kinda anti-Santa because of the non-religious focus he places on the holidays. But anyway, there were lots of Santas and Mrs. Santas, and they started to cheer for us because we were wearing red and white. That's pretty much it about the Santas. They gave us a bunch of candy canes and then all of the guys on the sideline just started to talk about the cute Mrs. Santas in the group. There's something about a woman in a Santa suit that is just very appealing. I can't explain it. Okay, back to the game. By the time the end of regulation rolled around, we were down three touchdowns to zero. There were seven plays left though, and we did not want a shutout. In my mind, at least, the last seven plays were a whole new game. It's like when you're playing in the schoolyard and you say, last score wins. Thi's what it felt like to me, at least. They started off with the ball, and the pulled a little pass play to my side. I had a pretty good read on it, but the ball was just a little out of reach. I decided to dive for it though, and took a huge leap, just far enough to get a finger or two on the ball and the rest of my body in a huge (and cold) puddle of mud. It was pretty funny, especially since this was the first game of the season that I decided to wear my glasses - isn't it ironic? But yeah, I had to run my glasses to the sideline before I continued with the next play. Anyway, they must've been so threatened with my magnificent play that they fumbled on the next play causing a safety. That's right, Baby. It was our first safety of the season, and it put our shutout to rest. The game was far from over though. We had five more plays and a touchdown to go. I watched Dave run the offense from the sideline on this last drive, but we were whooping it up like we actually had a chance to win. It was very spirited; you know, just crap like "this was what we practiced for all season!"...to which one guy from the other team actually asked, "did you guys ever practice?" Hehe...no. Does it show? We had two plays left and we were down on their 20 or 30 when Gordon yells something about Dave getting deported if we don't score. It was actually funny at the time. But yeah...that proved to be the inspiration that we needed to get our final touchdown of the game, making it one of the best comebacks in flag football history.
Considering how I was completly covered in mud, it was kinda difficult driving home without getting my car all dirty - but I ended up doing it. I actually drove barefoot for the first time. I don't know if that is illegal or not, but it probably is. From there, I made a few calls and that's when I decided that I would be meeting Ben and Thuy for dinner at you know where. Oh, Jane and Ian stopped by the house too. They dropped off some socks for me to bring to the yankee swap. But yeah, I had dinner with Thuy and Ben. I forget exactly what we talked about, but I'm sure it was very immature and filled with "your mom" comments. Anyway, after dinner, we circled back around my house to consolidate cars and to scrounge for a present for Thuy to bring. It was also there that Ben put the finishing touches on his wrapping job which already consisted of a brown paper bag surrounding his bottle of alcohol, secured with dental floss along the throat of the bottle. On the top, he made this Bart Simpson hair-like bow by shredding half a piece of legal paper and fluffing it up. Very impressive already, but he went over the top at my house when he wrapped a white paper plate around his present and drew a cartoon penis on it. It promises to be the talk of Christmases to come when people look at the pictures of the presents and ask about the weird-looking one with the PENIS DRAWN ON IT!!!
The yankee swap went well. Since I can't buy DVDs for a little while due to an agreement I made with Ben, I was happy when I saw that one of the gifts was a copy of Batman Begins. I promptly stole it on my turn and kept it for the rest of the night. There were a lot of random people there I didn't know, but I didn't make too much small talk. It was enjoyable though, and I ate a lot of celery. We left the party and went on one more adventure before finally circling back to my house to play an hour or so of poker before watching a really crappy movie. I'd write more about the adventures we had, but it doesn't deserve bottom-post status on such a long entry. So I'll save it for late today. Stay tuned for the creation of the greatest new sport trend since adult kickball.
09 December 2005 2359 EST
Anyway, the rest of the day was about as productive. I took another nap, I think. I did some more lifting, got some more gifts, fixed my doorbell (i.e. bought another one), made some copies of my key in case I end up finding a roommate, and talked stocks with Ben. Oh, and to cap it off, I made it another three-burrito night courtesy of Taco Bell....sooo good. I'm off to bed though. Without fantasy to keep me busy and without anyone actually updating their blogs on a regular basis these days, I'm finding it hard to keep myself occupied in front of the computer. Oh well.
09 December 2005 1027 EST
07 December 2005 2336 EST
Anyway, it was nice to see the parents again today. I finally made it over to their place after going MIA for over a week. Dinner was nice even though it left me bloated and needed to go #1 all during class tonight. It was good though. But yeah, I got my paper back - B+. That's pretty good considering I spent about 3 or 4 hours on the paper before bringing it to a vague and abrupt stop because I didn't really read the last book we were assigned. I wasn't a complete slacker though - I mean, he did assign us four different books to read.
