Plugging along...

there is nothing too exciting to write about today. i have succeeded
in finding a new obsession that is keeping me away from my work that
i should be doing... i am building a database for a lab. i really
like doing stuff like this and it is good to be getting paid for it.
i need the money since i am not teaching. i hope that i can drum up
some more work from it too. i might also be building a website for
someone else.

i like the distraction. i did manage to look at my data, but it
looks like i am going to have to get access to the program that i
used to export to excel-- i did not export all my files. oops. but i
emailed the person i needed to contact about it and am waiting to
hear back. it is pretty fancy schmancy software and not easy to come
by.

i am just plugging along. i am having trouble motivating to work
out. the weather here sucks now. when it is REALLY cold, it is easy
to prepare for. but now, it is sometimes cold, then sometimes hot.
so, you never know what you are going to get. it just kind of sucks
the life out of you. i will go for a run later though. i ran
yesterday. i wish that i enjoyed running more, but it is a struggle
for me. i was going to go to the gym, but i lost that little battle
when i got too sucked into making this data base (it really is pretty
cool- i am putting in a lot of bells and whistles that are going to
probably go completely unappreciated... but whatever. i would not
want it to not work perfectly, so i am putting in the time).

i ended up having a good day yesterday- i talked to my best friend
who i have not talked to in waaaay too long. it really felt good. i
needed to talk to her. that is why you have people like that in your
life. when you need them, they are there. she always makes me
happy. she is doing really well and that makes me happy. she is a
grad student in santa barbara. she just got engaged and she bought
her dress after only looking for 5 minutes! i can relate to that!
my mom is back in town too, after being gone on some trip for a few
weeks. i missed her since i was in bermuda when she left. i am
very close to my mom. it is good to have her back. i talked to her
too.

so, i am doing well, but having a not fun time with the weather.

i am hating this waiting game of waiting to see what happens with our
sponsors!!! i am SO excited with a bunch of them and can't wait to
find out if it will all work.

anyway- so i am going to get back to work, but i wanted to just take
a minute and write... mostly to give myself a pep talk about going
for a run later! i would MUCH MUCH MUCH rather go for a ride on my
fixie! but, i don't have time. i think that i am going to ride
tomorrow. i LOVE that bike. it is so fun to have a fixed gear bike-
it makes me feel like such a little kid. so, that will be tomorrow
morning. i am looking forward to that. i miss riding. i am done
being off the bike.

BYE!