Small.Island.in.World.Three

Been a bit.

Well, I had a bit of a schism last week, and with some reassurance from Stephen that I seemed to be thinking rationally, I dropped the class that was taking the most out-of-class time so that I could speed along my master's thesis work. In retrospect, I feel it was a good decision.

Went to Hot Springs last weekend. Several people from Fay-ville and many of Bowman's classmates from various places were among the sojourners.

It was interesting seeing the town again. I had felt somewhat disembodied during my ten year reunion visit, and this time I was better able to process being there again. The mixture of alien and home was peculiar. I really should have found some time to stroll about alone and consider it more.

Won a bit of money at Oaklawn gross, although net I was down around 50 cents (can't recall exactly). 50 cents for the hours of entertainment is a pretty good deal.

Later I had a rather zen "Attention!" surprise in the form of a wasp stinging me on the finger. Serves me right for being so inattentive to my surroundings. Looking back, I'm glad it got away to live and sting another day. Except that it was trapped in a hotel room, so it likely only made it somewhere under some furniture to starve. Fare well my little zen master.

Bowman returned to Fay-ville with us to brighten the city on the hill this week, and that has been cool.

• Little game of the week: Splash Back.

Had a setback last night. After carefully transplanting the replacement bulb into Kathy's mom's or brother's (or someone's) laptop's screen, it still doesn't light up. So it must be the little power board or something that feeds it. But I'm certain that old bulb looked bad, even before I snapped it :-) trying to get it out before I realized its fragility. So if the power feeding the bulb went bad, it could have caused the bulb to go bad. Which means this new bulb may have been hurt from trying to test it. Darn, darn, darn.

Some funny comics at http://explodingdog.com/ .

Studied today for a test I have tomorrow. Open notes and book, so I need to do a mass printout and look over those in the morning. Ate at Hogwild Pizzeria after that. Very good.

I think I'm watching too much TV these days. And having a sci-fi book to read has pushed my sleep schedule back off where I was aiming. So much stuff I feel I should set straight.