In other news, the talk of the moment includes a snow storm possibly hitting us Thursday night/Friday morning. That'd definitely be a welcome one. Either way, we should still be playing our flag football game Saturday afternoon, and Ben is trying to convince me to go to a yankee swap thing on Saturday night with a bunch of random female friends. We'll see about that. Oh, I'm supposed to help Stora with some moving too, and it also looks like there's going to be a Louie kids reunion at Yenny's place this Sunday. That'll be nice. I haven't seen Jane since before she moved out and I haven't seen the rest of my sibs since Thanksgiving, I don't think. Yeah, I know that's not a very long time ago, but still...we're getting supposed to be getting closer these days. Anyway, Jane, you'll be proud of me since I haven't bought anything for myself for about a week now. Hopefully, I can keep that up for the rest of the month. Until then...
06 December 2005 2240 EST
Anyway, did I mention that class was cancelled yesterday because of the snow? Well, the teacher ended up posting our final exam on blackboard, so now I've got this five essay question take-home exam. I don't know what I think about that, really. It's almost like having to write another paper...and you know how long it took me to write the first one. So yeah...not a big fan of that final exam. Instead of coming home to nap on the sofa, I'm gonna have to actually do work one of the days this week. My other final should be much better...more multiple choice questions and easy stuff like that.
Anyhoo...the Victoria's Secret thing on CBS is kinda boring, so I think I'm just gonna take two nyquil and crash. Next time...
04 December 2005 2218 EST
In other news, SNOW!!! Yes, that's right kiddies...there's snow in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon. I'm not saying that they're going to cancel school, but I'm just saying it's gonna snow. Isn't that nice? I could use a day at home to sleep and have my chicken noodle soup. We'll see how that works out. Either way, I'll probably stop by the parents' tomorrow evening. Other than that, not much to look forward to this week besides seeing that one cute girl in class on wednesday and playing flag football against UVa this saturday on the ellipse. Exciting week, huh?
04 December 2005 0049 EST
Anyway, I'll have more time to research tomorrow after drill. Send me any suggestions. Oh...does anyone else love those TomTom commercials?
03 December 2005 2349 EST
Anyway, school has been going alright. Like I said, I spent Thursday night grading papers. Then we had a three-hour delay to meet with parents the following morning. That went relatively well...had a chance to talk to a few parents that I needed to talk to. I am starting to get a little excited about physics carols too. It's been two years since I've had a chance to go around with my classes spreading physics cheer, and I'm definitely looking forward to getting back into it. I need to buckle down one of these days and write my song for the year. Very exciting, people.
Okay, I'd write more right now, but I'm being distracted because Tech just scored another touchdown and the defense is about to make another stop. If I have any energy left after the game, I'll post an addendum. Until then, cross your fingers.
02 December 2005 0035 EST
Drill is this weekend. I got a call from one of my NCOs today...I guess it was inevitable, but I have a couple of briefs to give this weekend. Because the detachment is separate from the main part of the company in Leesburg, I actually have to give the commander's briefs this year. That's kinda cool. Plus, I get to use the new powerpoint remote control that I just bought for the computer. I'm kinda excited about that. I know I'm a nerd, but it's a laser pointer too.
30 November 2005 2036 EST
Other than that, things have been pretty chill recently. I got a couple of things in the mail today...stuff that I ordered online for presents and whatnot...plus some stuff for me. That's the bad part about the holiday season. I do tend to buy a lot of things for myself. It's just hard to pass up on all of these good deals. That's all I've got for today though. Now I will just go back to procrastinating some more on grading papers.
29 November 2005 2359 EST
Funny incident of the day came around lunch time when I ran into one of my students. In my active physics class, the kids were assigned a homework assignment of bringing in an optical illusion. So when my student saw me, she wanted to clarify the assignment. She asked, "are we supposed to bring a hallucinogen to class tomorrow?" I told her that she should probably leave her hallucinogens at home, but I did want her to bring an optical illusion. I think she got the message. School can be so fun.
29 November 2005 0008 EST
Some highlights of today included measuring off certain sections of road while driving in my car to and from school and over to my parents'. Taking West Ox from school to Rt. 50 to I-66, it is about 14.5 miles back home to my house. Then taking I-66 to the Parkway over to Braddock to 123 to my parents' is about 10.7 miles. I know I've measured various routes before, but I never wrote them down and have since forgotten. I'm hoping that blogging will help me remember to measure off my other routes. And yes, I know that google maps and all that can probably do it for me...but it's not the same.
Anyway, drill weekend is coming up in a few days, and that, combined with training meetings, will probably cause me to miss out on a few things. I know I'm missing my flag football double-header already and maybe a birthday thing for Dave. Happy birthday, BTW. But yeah, hopefully, I can still squeeze some fun out of the rest of the week. We'll see. Now is time for sleep.
