I am officially ill. Like really ill. I didn't sleep at all last night because I was so feverish (I was hot, I was cold, I was hot, I was cold...) So this morning I called in sick sick sick. Now I still can't sleep, despite being completely exhausted because I didn't sleep last night. What a waste of a day off. And the worst is, despite actually being sick, I totally feel like I'm playing hooky today. It just feels weird to be home, not on vacation, on a work day. The dog and cat think its weird too. They keep staring at me accusingly. Or maybe I'm just delusional from fever.

Class went well last night. I met the other masters student my prof. advises. He's in my class - he's cool, he used to work out at NASA Ames until our advisor dragged him out here to get his graduate degrees (his word was "dragged" not mine). Its good that he's in class with me, because we've both decided we can suffer through the class being way over our heads together. Turns out "much more practicle and modern" really means "taught by big-wig researcher for Exxon". So, in addition to being more practical, it is also littered with oil industry examples (resevoirs, oil pumps, etc.) rather than airplane control systems. The theory is the same, but still... And the class is also packed with all these people that heard through the Exxon-grapevine that said-researcher was teaching a class and decided they wanted the honor of taking it. Meaning poor little aerospace peoples like Jose and I are forced to wade through ultra thick oil industry terminology in order to figure out what we're actually being taught. But at least I have a study buddy now.

Ok, I'm going back to bed. I need to figure out if Yuri's Night people are going to meet at my house tonight so I will know whether I should freshen up. Too bad I never figured out how to check my work email from home.

(6:32 pm)



Just when you thought TV couldn't sink any lower - after a encore presentation of Joe Millionaire tonight, Fox will show "Man vs. Beast": Who can pull an airplane farther, an elephant or 50 little people? That is SO wrong.