I’m glad we decided to go down to the airport Friday night instead of early Saturday. It was far more relaxing to book the room at the airport hotel and then only have to cross the bridge to get to our check-in counter than it would have been to get up extra early, drive to…

How am I ever going to get this stuff done with you sabotaging me with your every update? Snowman You are frosty. You love the cold but hate Christmas. Christmas Tree: 0/50 Snowman: 32/50 Santa Claus: 0/50 Reindeer: 10/50 Mistletoe: 25/50 Star: 0/50 Take the What in Christmas Are You? test by webkin and aaronr!…

Strawberry: 30/100 Pear: 40/100 Banana: 30/100 Tomato: 10/100 Lemon: 10/100 Take the What Fruit Are You? test by webkin and aaronr! Obviously, they ain’t going by shape. I can’t believe I’m wasting time on this instead of cleaning off my desk.

I’m getting better about the twenty-firsts of months. (See long-lost entry May 21, 2001 for a small explanation.) I realized that I actually missed the twenty-first of October and November, which I think is the first time since 1997 that I got past a twenty-first without noting it. I don’t know if this is a…

The Professor and I ended up seeing FotR with my contact in MIS (a huge Tolkien fan) and his wife (who has never read any of the books and wasn’t sure if there were one or two “b’s” in “hobbit”). My correspondence with him about the movie this morning follows. Some spoilers are included, I’m…

Too little time to do it in. Presents got wrapped last night. Laundry got done. But I didn’t get close to organizing the stuff I need to pack. The pile of bills still stares at me accusingly from my desk. I’m nearly ready for an official panic, except that I’m too busy to find time…

I didn’t get a chance to really complete my last entry. There’s so much I have to do tonight, I don’t know how to begin. I need to pay the bills up to date, take care of the rent, get instructions on cat care taken care of for the Sisters, get sloppy joe mix made…

I had dinner with the guy who works in my MIS department and his wife last night. They’re fun people, and I had a good time. I suspect it was a “pity dinner” on their part; they see me as a lost waif with no life outside the office. This made it hard, since I…

This little bugger proved harder to photograph than the the Kitten from Hell in warp drive. My camera wouldn’t focus, or there was glare from the flash or the silver and gold contrast didn’t show up … *sigh* Anyhow, this is the best I was able to do with the ring I bought this summer…

I meant it as a joke when I threatened to rename this “The Kitten from Hell Chronicles”, but looking back over the last entries there’s a certain ironic accuracey to that title. Time to catch my own doings up a bit. Got nearly the very last of the Christmas shopping done yesterday. And got something…