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It's raining like a bitch outside. Has been all day, supposedly the remnants of Katrina. I read where the mayor of New Orleans finally decided to say some number for the fatalities in the city. He said "well into the hundreds, most likely thousands." The worst hurricane in U.S. history was the one that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. I know this because I wrote a 20 page paper on it last year. Length of assignments is certainly something that changes once you get into grad school. Anyway, that Galveston hurricane killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people, they're not entirely sure. This one is definitely in the thousands. I think it will be in that range to be close to Galveston. The water continues to rise, and there isn't shit they can do to help people. People will soon starve or be without decent water enough to die that way.
I've had the WORST headache all day today. I've been trying to get through this cold as quickly as possible, and I'm not getting anywhere. I swear I've blown at least three gallons of snot out since this cold began. Amy and I have gone through three boxes of kleenex and like six rolls of toilet paper combatting this snot. It's really gross. And some of the boogers have been like the size of small children. I look at the kleenex and it's like "I wonder why I couldn't breathe very well.... hrm...." My head is just pounding, but I have to be awake for the next hour since I'm on my office hour. My ears are still plugged up, but they're getting a little better day by day. I hope tonight's class with Dr. Tyner is not a lot of discussion, because I don't think I can handle it. And, I don't want to look like a complete jackass in front of him, because I think he's cool.
I figured out how to turn on the air conditioning in my office (!?!). It's much better in here now. There's like no one actually using this office this week. I'm not sure why, but there really hasn't been a soul in here. I know some of the desks are taken, though Mary Lou did say some of these people were on the way out via graduation. Who knows. I know the budget for grad students here is pretty slim, so it may just be that I don't have many office-mates. And that's fine, I suppose. I kind of miss having people around, though.
Statistics class, today, was actually great again. It was the fastest (time-wise) stats class I've ever sat in on. I really really wish I had a class like this at Ball State, but I didn't. Of course, I really wish I had some ibuprofren right now, but I don't. Anyway, stats is actually fun, which is something I had no idea could be true. I'm enjoying it a lot.
With gas prices finally going above $3.00 a gallon here, I decided it was time to get Pedro fixed. The Impala doesn't get great mileage, and Pedro does when he works. We took him to Kelly's friend's shop to get worked on. Hopefully, we'll hear something about him soon, because there can't be much wrong with him, and hopefully it won't cost much.
Famous last words, right?
I've had the WORST headache all day today. I've been trying to get through this cold as quickly as possible, and I'm not getting anywhere. I swear I've blown at least three gallons of snot out since this cold began. Amy and I have gone through three boxes of kleenex and like six rolls of toilet paper combatting this snot. It's really gross. And some of the boogers have been like the size of small children. I look at the kleenex and it's like "I wonder why I couldn't breathe very well.... hrm...." My head is just pounding, but I have to be awake for the next hour since I'm on my office hour. My ears are still plugged up, but they're getting a little better day by day. I hope tonight's class with Dr. Tyner is not a lot of discussion, because I don't think I can handle it. And, I don't want to look like a complete jackass in front of him, because I think he's cool.
I figured out how to turn on the air conditioning in my office (!?!). It's much better in here now. There's like no one actually using this office this week. I'm not sure why, but there really hasn't been a soul in here. I know some of the desks are taken, though Mary Lou did say some of these people were on the way out via graduation. Who knows. I know the budget for grad students here is pretty slim, so it may just be that I don't have many office-mates. And that's fine, I suppose. I kind of miss having people around, though.
Statistics class, today, was actually great again. It was the fastest (time-wise) stats class I've ever sat in on. I really really wish I had a class like this at Ball State, but I didn't. Of course, I really wish I had some ibuprofren right now, but I don't. Anyway, stats is actually fun, which is something I had no idea could be true. I'm enjoying it a lot.
With gas prices finally going above $3.00 a gallon here, I decided it was time to get Pedro fixed. The Impala doesn't get great mileage, and Pedro does when he works. We took him to Kelly's friend's shop to get worked on. Hopefully, we'll hear something about him soon, because there can't be much wrong with him, and hopefully it won't cost much.
Famous last words, right?
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