transcribed from handwritten journal entry

Wouldn't you know it. My summer class (Corporate Law) doesn't start until 6:10 p.m., but I came over to CalPoly early so I could pick up the textbook, and guess what? That's right! The bookstore closed at 4pm. It was 4:15. Gah!

Also, I forgot my watch.

Also, also, it's hotter than hell, and even though I'm wearing a tank top and capris I'm still sweating like a whore in church!

Not exactly the way I planned to start my first day of class! Oh, well, at least I found this nice, relaxing, shaded spot to sit and wait for class to start.

In other news, I attended the CAPA Convention in Folsom last weekend. It was okay, unless you count the crick in my neck and the cramp in my left foot from the nearly six hours of driving, and the footlong crack on the passenger side of my windshield from the ginormous rock a semi-truck threw at me. Other than those things, yeah, it was great! I got to hang out with Former Cube-Mate, Eve, and Spunky Blonde Chick, which was surreal, but fun nonetheless.

I stayed at the Lake Natoma Inn where the Con was being held, and while it was a nice hotel, I don't know that I'd give it a glowing review. (They did, however have Nick, so I was able to watch "Memory Blank" Friday evening - squeeee!) I've had better hotel food, for sure, but in all fairness, the staff did seem a little harried, no doubt due to the fact that they were hosting our Conference as well as throwing no less that five weddings on Saturday alone!

The Con itself was great. There were several interesting seminars to take (of which I attended the one on Mold Litigation and Electronic Discovery, as well as the mandatory Ethic session), a great keynote speaker during (a rather lackluster) lunch, lots of nifty stuff from the vendors, and terrific before and after parties.

Yes, it was nice: it was nice to get out of town - waaaayyyyy out of town! - for a few days; it was nice to order room service (though not stellar, as I mentioned earlier) and not have to cook the food or clean the dishes; it was nice to soak in a bathtub I wouldn't have to clean out afterwards; and it was really, really nice to see some old friends!

Yeah, it was good.

So, now I'm sitting in the room waiting for class to start, and decided to write a List of 10 Random Observations:

1. Campus is really quiet during the summer session. Particularly in the late afternoon.

2. Shoulda brought some breath mints. Or gum. And some Blistix.

3. Shoulda brought my laptop.

4. And maybe my walkman.

5. And, duh!, my watch!

6. Okay, either I've lost weight or they finally made these desks for fat people. I'm pretty sure it's the latter.

7. The hills are a lot steeper than I remember them being.

8. Good Lord! It's Thursday already!

9. Crap! I totally forgot to tape The Cut and Hit Me, Baby, One More Time. Dang it!

10. I really need to redecorate my websites. Complete overhaul! I'm bored with both of them. I found a couple really cool layouts, but they were for Wordpress. I don't think I can use Wordpress with Yahoo! Webhosting. I don't really feel like moving. I tried that before, and it was a huge pain in the butt.

And, last but not least, random waiting-for-class-to-start haiku: