Apartment Update

Yay for bulleted lists!

• Cable: the super was in, and fixed the mess the previous tenants created.


• Internet: I hooked up our DSL modem from the old place (against Aliant instructions, in fact) and it works. Meaning either the previous tenants had a DSL modem that's compatible in use when they were here, or our move order was partially implemented.


• Phone: still the old tenants' phone line. When I spoke to Aliant this morning, they were a) just as clueless as on Saturday (managers trying to perform skilled workers' jobs), and b) rather concerned that I was using someone else's phone line.


• Previous tenants: either hookers or pornographers. Were evicted. Superintendent has amusing stories about things he saw when in the apartment. We seem to have a knack for pickin' them.


• Weather: rainy and grey.


• Sickness: Abating slowly.

Sick of Work

(I wonder if I could win a prize for using "sick" in so many journal entries.)

I'm not teaching today, and I'm not teaching tomorrow. And some people at my office are, not maliciously, making me feel guilty about being sick. I HATE feeling like my job is at risk because I have a sore throat. FUCK! Just pisses me off. Everyone is overworked and stressed, so tomorrow my scheduler is actually going to teach my course for me. She actually is an instructor, covering for our regular schedule who's on maternity-leave.

Normally I'd just give in and teach, but I know that if I do I'll end up staying sick longer. I taught sick last week and here I am on more drugs. ARGH. So I stand my ground and tell them 'sure, I'll be at work for most of the day, and sure, I'll do other work, even some of your work, but I can't teach.' And now, the fact that I'm here now for part of the day, and willing to be here for part of the day tomorrow, is likely leading some to question whether I'm sick at all. It's happened before.

I really hope we end up deciding on the UK. I need to get out of here, I think.

On Entertaining...

Apparently I'm bored. I ought to be unpacking. :)

"If you accept a dinner invitation, you have a moral obligation to be amusing."
-- The Duchess of Windsor --

Better than a real picture!

Yahoo Avatars is a nice little way to waste some time, for those who are looking for a method. Only works in IE, unfortunately.

On today's wedding theme: me, after the wedding, which is now only 20 days away.



Note the resemblance to our actual wedding outfits!