27 November 2005 2337 EST
Then after showering and changing my shirt about a couple of times, it was off to the coffee shop to meet up with my date for the afternoon. As we had agreed upon, I brought along my book on kokology, the Japanese art of self-discovery. I think I've talked about it here before. Basically, it's a little game where you read these little scenarios and you talk about how you would react or what you would think in these differrent situations. Then on the next page, the book goes back and psychoanalyzes your response. It's really neat...kinda like a choose-your-own-adventure book for nerds. Hehe...yes, I know...choose-your-own-adventure books are already for nerds. But you get my point, right? Anyway, it was a really fun date and I had a really good time.
The only problem is that I am a total wuss when it comes to girls. I was talking to my sister and her boyfriend about it tonight. I'd walked up to see them to brag about how I'd just finished my ten-page paper and they asked me in unison, "how'd your date go?" I was pretty open with them. I said pretty much what I said here. Plus the fact that I was a little worried that I was working a little slow. Four dates in four months...is that slow? I mean, I knew the answer, but for some reason, I felt like I was trying my best to maintain even this pace. Maybe I'm just not cut out for dating. I don't know. It's tough though, you know? I'm a pretty busy guy. I work full-time, I'm a part-time grad student, and I just picked up a new position with my national guard unit. "I just don't have a lot of time for dating," he said in an attempt to justify his lack of asking-girls-outtedness. Okay, I won't even try to justify it because I really don't have a good excuse. But what I can say is that I've gone out on infinitely more dates in the last four months than I did in the whole twelve months prior. How's that for improvement?
26 November 2005 0037 EST
From there, I jumped through some traffic to head out to Washington & Lee High School to play some flag football with some friends. Dave, Matt, and Gordon were there, along with a bunch of folks from our flag football team. The first thing Dave said to me was regarding how boring my blog has been lately. I hate to admit how right he was, but I can't help it that my life has hit a bit of a rut. Anyway, the game was a lot of fun and we all went to Whitlow's afterwards to grab some burgers and drinks.
From there, I drove straight home to put up my mirrors. I bought five of them to make my entryway pretty. The only problem was measuring and drilling and screwing in order to get them lined up just right. It didn't help that I really didn't have a good level, nor did I have an extra hand to hold my tape measure for me. Three hours later, though, I was done. I couldn't have been more proud. You should come over and see it. It's really pretty. I can't wait to get my Christmas tree up tomorrow so that there will be pretty light reflecting everywhere.
So yeah...I finish that and finally take a shower to clean up from the football game. I went over to University Mall after that to join Ben for a late showing of Wedding Crashers...hilarious movie, btw. Then I drove home thinking about taco bell the whole way. I was heading down the parkway and even moved all the way over to the merge lane to get onto I-66 to go home before I peeled off and continued on to the Fair Lakes Taco Bell. And then I couldn't decide which 1/2 pound burrito to buy, so I bought three. And now I'm sitting in front of the tv, blogging and eating burritos. Life doesn't get much better than this.
24 November 2005 2356 EST
Anyhoo, that's all over now and I've been spending the evening combing through Craigslist ads for possible roommates for when my sister moves out. I know that my parents are cringing just thinking about me looking for another roommate online, especially after the Brenda incident. At the same time, I probably shouldn't be looking for roommates at the same time that I'm sitting here moping around at the fact that I didn't have a second thanksgiving to go to tonight with the family of a sig-other. It's like I'm flipping through these roommate ads and they start reading like Match.com entries in my head. Is that healthy?
Oh well...happy thanksgiving! I'll take a few minutes now to reflect on the year and present my list of things I am thankful for 2005. They include:
- A closer relationship with my family (awww)
- My two best buds, along with all the friends I don't see every week
- Being back home in Virginia
- Grass
- My voice-activated lights in my bedroom
- The Internet
- Christmas music!!!
Yeah, I actually started playing my Christmas music a little early yesterday. I just couldn't wait any longer. But yeah, that's about it for now. I'm going to head off to sleep now. God bless four-day weekends.
23 November 2005 1610 EST
Anyway, that's pretty much that. The last day or so, I've been spending a lot of time talking to myself. I pulled out this joke book that I think my cousins sent me while I was overseas and I started practicing telling some jokes to myself...in bed, in the car, in the bathroom, the teacher's lounge, etc. I've even decided that I would make that one of my new year's resolutions for 2006. I've got a couple more gems for 2006, but I won't share them all today. I mean, there's a right time and place, you know? Once Thanksgiving and Christmas come to pass, we'll do the resolution thing. Until then, I'll just keep jotting this stuff down and keep you in suspense. I know your heart is just racing as you are filled with anticipation, but I'll share the list soon enough. Until then, enjoy your Thanksgiving. I'll either update tomorrow night or the day after with my list of things that I am thankful for this year...probably my second favorite list to make every year.
