9:35 pm - Friday 22nd February 2002

It's all in the timing.

I figure a domestic Friday night is not as bad as staying home all Saturday instead. Yep, another week has come through the door, danced its little jig and then exited stage-left. Admittedly I have been somewhat busy in the lab, so I haven't had too much of a chance to think about it, since it's usually been a matter of come home, eat and then flop into bed.
I haven't really looked at calendars all that much, but suddenly I realize that my birthday is only 2 weeks away! Ick, like I said, where does the time go? Or, alternatively, where does the money go? I've been trying to be good, and while I have a fair bit of money in the bank, I need a statement to figure out where the rest is hemorrhaging from.
On a positive note, I received my package from Vanuatu, as well as a rejection letter for the Credit Union loan application. It was also my Dad's 60th birthday on Wednesday, and the package I sent completely defied the odds and made it there on that day. I'm happy to say he enjoyed it, so I feel pretty good.
This weekend should be rather busy, I'm not certain if the Tri-Ess meeting is on tomorrow, but it is the last Saturday of the month, so it's probably worth a shot. On Sunday I've been invited to go up to a "Renaissance Fair" up north of Miami by the guys from the gaming night. I guess this will be an SCA style mish-mash of various historical groups, but I think it will be fun. I also need to strap on my roller-blades and get out for a skate, the exercise is sorely needed.

Of late, Allison and I have really been burning up the phone line between Miami and LA. Many times I have to force myself not to call her, and even then we usually talk at least once a day. It's just that when you love someone that much, and you're separated by that distance the phone is so important. Some nights, as we talk far past midnight, I feel so close to her, as if she were just on the other side of the bed, and yet I still have to put the receiver down and sleep alone. And all of this was so unexpected at the time, I never intended to fall in love this way, so close to the tense conclusion of my thesis, and yet I did and I do not regret it. The distance makes things difficult, and yet overcoming them makes it worthwhile. She really is an amazing girl, I know I have other friends who also fall into the "amazing" category (you know who you are) and whom I love, but my love for her transcends the mundane, and breaks free of earthly barriers and confines.

1:50 pm - Saturday 23rd February 2002

Never, ever, under any circumstances go 'blading after rain.

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