I don’t really remember yesterday very well. I got up for church and prepared some materials for a meeting that was happening right after services, then I went to church, then to the meeting. I was so tired…
I had some schoolwork to do, so after the meeting I went directly to school. If I didn’t go then, I would never go. I only got part of my work done and had to go home for some sleep. After sleeping for an hour and a half, I was out of it for the rest of the evening. I didn’t finish the work I had brought home. I didn’t sort through my dresser (which was a goal for this weekend). All I did was sift through some old papers on the coffee table.
One of the papers was a letter from United about my frequent flier miles. They were trying to get me to use miles for magazine subscriptions. It was very cleverly written. “URGENT NOTICE… Your mileage plus miles are expiring” Yes, they are expiring, but not until November of 2008. “This opportunity to redeem your expiring miles for Rewards will end on September 15, 2007″ This opportunity will end. Tricksy hobbitses… I almost believed them.
After going online to check stuff out about this, I found out I can get restaurant gift certificates for my miles. I’m totally doing that!
First of all, I have to say: Happy Birthday Rachel! Rachel is my niece. I’ve gotten a card for her, but of course I haven’t sent it yet.
Last night I went to a party at the Marinos. It was really fun. There were lots of interesting people and lots of good food. I did get my first try at dancing the Merengue. I will have to learn the fancy twirly things before trying it again.
Heather (my high school classmate) came up from Richmond. It was a long drive, but I’m glad she did it. We talked for a long time. I also sat and listened to many other conversations. There was some fancy scotch going around, but I didn’t try any. It would have been wasted on me. I have no palate for scotch at all.
I only took one picture, and it didn’t come out well. So instead, I’ll show you the big bowl I got for the occasion. It’s melamine, giant, and it was on sale for less than half off. I brought a salad in it last night. I’m sure there will be pictures of the party on their website.
I have an Xbox. I’m not ashamed to say it. I’m 37 and I like video games. I was first introduced to Xbox by my friend Mike (one set of friends ago). He really liked a game called Splinter Cell. I wasn’t much into that. But then he showed me Halo.
Halo is a first-person shooter game. That is, it’s a game where you see from the character’s perspective and your goal involves shooting things. In this case, you’re on a ring in space called Halo. You’re racing against aliens to prevent them from activating a weapon that will kill all life in the galaxy. The story is very well developed. So is the music. In fact, the game is so well done, it’s almost as if you are participating in a movie.
Halo was released in 2001. Halo 2 was released in 2004. That’s when I got my Xbox game system. Halo 3 will be released on September 25. Halo 3 will only work on the Xbox 360 game system, so I’ll need to get one.
I am so excited! I’ve been anticipating this since I saw the first ads for Halo 3 more than a year ago. And now it’s only sixteen days away! Heee!
My house seems to be filled with tiny spiders right now. I see them on the floor, I see them on the walls, I see them on the windows. Maybe it’s the time of year for baby spiders to be born. Maybe it’s the time of year when they’ve grown large enough to be noticeable. I don’t know. But it almost makes me think that statement about humans swallowing an average of four spiders per year could be true. Apparently, it’s not. Snopes doesn’t think so, and neither does the Burke Natural History Museum at UW in Seattle. This site does a great job of explaining why it would be extremely unlikely for a person to swallow a spider.
Anyway, the spiders hanging around in my house are pretty tiny. This one was in my kitchen sink yesterday. Don’t worry, all you bleeding hearts. I took it to the back porch. Spiders may creep me out, but I know they eat bugs, so I let them live. Usually. When I’m not spraying them with WD-40. Or Windex.
It’s still near enough to the beginning of the year that I have myself organized pretty well. One of my new pursuits this year is to keep a clean classroom. I’m trying to wipe the desks down with cleaning wipes every day. I’m also picking up anything on the floor before the cleaning crew comes through because I want to make it easier for them to clean. (The crew is new for us this year and is awesome, by the way.)
Anyway, yesterday I found something odd on the floor. It looks like wax, but it has bits of mechanical pencil lead pressed all around it and has two cat hairs stuck in it. Is this just a micro-sculpture? Is it some sort of miniature writing tool? Is it a projectile? It has no scent and the pencil leads do write when I test them on paper.
Intriguing.
