I'm exhausted

Wed 11/21:
* Left work, went to class. Left class @ break time
* Went home to pick up parking reservation yang tertinggal
* Headed for airport parking. Parking lot full but for 2 spaces. Reservation saved my life
* Flight only 15 mins late


Thur 11/22:
* Arrived on time in Houston @ 6 in the morning
* Got on tiny plane headed for DC
* Gorgeous weather in DC - it was in the 70s
* Nils picked me up at the airport. We went to Aunt Karen's grave and then headed for the mountain house for dinner.
* Beautiful colors on Mount Weather.


Fri 11/23:
* Headed over to Nils's mom's
* Chat, dinner, games
* Fascinated by Nils's mom's life stories


Sat 11/24:
* Breakfast with W & D
* Drove up to New Jersey


Sun 11/25:
* Some serious talk that was not so serious but productive nonetheless
* Brunch with P & E
* Spent half the day shopping for a TV. Decided on one, and they didn't have it in stock. Decided to haul the TV from basement to the living room. Ugly move up the narrow staircase, but we got it done. Almost got hernia.
* Dinner @ home with friends. Fantasy team lost to Nils's. Rats.


Mon 11/26:
* Dunkin' Donuts on the way to airport
* Goodbyes suck :(
* Got home from airport, went straight to class after an hour of rest (including late lunch/early dinner)
* Journeyman
* Went to bed, didn't sleep too well (haven't been sleeping for about a week now)


Tues 11/27:
* Mailed in renewal for license. Hope I'll get it in time before my next trip. (!)
* Training in SF = stuck in bridge traffic
* Started crap Negotiations scoring system
* Haven't heard back from group. Diverted to mindless activities before moving on to the next task

Penghibur hati ku

It looks like I can only manage one TV show at a time. I used to only watch Gilmore Girls. And since that show ended, I haven't been watching much of anything, except old movies. But now I have a new show. Whoo hoo! For a few weeks now I've been hooked on Journeyman (thank you, God, for HD DVR). The show's so much like Quantum Leap, but different. When I was a kid I used to watch QL with abah all the time. It was intriguing, trying to figure out what he was supposed to do, who he was supposed to save. And he always had Sam (I think that was his name) and his thingamajig to get info from. Just like Dan always has Liv.

I find myself not paying much attention to what Dan is doing/ supposed to do in the past. Instead, I'm always waiting to see what hell he's gonna get from Katie when he goes back to the present and be late for dinner, or when Katie finds out he sees Liv, etc. Heheh... But Katie is so nice and understanding. I would completely go bananas if I keep finding that I'm talking to myself and what not. :p It was like the time I got busy at work and ignored my phone all day. Came to find, at the end of the day, a gazillion million messages from Nils. And then he finally said to me "Do you know what kind of hell I would be in if I did that to you?" hehehe.... so smart of him.

Journeyman, Mondays 10/9c on NBC

As Told by Ginger

Why isn't Ginger on TV anymore? For some reason I find the show really touching. The friendship dilemmas and personal conflicts strike familiar chords. I've been running around like a headless chicken these past few weeks, and tonight for the first time I miss hanging out with my friends - ini sebab nengok Ginger lah ni. Now that A and CC work on different shifts, it's so much harder for all of us to hang out together :( In fact, I didn't see either of them the entire week. I almost stopped by the office this morning just to chat with CC for a bit. But I left my badge at home and didn't feel like going through the hassle with the guard, so I ditched that idea.

This morning I finally figured out what to do about work stuff. It's such a relief. Now I don't have to panic about work, don't have to panic about classes, don't have to panic about other stuff. I think that was what kept me up these past few nights. Now I don't have to rush to finish my classes. I have 13 credits left to go and I can spread it out between the next 3 semesters (including summer). How time flies. Rasa macam baru je start the program, and now here I am thinking about plans for after graduation.

Recently a close friend remarked that I seem happy and content with my life. And now that I think about it, my life is exactly where I want it to be. Maybe being in school is giving me some shelter from worrying about next steps (maybe it's keeping me so damn busy I don't have time to think about anything). I don't know what it is, but it feels good. And now that I know I'm staying in this cocoon for another year, it feels even better. *phew*

"Someone once told me the grass is much greener, on the other side. Then I paid a visit, but it's possible I missed it. It seemed different yet exactly the same. Til further notice, I'm in between. From where I'm standing, my grass is green..." (Ginger's theme song, lah)