See, this is why I like organizing events – it lets me get all of my recreational stress out of the way. Yeah, that’s it. I woke up with a coughing fit at 3:20 AM this morning and was unable to get back to sleep, though I might have dozed slightly between 4:30 and 5, when the alarm went off. Don’t ask what I was worrying about, it was all silly stuff (did we remember to do X? Do we have enough Y?) that was quickly dispatched with a few questions once takaza woke up. It’s safe to assume that I won’t be staying up late tonight.
And now there’s the long day ahead. I wish I was buried in work, so the day would fly by. Sadly, I’m not so much buried as I have work up to about my ankles. There’s a few nice things about being underemployed, but boredom on the job is not one of them.
As long as I’m whining, I’ll throw this out: what the heck is going on with morning traffic? Back in the summer, leaving the house at 6:10 AM got me here by about 6:40 or so. It seems that since about the beginning of this month traffic at that early hour has really increased, to the point where it was stop and go on I-94 (Edens Expressway) this morning, and I got here at 6:50. Yeah, it’s just another ten minutes, but where the heck are these people coming from, and why are they out so early? And, most importantly, why can’t they GET THE F**K OUT OF MY WAY?
Ahem. Sorry about that. Anyway, that’s what’s going on right now. Long day, but the fun starts at 3:30 PM!
If you’re stressing this much over the Wuffmeet, I’d hate to see you a week before MFF. I know I had quite a few sleepless nights with MFM this year, caused by hotel issues and computer issues. 🙂
Wish I could make it, but I will definatly try for next year. It just fell on a really bad weekend for me this time. If I hadn’t had my belt test tonight, I would probably be there :/
Well, if everything goes well, we’ll defintiely be doing Wuffmeet and FRAC again, maybe on Memorial Day weekend.
And actually, the week before MFF isn’t too bad – by that time, if anything is screwed, it’s too late to do anything about it. Now, the first two weeks of November, on the other hand…
It took me a few moments to wonder why you were doing X if you were asleep…
{sniff} You liberal arts people…
🙂
*GASP* I am NOT a liberal arts person, I don’t work at McDonalds. :c)
The reason I’ve always heard is with school back in session more people are on the road earlier or something. I’m not sure if I buy that reasoning or not. Maybe people go to work earlier so they can be home earlier for their kids, or parents who normally take care of the kids during the summer are going back to work.
On a completely unrelated note, I thought of you when I was cooking an entire bag of spinach (which would make about 3 good salads in my case) wilt down to something that barely covers the bottom of a cereal bowl. It was tasty but just one of those strange chemistry things that happen in the kitchen, like sugar that caramelizes. Aggh. Now I have to find some place in Athens that has creme brulee. Dammit.
Well, I wondered about the back to school crowd, except almost all of the students up here have been in school since the beginning of September, and the traffic only started getting worse about a week ago.
And yeah, it’s scary how much the spinach cooks down. But it’s quite good if you add a little olive oil, bacon, and garlic! And a quick Google search shows that the best place to look for a creme brulee in Athens is Carraba’s, which isn’t too bad of a restaurant overall (they’re a sibling restaurant to Outback Steakhouse, apparently).
You are the Google-master, but… you know, I was there last Wednesday for Dine for America (http://www.dineforamerica.com) and actually had dessert, but creme brulee was not mentioned. Checking Carrabba’s site, and their local Athens menu (they’re menus are localized?), there is no mention of creme brulee under Docli.
Boo Carraba’s!