Day of reckoning, pt. 1

Man, I'm going to be so much happier come...say, 3pm or so. Yeah. Not sure whether I permit myself a small break from studying tonight, or dive back into it again right away.

The snow casualties at work... O_o Cathy can't get out of her driveway, Betty fell, Anj fell and pulled a muscle, Kelly fell and may have a sprained ankle, Susan's got such bad balance with her knee degeneration that she's not coming in... And that's just downstairs, here--dunno what the upstairs folks have been dealing with. Though I bet Becky up there didn't come in, as she lives pretty far outside of the city.

Me, no slippage or commute problems, save on the B Street frontage road--very, very nearly got stuck there. Took five-ten minutes, but was able to power my way out of it. Am annoyed at the bastards that kept darting behind me while I was going backwards/forwards to get through the drift. Not like I expect anyone to get out and help or anything--I did do it on my own, thnx--but criminy, at least two people nearly got their idiot vehicles hit. >_< How about we not drive unpredictably around a person struggling through muck, hmmm? Without *at least* giving them a much, much, much wider berth? Considering that their car might be a bit hard to control and moving a bit erratically due to that whole lack-of-traction-in-snow problem? Gah. Asshats.

Mmmmmm, am reminded that, for the first time, I heard them play Evanescence's My Immortal on the radio. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... *goes sparkling* Dear god, do I hope that gets more play time--doth deserves it. I like it better than Back To Life or Going Under. Man, Amy Lee's voice...just, uwaah! Teh LOVE. If someone gave her to me for Christmas, I would not mind it. >_>

Still going happy-like on Yummi things that certain individuals are working on. *gnaws* And on pretty, pretty (and funny >D) pictures that a certain other individual has done. *gnaws, too* I love having wonderful creative types to worship. *genuflects* ^_^

Hmmmf, should go do things. Bad me, wasting time. *swats herself*

*droops into a tired fangeek puddle*

Bad me...bad bad me...I keep sneaking in goof-off time. But now I'm technically off the clock, so I guess that works. ^^;

Oral/conversational exam went ok, I guess. Actually, I might have done pretty well, I just find it difficult to tell. I was so tense/rattled--the adrenaline still kicks in when I think about it. But I think I did what I was supposed to all right, though I keep trying to remember back, trying to think "Did I understand her questions right? Did I answer appropriately? Did I forget anything?" Etcetcetc. ^^;; Now on to the final. But I may take the night off and be lazy, in some way. Let a bit of the stress dissapate a bit.

On the way back from the exam, was waylaid by our dept. chair and Anj on the way to the University chancellor's holiday reception, and they dragged me along. And OMG...!! O__O The! Food!! This huuuuuuuuge spread of food, desserts, and bevarages, totally fancy-expensive-posh stuff...egads, I stuffed myself way beyond silly. I'm so used to UNO functions being really casual, but this was almost like an evening party--really pretty with all the lights and decorations and music. And fooooood... *___* Interesting to note was that while we were in line, Anj happened to mention that some of the Japanese students that help Take-sensei have mentioned I'm a good student...whoa. People I don't even know talk about me. #^^#;

Am in a bit of an *ufufufufu* mood for various reasons. Mind is chewing on a couple of plottings-and-schemings. Could be fun. Also am just freaking amused to death at Katkat's latest pic. *snip snip snip* XD

Tomorrow will be the Library holiday party. Egads, more food--not so fancy, but will still be cool.

Uwahh...having to navigate sheet ice, slush, snow, and hard packed snow on while going from one end of campus twice today has left legs in much pain. >_< Owow.