just another manic.... tuesday?

well, maybe not even manic i guess... just long and busy.

*early class (in the context of math grad school, this means 9:50am, but i left early to pick up padmini on the way, and even earlier b/c although kristin planned to get up before me and get ready, giving me a little longer to sleep, the boiler was acting up and making horrible noises when she tried to use the hot water... this meant i woke up b/c of the noise it was making, and went down to the basement to tinker with it.... as far as class, it went ok, just faster than i caught on to things and so now i have a bit of reading to do to play catch up

*after class, my one happy spot -- lunch with roommate... we went to applebees, and laughed at the discussion in the next booth over... although i'm sad that she has a lot to sort through right now, and wish i could fix it, i know stressful situations take time and don't just go away, so if we can't magically make things all good again, it's at least good to spend quality time with a real friend :-)

*other class = above my head, meaning more catch up reading to do

*after class, i was tired and frustrated... leigh and colleen wanted to start qual studying today, but since i did my written homework but didn't keep up with reading while roommate was here, i wanted to get back on task with classes proper... in order to avoid their studying party, and just to get away from people in general, i went for a drive... it had been drizzling all day (leftovers of hurrican jeanne, and now NJ is flooding), but while i was out it finally started pouring HARD... it's bad but when i'm driving in bad rain, i suddenly think 'nicole!' and see my car veering over to the other side of road... this is an association i really wish would go away

*after driving out my angst for a bit, and not settling on a place to stop and work at for a bit, i called ben and talked for a little... he said if i stayed in the state instead of driving far far away he'd study with me somewhere in an hour, so i found a place near campus to work, and waited

*after ben got done at the gym, we worked at starbucks for awhile... 40 freakin pages of topology reading (and thus the feeling way behind in class #2 today is fixed until next lecture :-P), but that's a lot of work!

*came home to watch scrubs, but colleen and leigh are working on qual problems and i feel guilty for not doing that, but i plan to be reading differential geometry the rest of the night so i guess i just need to get over my guilt.

*finally, oh joy of joys, our basement is flooding and i still have sheets and towels in the washer/dryer down there that roommate used all week... i guess that's one of the fun things about living in an old house in a part of the country that's gotten a ton of rain lately....

done complaining... i should be working.

(note: this entry really did have no thesis/real point... so don't worry if you thought you missed one -- you're right ;-P)