FamiLee Life

Random Notes

A few observations and thoughts from today....

1) Jetlag stinks. I have been back from Korea for 9 days (including 4 days in San Francisco) but my jetlag is still horrible. I slept 12 hours (from midnight to noon) two nights ago, but slept 0 (ZERO!) hours last night. Ugh.
2) Riding a bicycle to work with 0 hours of sleep is surreal. I am alert but there are moments of zen bliss riding. Must be careful. Caffeine helps.
3) Alton Brown on the Food Network is both annoying and irresistible to watch. I've been watching a lot of Food Network to manage jet lag.
4) I have discovered a new television channel called VS which seems to be a competition only channel that features hours and hours of mixed martial arts. Not as good as UFC but still entertaining.
5) I am jones-ing (sp?) to go camping before summer ends. I think HW and I will go at the end of September. Paul has gotten the ball rolling for planning a BWCA trip for next summer. That will be most excellent.
6) Owning a home means always fixing something. I can see now how my parents' home slowly fell into disrepair. Short on time and short on cash means lots of things get left unfixed or not maintained. I need to do a better job with my lovely home. First on the list -- fix the leaks in the basement. Second on the list -- tuckpoint the chimney and exterior brickwork. Third on the list -- replace the front door.
7) My laptop hard drive died yesterday. Fortunately, I had backed up all my photographs from my recent trip to Korea the day before (phew!). Also, I had 20 days left on the Dell warranty so the hard drive will be replaced for free. Double phew. Downside is that I will be computer-less at home for a week. Hm...this might be an upside.
8) School is almost starting!!!! Egad!