ugh

you call that rest?

to bed at about 11:30.

up four times.

my internal thermostat was so off that even repeatedly going back to bed without blankets, i kept waking up too hot, even though venturing into other rooms of the house it was obviously sort of chilly. i kept having stuff to drink, but kept waking up feeling dehydrated. i had ridiculous dreams. i couldn't do my mental math with my alarm clock this morning, and kept thinking i was late for work when it wasn't even 7:00 yet.

not the best start to the day.

bronx zoo

just some of the cool things seen yesterday:

frilled dragon
anaconda (baby. only maybe 10 feet.)
flamingos being herded
sand cat
big, big tiger (sasha)
many lovely bats
two-toed sloth
various small primates
cranes
pretty afterthought pheasant of great fanciness
lazy grizzly bear
determined, peckish camel
very hungry caterpillar holiday lights, which i was probably the only person in our party who understood
eight reindeer

disappointment:

arrived at the congo exhibit too late to see (any of the animals including) the gorillas. didn't see them last time we were there, either. i love gorillas. they make me cry.

i hope to go to the bronx zoo again sometime this year. i've now been there three times in my entire life, despite living so near to it. it's interesting going when it's nearly empty. seriously, it was nearly empty. foggy, misty, rainy, and new year's day. i guess that'll do it.

accounting

today i:

- returned to work
- didn't kill anyone
- got a fair amount of work done
- trembled in terror at finding out someone i hung out with recently has strep throat
- stuffed more boxes under my desk, with the intent of bringing them home to use for packing when strep-throated friend returns to work
- accidentally napped for 3.5 hours instead of 1.5
- packed up holiday stuff
- developed, revealed, and began carrying out an ingenious plan
- tried to develop a plan to remove unnecessarily adversarial people from my life, or at least from my office. no luck.
- bowled with mr. potatoheads as pins and a hat as a bowling ball
- did not acquire injuries from this simpler, kinder form of bowling