9.24.2004
what a day...
It's been quite a week, and quite a day. For starters, we've repainted and recarpeted the interior of our house. So I've been moving furniture and such for the past week. To be sure, it's grueling and awful. But there's a magical feeling when you step on freshly laid carpet and see that the walls are sparkling and brand new. Wow.
Just set up my surround sound DVD/CD system, to go with the TV. They look fantastic together: unfortunately, it was past some folks' bedtimes, so I was prevented from cranking the stereo as high as it would go. They look even better considering that they're sitting on the new TV bench that I just bought from IKEA (see previous post).
I also had the wonderful opportunity to have breakfast with a very good friend of mine, and coffee with another very good friend of mine. Leighna, the breakfast friend, was my carrel-mate in college, and we were the only two Asians in the Classics Department at the time, save one professor. She's a real sweetie, and it's so nice to hear that she's doing well. She is also very patient: I was 15 minutes late this morning because some idiot rolled a flatbed truck over on one of the major highways at 6am, and it wasn't clear by the time I left the house at 9.
Had coffee with my good friend and former neighbor Adam, who is, to use his own vernacular, "the man." It took him less than five minutes to call me 'the man' today. He's a great friend and a rock-solid person. I just wish he were still singing!
Finally, it's four days until wheels-up en route to Oxford. I haven't been packing much yet, but I'll definitely start this weekend. It's also four more days of going to the gym. Since I started back in late, late, late August, I've lost over 30 pounds. Now, before you say mean things, I just want to say that it's not been easy, and I still hate going to the gym. But that's life: health is too important a factor to ignore.
Just set up my surround sound DVD/CD system, to go with the TV. They look fantastic together: unfortunately, it was past some folks' bedtimes, so I was prevented from cranking the stereo as high as it would go. They look even better considering that they're sitting on the new TV bench that I just bought from IKEA (see previous post).
I also had the wonderful opportunity to have breakfast with a very good friend of mine, and coffee with another very good friend of mine. Leighna, the breakfast friend, was my carrel-mate in college, and we were the only two Asians in the Classics Department at the time, save one professor. She's a real sweetie, and it's so nice to hear that she's doing well. She is also very patient: I was 15 minutes late this morning because some idiot rolled a flatbed truck over on one of the major highways at 6am, and it wasn't clear by the time I left the house at 9.
Had coffee with my good friend and former neighbor Adam, who is, to use his own vernacular, "the man." It took him less than five minutes to call me 'the man' today. He's a great friend and a rock-solid person. I just wish he were still singing!
Finally, it's four days until wheels-up en route to Oxford. I haven't been packing much yet, but I'll definitely start this weekend. It's also four more days of going to the gym. Since I started back in late, late, late August, I've lost over 30 pounds. Now, before you say mean things, I just want to say that it's not been easy, and I still hate going to the gym. But that's life: health is too important a factor to ignore.
