odds and ends

last day in memphis for a bit

apparently greenfield and my mom have had a jolly little email dialogue going on for the past day and a half... his first response to her was something along the lines of "dear mrs. p., you can call me s." (she addressed her email to him with "dear s. greenfield" instead of dr. g. or anything of the sort)... they're crazy.

accomplishments/happenings of the past couple days?

* washed my car -- not perfectly but i got most of the bugs from middle TN interstate off the front of the car, got most of the mud off from the driveway here at the house, and it's generally sparklier than before

* found my european hairdryer and voltage converters for the month i'm in prague/budapest later in the summer... these are good things to have before going abroad again :-P

* burgers and movie night with the college age bible study from my church here... liz and brian found out yesterday they're having a boy, so yay for them... we watched "last flight out", which was good for what it was, and decent for a church group movie.

* got the most comfortable pair of PJs ever last night while out shopping with the brother :-) (the old ones are better for cold weather and are starting to be a bit big on me)

* mom randomly called this afternoon and suggested she take me out to dixie cafe for lunch, which was nice... especially as she has a school board meeting tonight and won't be around to visit really

*mom agreed to buy me laszlo lovasz's combinatorial problems and exercises, a $200 math book that's out of print that i want, for my birthday next month. it's my only gift this year since it costs so much, but i contributed my barnes and noble discount to sweeten the bargaining deal and convince mom it was a good idea... reviews i've seen online are fantastic and steve klee says it's well worth that amount of money (he has copies of it from a class he took in budapest), so i'll be excited to get it. -- getting this book and getting 15% off on it means i already have gotten my membership fee back in full for the year and it was worth getting :-)

* otherwise, washing clothes and packing... not much to bring back north with me like on previous trips... other than old HS and CC books, there's not much left in my room anymore! mom gave me a bunch of nice candles and a huge glass vase that i need to figure out out to wrap without breaking. :-)

* the plan for the night?
(1) finish reading the story of mathematics and pack my car other than stuff i need tonight/in the morning
(2) dinner
(3) see the apprentice finale and hopefully see kendra win
(4) brother and i have 9:15pm tickets to star wars episode 3... on a MEGA-screen instead of a regular one :-) this should be fun... and then i don't have to worry about accidentally hearing about it from people before i get a chance to see it for myself in jersey otherwise. :-P
(5) movie will get done a little before midnight, so then crash, b/c i need to be up around 6am tomorrow, out the door by 7:30am to get to st. louis and chicago respectively when i've promised for tomorrow.

never fear though -- apprentice and star wars reviews to come later tonight. apprentice review will either be rejoicing that the person i've liked from the start finally got the job she's deserved all season, or ranting that such a fake person got it unfairly... we shall see :-P... re: star wars i promise not to give plot away when i write :-)

at any rate, mostly minding my own business lately, but anywho it's been a quality trip back, and i've enjoyed it... tv/movie reviews later... happy thursday all :-)