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It was filled with rest and relaxation, homework and playing of dumb computer games. More socially, it was also occupied by going to a play (The Shape of Things, at the Silver Stage; I recommend both the play and the production), which was surrounded by hanging out with some new people of high quality. Very excellent. We also went out to dinner on Sunday to Woodlands, which is an awesome vegetarian South Indian restaurant not too far from us. I got a paper masala dosai that was big enough for me to fit my head inside the end of. It was seriously probably at least a yard in diameter. Easily the biggest I've ever seen, and of course I could only really eat half of it. With help. The dinner was a goodbye dinner for my friend Em, who is moving back to Minneapolis tomorrow morning. She is tired of being so far away from her fiance (I can imagine), and they have a wedding to plan, and all she has to do for school is write her SRP (50 page research paper). So away they go. I am sad to lose a good local friend, but happy that the place she's going back to is the place I'm most likely to visit.

In fact, I will be visiting, in April. Woo!

This all - the good weekend, and the knowledge of the upcoming visit - helps to soothe the pain of not being able to be there, at the benefit, or at any of the other things we wanted to do this weekend.


And now I'm awake with insomnia. Some unnerving thoughts got my brain going just at bedtime, and then well, then everything else crept in and partied in my brain. So I'm currently worrying about a variety of things, including Ack I Have To Find A Job! Boogeying down with Ack is Help I Have To Pass That Language Exam, and How Am I Going To Get That Big Paper Written? Lurking in the background while Ack, Help, and How are being flashy on the dancefloor, there's the bigger question of What Am I Doing With My Life After Grad School Anyway? with his date, What Was The Point Of Grad School Again? In the corner there's a passed-out drunk by the name of Hey You're Turning 30 Soon So Do Something Already!

I don't like this cast of characters in my head, but they're becoming regulars.

I am somewhat combatting Ack by looking at a job that I seem to be totally qualified for: http://www.personnel.umd.edu/jobposting/cgi-bin/empCONI.idc#01251138
My manager pointed it out to me and said he knew someone else doing something similar for the same institute. The more I look at it the more perfect it seems. So I think on my list of things to do tomorrow, Work On Resume is up there.

Meanwhile, I need to get some sleep. I'm happy, though, to see that it's only 11:30ish - I thought it was 1:30ish, which is bad for a girl getting up at 7. As of now, there is hope that I will sleep plenty tonight. *blink*

I want to be sleeping with my azure_armand. Hopefully soon I will be.