Note to self

Never buy Christmas cards with glitter again!

Put out a small fire a few minutes ago. I was looking at my class schedule and noticed that the second-year course I signed up for, which I thought was an online course, was in fact an in-class course. Normally this wouldn't have been a disaster, except that the class takes place right in the middle of a three-hour class I already signed up for that I really really need! Thankfully, I was able to drop that course and sign up for a real distance education course, "The Emergence of Modern Germany: 1871-1990." Not that the sign-up website was any help; it kept crashing and telling me 'maximum number of sessions exceeded.' That site is always upgraded to meet last year's capacity, though.

So, pretty much all my bases are covered except for my exam on Friday.

Cards are sent!

Just have to confirm the address of another and I'll be done.

Also sent a package to Australia and another to Georgia (the more stable one ;))

Attn marbled_genet: following up on a conversation we had many moons ago, I've slipped in one of those poppy quarters that the US thought was a nanotech device, plus another that celebrates veterans. Hope you like!

Watching a Lowes commercial on TV because they're about to open in a couple of towns here. I love how they show those magic buttons that you push on to summon someone to help you. Those buttons will call someone for the first two weeks maybe, then workers will start to be too busy and too few, then the buttons will start to grow 'not in service' flowers--my favourite kind! And suddenly, the half-assed service at the other home improvement stores won't seem so bad.