10/29/2002

 

Wedding #2 down!

We headed off to hot, humid, Florida this weekend for my bro-in-law's wedding. Why the hell my dad moved somewhere that it's 90 degrees and 85% humidity at the end of October I will never understand! (No offense to any Floridians! But most of the ones I know have gotten the hell out of there.) Anyway, the wedding was on the beach, and it was quite beautiful if a bit sweaty. Brian made a very handsome best man (of course). The reception was on a boat cruising the bay - very neat - but I have to admit the highlight of the reception was getting to see manatees swimming in the harbor!

The lowlight (is that a word? If not it should be!) of the weekend was getting the *(#ing flu from the flu shot. Fortunately it held off til the end of the reception, but let me tell ya, it's real fun to fly on a plane when you're sick. Which could lead me into a rant about airport security, but what's the point? Just because they've NEVER prevented a hijacking at the screening point, and never will, and just because these bullshit extra security measures don't make me feel one damn bit safer, and just because all they accomplish is humiliating people and pissing them off and making them not want to fly, why should they discontinue them? We have to make the American public FEEL safe. Even though we don't feel a bit safer. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. There. Nonsensical rant over. Maybe.

Anyhoo, that's about the weekend. All the great things I had planned to get accomplished Sunday when we got home were lost in a feverish fog. Fortunately it was a mild bout with the flu, so I was able to return to work today (albeit still with a sore throat and a slow brain.) And somehow a week's worth of work had piled up in my 2-day absence. ARGH! Why does an undergraduate need 25 interlibrary loans for one paper??? Oops, I'm ranting again.

Checkers won two in a row! Yay! Our new uniforms may be butt-ugly, but our team is looking good!

9:24 PM