diary of a mad grad student ~ part one

i managed to con KM into joining in, though i'm not sure how long she'll be in for this.

am at home now, eating macaroni and cheese. comforts before tortures. the cats have been fed, but i'll feed them again before leaving at eight. that'll definitely tide them over to tomorrow afternoon.

next on the list is a shower, because while i'm pretty sure i can make it all night and into tomorrow, i know my hair and clothes can't. i'd rather not look like a bum. feeling like one is enough.

currently playing at volumes far too loud are "they might be giants" in memory of ems who would join us were she still a miserable grad student. the memories of long nights long past are somehow not as stressful as those long nights long past themselves. the music brings back more memories of car rides in her decaying volvo, mostly at night in the winter with the heated seats. ah, fun times. right now it's the returned bag of groceries song that was one of her favorites.

the impromptu chocolate cake of death went over well today, and secretary mom was thrilled. [BLUE CANARY SONG!!!!!]

and the last of teaching. no more helicopter, no more of the others like helicopter. no more any of it. all i've got to do yet is remove late penalties on a few yet-to-be-graded things and compile final grades in about 10 days. oh yeah. it feels good. it's actually too bad i need to dilute this feeling with an all-nighter in the office.

and yes, sr, i would have tried to do this at home, but to be truthful, i'm sleeping far too long at home due to my body not hearing the phone alarms. i think i'd probably give up too easily if i go it alone tonight. thus the conning of KM.

but here it is, 7:20, and i need still to catch that shower.

so i'm off. more to come, but shorter, since i got the preliminaries out of the way here, right?

love and peace.