I'm still tired. I'm hoping that a soda break in about an hour will give me a little energy.

My poor dogs are going nuts from boredom. I did manage to go jogging last night and take Bennet for a walk after that. Apache is still on "bed rest", she's still limping around a bit and looks really stiff. She gets one more week before I have to take her back to the vet. She's also bored out of her mind because she is spending all day in my bathroom without Bennet to play with and she has to live without her one passion - fetch.

Tonight is sailing. Whoo hoo! And, Sarah and I are going to take out our boat on Sunday. Oh so much sailing is going to be happening this week!

For those of you who couldn't find time to e-mail me about my cryptic job news yesterday, I'm sure you can guess what it is -- I'm officially going to get to move to the FDO ("Flight Design Officer") office sometime at the beginning of 2005 (probably January). Its very exciting! In the meantime, I'm going to finish certifying as an LSO ("Landing Support Officer"), working on NEEMO ("NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations"), and giving up the rest of my work to other lucky souls.

I spent all morning making pretty underwater spirals for the "aquanauts" on the NEEMO mission. Its kind of neat because a lot of decisions on how things will be done are left to me. On the other hand, I've had a difficult time clarifying exactly what's needed, because I don't think anyone really knows. Independence is nice though, and this is a very different type of project because its so new, it isn't filled with a bunch of legacy stuff that is all messy and disorganized.

This afternoon, I think I am going to do a bunch of boring reading. Not so thrilled about that.