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So. Um. I'm actually almost done with my Russian textbook now. Which means I'm almost done with my Russian. Eek.

Random collection of stuff. Lytro cameras are out and they look awesome and I want one. Maybe if I save my pennies I can get one, but right now it's still firmly in the realm of OOH SHINY DO WANT. Finally did the thing where I cancel cable only to find out that the internet might go with it unless we can get a plug that works, so I don't know how much internet access I'll have when I get home, yay. On the semi-plus side, that might mean all the writing ever if I remember to download files before I leave work. On the minus side, argh in the category of things I wanted to know yesterday. Oh well. Less money I'm shelling out every month for a service I never use and no more political goddamn commercials. Music theory lessons are awesome. Schroedinger's Gaddafi is back.

Oof. It got abruptly cold here, but looking at the forecast at least it's supposed to stay about this chilly for a while, so at least it's a consistent temperature dropping to another consistent temperature? Just, one about fifteen to twenty degrees cooler. Winter isn't quite here but fall settled in with a thump and is making its presence very distinct from summer. The leaves are all going very pretty, and the last of the rain is supposed to hit today, meaning it'll be good weather for the fiber fair. Good cool weather to remind people that they want to do things with wool. ;)

I'm not sure I'm going to feel as rested by the end of the day as I do right now, no, in fact, I'm sure I won't. I'll probably be exhausted again but at the same time, I'm clearing off my to-do list and it's actually steadying out. I wasn't sure it would the first few days I was saying that. But it really does seem to be evening out. Which is nice. I was getting tired of everything being crazy, exhausting, etc. Just exhausting I can handle, even if I grumble.

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My head hurts. I just spent the last hour or so thinking in English and Spanish simultaneously. Which was gratifying in the sense that it took me remarkably little time to slip into thinking in Spanish, and all I had to do was double-check some of my vocabulary, but then there was also some trying to translate things into French, which was harder, and argh. And now German. I am so, so out of practice at thinking in two languages at once.

On the other hand, I'm actually somewhat gratified at being out of practice in thinking in two languages at once rather than being out of practice at thinking in/speaking Spanish itself. Which I still am, but I feel much more confident in my ability to get it back. It really is under there, lurking, it's just that I have no occasion to speak it anymore because no one in my at-home household speaks it fluently.

Still need a random languages icon. Oh, and now we're moving to French. Owmybrain.

Argh. Okay, so, some of the chaos has died down at least, but there's still a pile of stuff to do at work and now fewer people do do it, so we're still going nuts. Meanwhile I have multiple languages stuck in my head and while the environment is in English so I probably won't burst out into random other languages at any point, it's still confusing. Ok, no. This does make me feel better about my ability to hold several languages in my head at once.

Something that doesn't involve me babbling about languages. Still have no idea if I'll have internet when I get home or not, and it doesn't look like I'll be able to get much writing done for at least the next couple of hours. This is somewhat dismaying. I guess I'll get a lot of writing done when I get home if that's the case, but still argh. Mostly argh because if we're not going to have internet I'd like to know now so I can get the whole online course thing done while I'm at work. Ugh. Maybe I'll call later today and ask, when the boy might be likely to be up, and when I still have time to do the rest of the first lesson. I am, though, liking the format of this online course thing.

Ooof. Again, for my own edification, things I still need to do: music theory coursework and I got 100% on my quiz, call home about the internet. Walk down to the stationary store and pick up some other color gel pens and I got a nifty notepad case for a legal pad! It is gorgeous and made by local Ashvillains. Scrounge around at work for a bigger binder for all my CS things. Check in, write write write, guitar practice, Japanese, maybe finish the dishes. Make lunch for tomorrow. Frame wife. Blame Guildor. Augh.