2001-07-11 - 1:13 p.m.
On the Deficiencies of Tylenol, and Plans for the Future

Ugh, I'm having One of Those Days. The kind that come every five weeks, regular as clockwork: sharp headache, tired muscles, severe cramps. Even twice the recommended dose of Tylenol won't make much dent. I usually just ride it out, grateful that I have a desk job, and forego the nearly useless medication, but today I have to go out and measure a house. A large house. Two stories and a basement, big enough that they house 13 students in it during the school year.

Usually I enjoy the measuring job well enough, but today the idea of climbing stairs and running around brandishing a measuring tape just doesn't strike me as fun. I wish I could go home sick. But then we'd just have to reschedule it, and that involves lots of messages back and forth to the current occupants of the house, blah, blah, blah.

*wincing* Tylenol? Maybe those were placebo caplets. Some days, I really hate being a woman.

Aside from my current physical discomfort, it's actually been a fairly happy few days since my last post. I'm deep in planning issues for graduate school ... I've decided to get some flavor of computer science master's, probably at one of the Oregon state schools. Even that will be nearly impossible on my budget, but there are T.A. options, and several other considerations that can lower my costs considerably. I'll have to move out of the apartment with my brother, but that won't happen until mid-next year anyway, by which time he hopes to be in Utah starting school for a bachelor's degree in geology. (Go figure).

Also, I finally got to talk to Hildegaard again ... she has a week's vacation coming next month, so I'll get to see her for five consecutive days. I'm taking a few days off as well so we can visit the beach, our old campus haunts, and any other place that strikes our fancy. I'm in desperate need of Girl Time ... brothers and married friends are all great, but it just isn't the same. *grin*

Well, all my creative juices are sapped, and my information inspiration unit (brain) is fogged at the moment, so I'll just post this, and get back to you soon. May the Force be with you.