not falling down

(Pre-P.S.: Anyone want to get me a Christmas present?)

I’m frighteningly happy. I really shouldn’t be. I’ve developed a kind of moribund equanimity; I’mdoing so much work right now that hurrying really isn’t going to help anything, so I’m actuallysetting a workable pace and sticking to it. Free time has ceased to exist, but I’m steadily gettingthings done, and I do find moments here and there.

I found enough of them today to finish Lady Oracle, my third Margaret Atwood thingy and the first one I’ve readthat’s just a book and not “a celestial modern classic!” I liked it quite a lot, even if itfelt dated in parts. Unfortunately, it was also the first one that I’ve felt really needed somekind of analysis to get the full story out of it, and that’s kind of to its detriment.Handmaid’s Tale and Blind Assassin stood alone.

Tonight’s final dress for Joe Egg; we had a great run last night, which typically means tonightwill suck, but we’re finally comfortable enough with the show that I’m sure it’s going to be good.Unfortunately (again!), tonight is also the night I have an Ada programming project due, andThursday is our last test in Software Engineering. The next forty-eight hours are going to beheinous.

Yet I’m still frighteningly, unsquelchably happy. I think I even know why, and her initials are alot like mine, only backwards.

On a less cool note, KristoferStraub is going through some rough times, body-wise. Kris is one of the more luminous minds onthe web, and he’s been a real inspiration to me. If you’re not religious, just send generalwell-wishes his way. I will.