Happy Blue Monday

"Today is the unhappiest day of the year. Or at least it is in the eyes of a bunch of British people. They have studies that say that this is the unhappiest day of the year, due to weather, debt, failed resolutions, and many other factors." -- Brent's blog

Well, I can confirm that based only on my day before 10AM.

7:45 - The dryer repairman who is supposed to show up after 1PM, shows up at 7:45. He fixes the busted thermostat, but won't reattach the vent hose. Why? Got me. My guess is because it wasn't attached when he got here. I had taken it off in order to get to the thermal fuse, as requested by the Sears guy. I have also somehow torn another hose in the linoleum.

After dude leaves, I try to reattach the hose. I do not succeed, and in the process, I break the water level switch off of the washer. At this point, I stop trying to fix things.

9:45 - I have packed a lunch and headed to school. As I'm getting out of my truck to go up to the office, I drop the baggie of chicken tenders. My lunch falls out of the baggie and onto the ground. Yummy.

10AM - I call it a day and go back to sleep. I wish.

I went to class at 10:45, that went fine. Dr. Flandro was there today. He plotted the Voyager mission. He's very smart, and still very sharp for his age (or my age for that matter). Also, he's just a good guy. I scored some brownie points by answering some questions. Lee was off in space due to some medicine, and no one else who'd had the stuff before seemed willing to answer. That was over a minute or two before noon, and Lee and I went to lunch in the cafeteria (he'd forgotten his completely).

After lunch, I tried to talk to my thesis advisor, but he'd been called into a meeting (I later learned), so no dice. I can continue to avoid him for a few more days now.

There was some watching of Heroes, and it was good. I have no clue what they'll do after they stop the explosion, but I'm hooked for as long as they want to run the series.

I ran some laundry, too. Clean clothes are a good thing. More tomorrow.