20 November 2005 2253 EST
Anyway, after going to sleep around 0400h in the morning, I woke up around 0930h to watch a little more Triumph before washing up and getting ready for the skins game. Except for the outcome of the game, I had a pretty good time. I stopped in to visit with Thuy's family afterwards too. That was cool. I hadn't seen them in a few months, so it was nice catching up again. I used to stop by all the time. But yeah, I ended up having dinner over there before coming home to clean up all the stuff left over from last night's fun. That took maybe thirty minutes to an hour to finish up. It's hard to say exactly, though, because I was chatting and fantasying in between picking up pizza boxes, empty glasses, and other miscellaneous stuff...which got me to thinking a little bit tonight.
Now, I know that my place isn't particularly "clean" like Stora's. I mean, he's clean. Me, I'll pick up every few days. Like I have a bad habit of leaving glasses everywhere. I tend to get a glass of water from the kitchen and sit down at one sofa or another. Everywhere I go, I seem to leave a trail of empty glasses. Usually, there aren't more than three or four around at any one time. But occasionally, my cupboard is empty when I look inside, and I realize that I have something closer to a dozen empty glasses lying around. Usually, it's a team effort between myself and my sister, but I can carry my own even when she's not around. Anyway, I was thinking about being messy and being clean, and I concluded that I do a pretty good job for a bachelor. I mean, I'll vacuum every month or two, and I'll dust every month or so when I notice that my televiion picture is starting to lose a little contrast. I'll usually take out the trash at least once a week, and I'll clean the toilets on about a monthly basis. So yeah, not spectacular, but not too bad for a single guy considering the circumstances.
That's all I've got for today though. I'm about to go to sleep once I figure out what I'm going to teach during class tomorrow.
19 November 2005 0103 EST
Anyway, tonight wasn't my typical friday night. I ended up falling asleep on my couch for about three hours while watching CSI on Spike. I am really starting to like that show...and yes, I know it's been around for ages. I just never started watching until now. Other than that, though, I just chatted on AIM and did some laundry. Oh, I came home today and saw that all of the leaves had been picked up in my neighborhood...except for the ones still sitting in my yard. So when one of the neighborhood kids came by and offered to rake my leaves, I ended up taking him up on the offer. Yeah, I never thought I would do that, but it's not like I was going rake them myself. I paid the kid ten bucks and that was that. Now the homeowner's association can be happy. I also got a stain out of my carpet today. Well, before I did that, I had to cause the stain. I was trying to carry a microwaved burrito, a magazine, a glass of water, and a container filled with turkey/jam to the basement. I knew it once I picked everything up that something was going to happen. Not a second later, the glass and the turkey started to slip from my grasp, and I dropped to the ground in an attempt to place everything down before they fell on their own. I was too late, though, and a few ounces of water/pieces of turkey/jam fell to the ground despite my efforts. I guess it's my fault for trying to save time with just one trip from the kitchen to the basement. In the end, it took me an extra 10 minutes to get the stain out. Lesson learned? Hehe...no. I have no doubt that there will be more stains in my future.
17 November 2005 2109 EST
Oh, good news about tomorrow...I got an e-mail today explaining that tomorrow will be college sweatshirt day at school. So not only do I not need to wear a shirt and tie, but I get to wear my Virginia Tech sweatshirt. I'm going to bring my gobbler with me tomorrow too. I get to spend a few minutes at the start of each class talking about how great Virginia Tech is and then we'll continue with class. I love being a teacher.
17 November 2005 0002 EST
I came home tonight to find the house smelling of baked goodness. Jane left a cheesecake in the oven for me to take out and she even cleaned up the kitchen. I barely recognized the place. Oh, and I talked to girls tonight. That was an added bonus. I can't wait for tomorrow.
15 November 2005 2345 EST
Other than that, I've been continuing with my procrastinating ways today...using a combination of napping, chatting on AIM, and watching the best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Oh, I took a trip with Jane to the gas station on the corner in order to pick up an extra mega millions ticket for the drawing tonight. Unfortunately, none of my numbers matched with the winning ones. But oh well...I didn't really need three hundred million dollars anyway. I did get a little break tonight actually. I thought that there was a training meeting tonight, but ended up getting the evening off since it got pushed back to next Tuesday.
Okay, so I think I'm going to bed now. That way, I won't be tired tomorrow and won't have to take a nap...which'll give me the time to do my homework. So instead of thinking of this as procrastinating, you can think of it as taking the initiative to take my sleep now. I can be such a good role model sometimes.