Friday, November 16 or 17th

Today I discovered that running more than 9 kilometers and then going to work is not always a good combination. I could have curled up under my desk and fallen fast asleep, were it not for my research assistant who needed supervision (which was actually nice because otherwise there was nobody around to talk to). Probably he should have been the one taking the nap, he had not slept last night and he's bright but today I started to teach him something new, saw his face and said "why don't you just finish up what you were doing last time". It's nearly thanksgiving break, everyone is tired (me too, only I don't have a week's holiday, I have a computer program that keeps providing me with new mysteries to solve). I hope at some point I get round to actually focusing on what I want to study, rather on how to program it.
So it is finally weekend and I am going to try and take it off (this afternoon I was already thinking "but a little programming should be ok" - no I wont, but I am concerned I may get into some problems end of this week, programming 3 questions took me 3 hours today and I still have not solved the problem that kept arising).
Oh, and I have ipod issues, thanks to L. SO I finally bought myself a pink ipod, only to realize I needed more capacity. Now L discovered that the higher capacity ones only come in one colour, black, and i love my pink. But there is a special edition, which is red, only it's on sale 45 minutes from here, or on line. So this evening I tried to take back my pink one (and it took a lot of persuasion to drive to a mall at 6.30 this evening before dinner and after work). Got there, and they did not have enough cash in the register to pay me back! And the person behind the counter said she thought the 8 gb ipod was not worth it (because you can buy a 30 gb for the same price, but with less battery power and bigger). Did I ask her for her opinion, I don't think so. So I had to leave again without getting the thing changed (and it had taken me 4 days to finally get there). It also took me a long time to get home because I took L's shortcut home in the wrong direction.
Maybe give it another try tomorrow, I can also drive 45 minutes in the other direction and do both in one go - but now she made me doubt again whether i should not buy the 30 GB one instead. Do I need this small size? Well, it is nice because it will even fit in your pocket.
Enough, no more ipod. Tomorrow I go play tennis with D. On Sunday I may go on an outing, or go on a long run. I'd like to do both actually, would have liked the long run tomorrow but the tennis appointment seemed like a good way to see someone this weekend. There are always activities on offer when I am busy (e.g. last weekend). This weekend, nothing, because of coming thanksgiving (and I leave for Amherst coming Thursday). Most people go home on Wednesday at the latest. Luckily I have formed an international group for next weekend, 3 of us are going to do something.