There is still a brown lizard in our apartment. We've been trying to get him/her out, but no luck so far. I saw it hiding in the pantry, so I brushed it out to the slider and finally got it outside. I thought I had finally achieved my victory, but alas as I was leaving the house, I saw it scurry across the floor and hide under the couch. It's a persistent bugger. There was a mosquito in my room earlier today. And since I won't knowingly allow one to bite me, I waited in the corner of my room and just watch the little bastard. I stood next to the white walls, so I could see her coming. And when she came... *clap*! Took me 3 tries, but I got her. Unfortunately, more have bitten me in the last 3 weeks than all last semester.
Our MCB professor is the most unauthentic apologizer I've ever met. Throughout the lecture, he makes comments like I'm sorry this is confusing which is then followed by, well you're just going to need to learn it. At one point he has if his slides were confusing, only to explain that there was nothing he could do about it. I don't mind if you're stuff is confusing, but don't ask if you're not planning on changing it.
They came to replace our kitchen faucet, except they couldn't gather the right parts, so now we have no faucet for the night. They are planning to come tomorrow to finalize it; I just hope they get it right. I'm not exactly prompt on my dish washing, so I guess I won't be too inconvenienced.
And now I have to figure out what the hell happened to warrant a $300 utility bill! When I lived by myself, I paid $60 in total. No way our usage went up 5x. We only run the A/C at night and we're not home often enough other wise. And here I am trying to barely use the A/C only running it as warm as I can tolerate (which is like 80 F). I guess they were right when they commented that GEBE (the local utility provider) sometimes just makes the bill up. I actually might have to start watching over the meter.
Finding the motivation to study seeems to be getting harder and harder. Don't get me wrong, I get it done, but I don't have the sense of urgency or fear of failure I had last semester. I guess that could be a good thing as I feel I have a better understanding of the system, but it could also mean I'm just getting lazy.
Thai Savanh is finally open. This might not make headlines around the world, but I'm excited to have (not entirely) authentic Thai food! I miss their chicken Pad Thai. My Asian friends tell me it's not the real deal, but who am I to complain about good food. The same could be said for the local South Asian restaurants, but I'll reserve judgment since I don't have Mom's home-cooking available.
I also found a way to stream the Sharks games online! That is freaking awesome! The quality is not great and it freezes a lot due to the internet connection, but it's live Sharks hockey! And that is where the excitement ends, because they had their asses handed to them last night. They got a beat down from a "rebuilding" Avalanche team. We looked a long way off from the President's Trophy winning team of a year ago. The sad part was watching the fundamental lapses. Not covering the 3rd man on a rush, not clearing pucks, losing battles to the puck, and just plain getting beat. And Dany Heatley has no excuses. He got the trade he wanted and the money he demanded, yet his back-checking is pitiful and he missed on a wide open net for a goal.
Don't get me wrong, they'll get it together. But wow, they did look bad coming out of the gate. But I was excited to see hockey in any form, and I look forward to watching more games.
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