7th January, 2007
When Today Was The Move
I’m so completely tired right now, but I stayed up because 1) I have yet to find the bag of my PJs. 2) I had to blog. 3) I love the internet too much to go for too long without it, especially if I have a chance to get online. Now, if I were doing something, like, say camping, or if I had a really good movie night, then I’d be fine. But since tonight contains neither of those activities, here I am.
Apparently the server that my website is hosted on gets a lot of server restarts and that takes the site down for a couple of minutes. It’s a little annoying I suppose, but considering the shit I had to put up with my last host (hours of downtime as opposed to minutes), this is tolerable.
I’m so scared right now. When I transferred Marty to a temporary water container, I had forgotten to warm up the water so it was a tolerable temperature. So for the entire two to three hours he was in there, it was not only a bumpy ride, but it was a cold bumpy ride. When I finally took a look at him, I realized that he had turned really white. He wasn’t completely white, but white enough to scare me. And when I filtered the water for him at the apartment, I had forgotten (again) that the water was cold and so now he’s in about two pints of cold water. I did buy him a heater, but it’s more of a small and thin heating pad, so it takes a while for all of the water to reach a desirable temperature. Luckily, I remembered the trick I did in the beginning of the winter. I took a regular bulb, not one of those energy saving bulbs, placed it into a lamp, and hovered it over the tank. Luckily it’s working because I can see Marty swimming near the top of the water where it’s warmer.
I’ve realized that I don’t like alcohol too much. It appeals a little bit to me because it’s such a mind-altering substance. I suppose you can also say that drugs appeal to me to and in a sense, they do, but I know better than to take that shit. I will stand on my ground when it comes to drugs, the illegal ones I mean. Prescription ones are fine as long as they were properly prescribed to me. But anything that I shouldn’t take in a pill form or shot, then no. But anyway, back to the topic. Alcohol, I’ve realized, only appeals to me and it’s easier for me to “take it” because it’s in a liquid form as opposed to a pill/shot and because sometimes, it tastes good. Sometimes, but lately, everything just tastes gross and makes my breath stink. But that’s not to say that I’ve been drinking a lot. Last night was my first real anything since the end of 2005. Honestly, I don’t want to do that again. I honestly took it for them, not for me. But I should have said no to the damn Hennessy and should have asked for something else.
Whatever. I’m fine now and that’s all that matters. I have a lot of things to do tomorrow and a lot of people to meet. True, I have all week to do it, but it’s the fact that I feel as if these things should be done as soon as possible. I need to stop by the financial aid office, then to the office of Engineering to talk to my student adviser, to the billing and payment services to turn in papers, to Cingular to pay my phone bill since I’m paying in cash, to the bank to deposit a check, to the hardware store to buy three-prong converters… and… back to my friend’s apartment because I left my tools there and I would rather not be without my screwdrivers right now. Also, since I don’t have the new bus pass for the semester, I pretty much have to walk to all of these places. It’s not that I mind the walk or anything, but like I said, I would like to get most of these things done as soon as they can. Perhaps I’ll take care of my school stuff in the morning/early afternoon since the stores will always be open later.
I have not really unpacked anything except my essentials. I believe I know where my toothpaste and toothbrush are… and my bathrobe because I would really love to take a nice hot shower right now. But that also means I need to find my loofah and my body soap. And because I feel like it tonight, I’ll use the good body lotion that makes me smell nice.
Oh yes, one more thing I have to add to tomorrow’s to-do list: go to mass. Since today was filled of packing all my crap and fitting it all into the car (I’m still amazed it all fit by the way), I didn’t get a chance to go to mass. I was planning to attend the 10pm mass here in Berkeley, but my dad and I didn’t finish in time for me to go, so I’ll have to swing by tomorrow.
Arg. There’s only one tomorrow at noon. I don’t know where I’ll be at noon, but I don’t think I’ll be back in time. But I don’t want to miss mass either. Damn. Maybe I’ll just say my prayers tonight and go next week.
I really want a… hmmm… not really in the mood for a back job since I’m not sore there, but maybe just a really nice bubble bath. I wonder if this new tub is clean enough for one and if it is… sweeeeeeeeeet. Haha. Darn. I didn’t bring any bath bubbles with me… but oh well. I’ll just soak in the hot water instead and if it’s bright enough, then I’ll bring a book in too.
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