days end

so i was seriously contemplating filling out a third survey tonight when i realized i just didn't want to. so i'm not. a big thank you to bethany, however, for keeping me supplied with surveys to fill out. :) they do fill the time quite nicely when i'm not wanting to concentrate on anything, but not able to sleep. i still don't want to concentrate or sleep ... but instead of a survey, you get my rambling.

i installed aol instant messenger on my machine this weekend. been a long time since i've used it ... but i think i remember it bugging me before, too. it keeps randomly logging me back in, which i suppose means it randomly logs me out, too. it only makes noise when i log in - so that's what i notice. a little annoying.

today was a fabulous monday. seriously. we have a department meeting every monday - today's was snappy, and i was much more vocal than usual. i got several things accomplished. i actually think i'm a day ahead on my to-do list. amazing, i know. i was planning to stay late to get some thing done, but decided it wasn't necessary. that's a good feeling. had a tasty & healthy lunch. ran into a friend who told me fabulous news about her daughter (*ehem*congratulations*ehem*). spent a good chunk of my day laughing. that's never a bad thing - but especially nice on a monday.

i solved my no-lamp problem. what no-lamp problem, you ask? well, i think it would be nice if i had a lamp by my bed by which to laptop. (what? laptop isn't a verb?) however,not only do i not have a lamp, i don't have a convenient outlet into which to plug the lamp i don't have. double whammy. however, i do have a small light in my closet, which is next to my bed. so if i turn on that light, and crack open the one door ... bingo! i can turn off the over heads lights, which are way too bright & wash out the laptop screen, and still not kill my eyes by only having the laptop light. i know, using my noodle. amazing.