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Now, you expect things like:

• Being called into work around midnight
• Having hardware go mysteriously missing
• Only to have the whole thing end up being a misunderstanding
• Missing not one but two buses in a row
• Having trouble administering email… again
• Being stuck in a conference call with nothing to contribute
• Forgetting to take the allergy meds, and
• Having a network problem at work that directly affects your girlfriend

…to be the sort of accumulated stressors you’d deal with on a Monday. But no, that was today. Yesterday was a much more relaxing day, for the most part.

Let us make this clear, to whoever’s in charge of this sort of thing: Tuesday is not the new Monday. Thank you.

So what kind of idiot packs for a two-day trip and includes toothpaste, toothbrush, hairbrush, electric shaver, socks, shirts, handkerchiefs, phone charger, portable-stereo charger, gifts for his girlfriend, book to read, sweater, deodorant, umbrella and camera… and forgets to pack underwear?

Not that you need two guesses, but, yes indeed I am that kind of idiot.

Well, it was a good weekend with Dawn… and we were planning on doing some clothes shopping anyway, so it all worked out in the end. We ate well, we played games, we shopped ‘til we dropped (no kidding, we slept most of the last half of Saturday away), and generally enjoyed the heck out of our too-brief time together. Yay!

Is it wrong for me to sit here and gloat about the fact that not only are my taxes already filed, but that I’ve already received my refund?

Oh, it is? Well, I guess I shouldn’t do that, then.

Heh.

In other news, I’ll be in Seattle for the weekend. Behave yourselves while I’m gone. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do, yadda yadda yadda.

Alex was involved in his school’s Science Fair last night, and… well, why don’t I let him tell you how it went?

Yeah, it was great. To start, a lot of people looked at and commented on our project.

Secondly, we were one of the groups chosen to go to the District Science Fair on May 5.

And lastly, we got the PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD!

What happened was people were to go around and vote for their favorite projects from each section. We were one of the groups awarded.

The funny thing is that both of these awards came rather suddenly. My teacher just came up to me in the middle of it, put his hands on my shoulders, said “You’re going to district,” and walked away. The People’s Choice Award…we were the first ones awarded!

Oh, yes. It was fabulous.

Who knew that badly corroded teeth would be such a crowdpleaser? Heck, he even got baseball tickets out of the deal. Way to go, Spud!