It seems like everytime Julian visits, there are little earthquakes in bed. No really! Last week there was a 3.2 on the Hayward in the middle of the night (forget the belief that you have to be awake to be scared - I wake up with my heart racing!). The last time he visited there was ALSO one in the middle of the night. Weird, eh?
Guess God knows I need someone there to say "It was just the garage door! Calm down! ... Snore...." Everytime it happens, my heart races, and of course, I have to go look it up on the internet to verify that indeed it was an earthquake and not a garage door (I don't even have an automatic garage door ;)).
I will definitely FREAK OUT during a real one. Speaking of which, dude, I really need to make a better 'earthquake' kit. My neighbors and I all talked about telling each other where our gas cutoffs are too....
I've been under the weather lately - just a little more run down and achy than usual. Hopefully this will pass soon! I bought some 'new' used furniture on CL this weekend to make more room for Julian :D
I found a beautiful mahogany vanity - they don't make vanities anymore! But with only one bathroom in the house, it's pretty much a necessity to me. I also picked up a louis phillippe style tall dresser. I moved the 'better' dresser into the closet, at the back. Lastly, I bought a cabinet for the bathroom. As always with this type of furniture it seemed like maybe some kind of plasticated white veneer - so I bought primer that swears it can stick to anything, and painted it to match the eventual wainscotting in the bathroom.
I also ventured out to the Winchester Mystery House with Julian - a very odd place indeed. Some rooms have incredible craftsmanship - others still with just rough framing. Such a weird layout that it's easy to get lost. That woman was truly batty!
Ah, how I missed college football season. We are off to a wonderful start, and I love spending time with the alumni club out here.
I saw an article on CNN today about Princeton curbing grade inflation. I am still in shock at this article -- apparently on average 41% of students get A's in any given class. LOL, WOW.
At Georgia Tech, we were lucky if it was 10%... makes me think that applications to grad school and resumes should also include average GPA's or rankings like they did in high school!
Seemed only fitting to put all future pics of the bathroom in one spot:
Enjoy!
I am at a loss for words. I feel so helpless to help those in the wake of Katrina. Being so far, it's just hard to know HOW to help. I of course donated more to the Red Cross, but it feels so removed from ACTUALLY HELPING.
How are we supposed to go about our daily lifes, knowing what's happening? Surely, there must be more buses SOMEWHERE that can be commandeered? God it's so frustrating to watch...
I'm diabetic. I'd be dead by now if I was stuck at the convention center, my insulin would have run out by now. How many others are in that boat?
It's hard to understand why this disaster relief effort is going so badly, not knowing the details. It's touching to see the offers on craigslists of homes. I am so tempted to sign up to go. I'm sure I can leave - finance it myself, take leave. SF's Red Cross office is looking for volunteers....
Why isn't every helicopter in the country there to airlift supplies? There was a massive 'bus' effort for the atlanta olympics - where is that now? So many questions, so little answers, so far away. I can't even imagine what it must be like to be there.