another two days off

not on purpose, though. i seem to have come down with something in my tummy that insists on burning a hole right through me. the past few days i've been irritable and annoyed and in a door-slamming mood: evidently i was coming down with something. i have to stop being so damn predictable. i'm not sure what it is exactly, i only know that i don't feel like eating food, i'm tired and fussy, and my throat is a bit sore. the roommates were sick earlier this week, and i do spend all day with strangers, so i suppose now is as good a time as any to get sick.

taking a day off work is nice because i don't feel well enough to be pleasant around other people, but when you only work four days a week one day off is pretty expensive. good thing i enjoy top ramen as much today as i did as a kid.

i got amazing mail yesterday, including a book from dave that i'm already halfway through. it's a good read, interesting and well written, with a quick pace. it helps that i'm in no mood to do much else, but i bet even i weren't spending today in bed it would be hard for me to put it down. i have some sort of archeology show on in the background; the host is impossibly handsome and just serves to enforce the indiana jones archeologist stereotype of rugged, good looking men digging shit up. if you ever majored in anthropology/archeology, you know just as well as i do that most of the men involved aren't as dreamy.

and--the cell phone company is getting me a hotel to stay at in denver for my week long training next month (quickly coming up!). that means i'll be in denver for a whole week, so if you live there and want to get together for a drink or maybe some decent peking duck, let me know. i'm trying to get one of my co-workers to go out on the town with me as well, but she's got a "husband" and a "family" and will "miss them" too much to go out for cocktails. i roll my eyes at that, but then again, i'm bitter and she's happily married. it's now up to you to entertain me.