Catch-up Post

[beccastareyes]

I sometimes wonder if I should keep cards of my favorite causes in my backpack. Inevitably I run into missionaries while waiting for the bus. (Strangely enough the campus is empty of them -- perhaps because I avoid Ho Plaza and the Arts Quad, where all the undergrads are. It does mean I miss things like DASH's Valentine's Day same-sex kiss-in as well.) Then instead of just taking their stuff, I can offer to trade.

Of course, considering anything I get from missionaries tends to end up in the recycling bin -- sorry, Church of Latter-Day Saints, some how I don't think a lesbian tea-addict agnostic secular-humanist is going to mesh well with you -- it probably would just mean twice as much wasted paper.

Anyway, other than that I'm mostly well. Monday I realized I forgot my meds over the weekend, which explained why I was so antsy by Monday and meant that I spent Tuesday in a side-effects haze. Lexapro does wonders for my anxiety, but it makes me incredibly sleepy when I don't take it regularly. Thankfully, when I do take it regularly, my body manages to re-calibrate the internal 'go to bed' meter.

I'm having some computer problems. In that my external hard drive (used for making sure if something horrible happens to the desktop and laptop, I am not out of Important Files) jumped off my desk and died, and I'd feel better if I had a new one. I also suspect my laptop needs a new fan -- it is being loud and prone to overheating at work. Given it is four years old and has a reputation at work for looking like it was on the losing end of a war, I probably should bite the bullet and buy myself a new one. Only they are so expensive. Plus, the whole 'need hard drive' thing.

The whole laptop overheating thing is handicapping work, since I can't run serious code on it. And when I try on my desktop, I get crazy lists of errors when compiling. If anyone knows C++ and is willing to help me troubleshoot, I will acknowledge you in any papers.

Next week I go home! To see my parents and siblings and Kim, and Sara, and Jennie and Zanne! I am excited and happy.

Comments

[mirisa_ardruna.insanejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't think I remember that the Mormons had any particular fear of the evils of tea.

Anyway, can't wait to see you, darling! Let me know when you get into town, ok?

[beccastareyes.insanejournal.com]

It's not the tea, it's the caffeine. As I have yet to find a truly good variety of green decaf tea*, I will stick to what I got.

* The sencha green decaf I drink now after dinner is all right, but still a bit cardboard-y. The jasmine green I drink in the mornings has a superior taste. Since tea after dinner keeps me up all night, I have a reason for wanting good decaf teas other than allowing me to convert.

I'll be in town Tuesday afternoon, but I can give you a call in the evening, though I'll probably be out of it. Mom hates driving at night, so I always try to take early flights into Lincoln and later flights out, meaning I get the fun of taking the taxi to the airport at 6 AM. (Could be worse -- it could be having to get to Syracuse*)

* Syracuse is about the same distance as Omaha is from Lincoln. It also has an airport that flies to more than three cities and doesn't feature turboprops as the main transport. On the other hand, there's no regular bus up there, and the airport limo-bus adds $100 and insistance that you travel once every three hours. I've had to leave at 3 AM for an 8 AM flight. At least Syracuse has free wireless and I can sleep on flights.