One day off...

Tomorrow (which starts in about an hour) is my one day break from work.

I finished grading finals today, and start teaching again on Monday, so I hope to enjoy Sunday in some way, probably by watching Pan's Labyrinth, going a public library, and killing bugs.

I've had Pan's Labyrinth for the past week from Netflix, but have not had time to watch it. I actually wanted to see it when it was in the theaters, but, of course, I did not have the time.

I got my computer back today (with a new motherboard and hard drive). This is a good thing; the bad thing is, I lost all the data from my old hard drive. Luckily, I was able to save all my work stuff and a lot of my pictures, but I lost all the music I had on my computer, so it's time to replenish! A lot of the music I had on my itunes was from CDs I got from the library, so I'm heading back to see what I can put back onto my computer (or get new stuff).

We've had this little bug problem in our apartment over the past few weeks. By little, I mean the size of the bugs, not the number. We have had a problem with these bugs that look like TINY beetles. They seem to show up all over our kitchen (usually dead) and they are beginning to show up in other parts of the house. Lauren got some pet-safe bug spray so I'm going to spend part of tomorrow cleaning out the cupboards of our kitchen and then spraying every nook and cranny, with the hopes of eliminating the little buggers.

Macless and busy

I've been without my Mac for over a week now. It crashed on my while writing an exam (I happened to be writing a problem about the life of a laptop shortly before it crashed). Turns out both the hard drive and motherboard were toast.

Because of this life has been a little rough (oh the luxury I have that not having a laptop makes my life "rough"). I've spent a lot more time at work to get stuff done, and have neglected blogging.

It's been a crazy week. Last week, I put together two exams, was part of the MPS end of year ceremony (congrats to all my MPS students), inteverviewed 9 job candidates (four of them on Saturday), drove up to Berkeley after the last of the interviews, went to La Med (the best restaurant in the Bay Area, if you ask me), went to work on Sunday morning for a review session for my stats class, came home, and went back to work on Sunday night to do some work. Also, I started my next MBA class with my crazy (in ranting, lovable but also a little scary, sort of way) last Thursday.

The end of the school year is now 4 days away, but I won't notice because I start teaching Summer session in 7 days. Yay for a 2-day vacation, which I will spend grading finals.

Hump Day

I forgot to blog yesterday, after saying I would blog everyday this week.

I'm waiting for my french fries right now. I forgot to get started on them while working on the rest of my dinner, so now I have a boca burger waiting for fries. When people say vegetarians eat healthy, they aren't talking about my dinner tonight.

What else is going on? I was part of a team that interviewed a math instructor candidate this morning. I realize I've never been on this side of a job search. I've interviewed and applied for jobs, but this is the first time I have looked at other people's applications and get to ask them why they think they are good for the job.

Sorry, I can't say anything about this specific candidate, for those of you who might be curious.

Maybe my fries are ready now....

She was mourning in the evening...

The heading of this blog means nothing, really. It is a line from the song Momma Cried by Alison Krauss and Union Station.

I took my International Business Management final this evening. I have no MBA stuff to do for 9 days!!! I feel like I'm on vacation, even though I have to write 2 exams, grade 2 exams and interview job candidates in those 9 days off.

Still feels like a vacation to me. Capital Markets class starts on June 21.

Bloggin'

I've been a lazy blogger as of late so I'm going to attempt to blog everyday this week.

What to talk about today? hmmm....well, today is Geordi's 3rd birthday. When we got him, the paperwork estimated that he was born on June 10, so... happy birthday Geordi. Here's a picture of him a few days after we got him in 2004...



I was in class for a little over 7 hours yesterday, for my international management class. What a day. After I came home, I wrote an assignment, took a nap, then went to the Stanford Linguistics Department end of year party, where Lauren played in her two music groups.

Today, I've yet to leave the house, except for the 4 miles I ran this morning. I'm feeling really tired, because of lack of sleep over the past few days, and I have to study for my international management final, which I have tomorrow evening.

I'm looking forward to the next week, because I won't have any MBA things to do for over a week!