Another Starry Night

Let's See...
Today has been a good day.
This morning there was a Staff Meeting at work, and Marisa and I walked over together, and then back together for classes. turns out work's cutting back the days they're going to be open from Jan-Mar. I may have to find a second/new job.

Got a test back in Discrete - 80/90, or 88%. It was cool. Turns out Jim got the Extra Credit right when most of the rest of the class (yours truly included) didn't. Good on him.

Work was dull as anything, but I spent the several hours there working on my Assembly Project and had all the code worked out (in my head and on paper) before quitting time. I figure type it up tomarrow and debug it on Sunday, i'll be good to go.

Bumped into Tatsu online (I swear i'm not a stalker) and managed to play some 4 or 5 games on MtG on Apprentice.  >_<;;  I'm afraid I won all of them, but in Tatsu's defence, he was getting no land most of the games. I had fun, but I know it's not cool to lose straight in a row like that.
I'm sorry, Tatsu! Hopefully we can do it again sometime.

Also got to have a really good conversation with - drum-roll please - Katie Lapp! Those who have followed this Journal from the beginning will remember Katie as the girl I used to go to school with who recognized me at Orientation. Anyways, I'm rather shy towards the girl, I fear, but she was the only one on, and I needed the number for the Chinese Place, so...
When I said I had a question, though, she asked me if I was alright - if anything was wrong.  ^_^;;  That struck me as really rather nice, and so I made an effort, after getting the number, to have a chat with her, and it was kinda cool. I feel bad, though, in that I've lived a floor above her for a year and a half now, and we've never really hung out.
I think I may need to try and remedy that.

Also got to have a little chat with Claire, too, which was quite refreshing. All this friendliness and such has really done me well, as I've been feeling quite disconnected lately, and... well, it's not cool to feel alone. ^_^;;
So, yeah, thanks guys! It's been a great night.
Now, off to bed with me, for I have work in the morning.

Don't Step In The Leadership

Gene recently had a post where he got upset and frustrated in part because of another bad night of babysitting (it sounded like a bad day in general to begin with). I can understand exactly where he's coming from, because I've been in that exact same position (minus one sister and plus one brother) many times before, myself.

I don't mean to lecture, if that's what this sounds like. The way things played out was completely understandable, but I think we can all agree it didn't work out well. What I say, I say not because I've perfected the task, but because I've had experience before. There was one comment in particular that hit me, and I'd like to address ( that. )