I swear I'm losing my mind

I'm playing in that string quartet on Sunday, so I went to play the piece that we need to practice the most...the only one I borrowed from the library...and it is missing. I'm so mad. It was the one piece I was trying to keep track of the most...I have everything else. Nothing else is missing. I'm really frustrated and now it will be hard for me to sleep.

Long time, no post

I have been really busy at work lately, mostly because I haven't had time to be in my office. I found out on Wednesday that I get to have gum tissue removed. That will happen on Dec. 3. It's a friday. I get to drive myself, but they said I would be sore.

I am going to two sporting events this weekend, and playing in a string quartet. I'm going to the UCSB v. SDSU basketball game at SDSU on Friday. I'm going with a Gaucho alum I met at church and some of his friends from college.

GO GAUCHOS!!!

Then Megan and I are driving to Fresno on Saturday for Duncan's last college home game ever.

GO FRESNO!!!

Then we're driving straight back. Our dad wants us to ride with him, but it will be quicker if we ride up from SD. He sounded a little mad about it on the phone, but whatever. It's our choice. I really don't want to go an hour out of the way if we don't have to. This is just typical family stuff though. Then I'm playing with a "thrown together, last minute" rehearsal with a quartet I'm playing with on Sunday. Should be interesting.

Anyway, sorry I haven't written anything in awhile. Don't worry, be happy...the blog will become regular again after the new year. Until then, you can await with glad anticipation and be surprised when I post again. I'm aiming for at least twice a week. Love you guys.

Dang it!

I must have a lot on my mind, because I left my ATM card in the ATM machine last night. Dang it! I'm back from Texas, and working again [sigh]. These next two months are going to fly right by.

(that rhymed)

:)

Texas Part 1

My harrowing Texas experience:

Dad dropped me off at the airport at about 9pm so that I could pick up my rental car so that I could drive from Houston to Austin.

Problem 1: There are two airports in Houston, I thought I was flying into the other airport. My directions from Houston to Austin were incorrect. I drove around Houston for 45 minutes before I actually got to the correct freeway. And I had to pay about 3 tolls for going the wrong direction. By the time I was on my way, it was after 10pm.

Problem 2: Earlier on Saturday, I had dropped my cell phone, and it was not working correctly. I didn't realize that my phone wasn't working correctly until about 1/3 of the way to Austin and not until midnight. So I pulled into a gas station in the middle of Texas and went to use the pay phone. I didn't realize that pay phones these days only work locally. Then I realized that I didn't have my cousin's number...I was trying to make my way to her place to sleep. So I called my Grandma collect, and got Danielle's number, and then tried to use the pay phone until I gave up and bought a phone card at the mini-mart that was attached to the gas station. It took about 25 minutes for me to make those calls.

Problem 3: With the exceptions of all the incorrect turns I took in Houston, I missed an additional 2 turns, which set me back even more. At least I usually knew when I was heading the wrong direction, and I would either turn immediately around, or get out and ask. I left Houston at about 10:45pm, and finally got to Austin at around 2:30am. I was very tired.

Even though I made it here, there were a lot of things that could have gone wrong. I kept praying for safety and provision, that God would calm me down and get me where I needed to go. I am so thankful I made it here safely, and I'm glad I don't freak out when I feel like I'm lost. I knew which direction I wanted to go, and went. Although I had never taken this route before, and needed to ask for help along the way, I made it to Austin. See y'all later.

PS. If you try to call me, leave a message, as I am able to check my messages, but can't call out very well.

Busy!

I have an announcement to make. I am no longer bored at work. Sheesh. I got slammed this week. It is mostly because I will be at a meeting in Claremont on Thursday, so my coworker and I are leaving EARLY in the morning to get up there. Then on Friday, I'm flying to Houston, TX for Duncan's football game, followed by a trip to Austin to visit my cousin, Danielle and my other cousin, Christian, who is visiting the same time I am! Then I drive back to Houston for a seminar on preserving photos and audio/visual materials for archives. Should be fun!

Other interesting things I did today:

• Stood in line for an hour to vote
  
• Went to archives
  
• Made a new friend at the archives, he works in the building where the archives are housed
  
• Ate at Taco Bell for lunch
  
• Paid my bills that I couldn't afford to pay earlier
  
• Trained my student workers to do some of my job while I'm gone
  
• Went to orchestra
  

On Monday, I went to have my wisdom teeth evaluated for surgical removal. Yep. They gotta go. But I only have two wisdom teeth, the other two didn't grow in. So does this mean I'm only half as wise as the rest of you??? Wait, don't answer that.

I have a few *concerns* with having this surgery:

1. I bruise easily
   
2. I hate being in pain
   
3. They are putting me under
   
4. I have to find someone to drive me there and back, and supervise me the first 24 hours after the surgery is done
   
5. There is no good time for me to be in pain for any extended period of time
   
6. I will have to pay about $400.00 to have the surgery. Basically, this means that I'm PAYING MONEY to be in pain. Ironic, isn't it. Do you think I have this kind of money? No. Can I save this much before surgery? Maybe, if I make some major adjustments to my budget, and/or if I decide to take on more debt.
   

Surgery is evil.