Weekend of Fun; Week of Work

My weekend has been a ton of fun. Sadly, I'm paying for it now with having to stay up waaay past my bedtime, not having done my readings and RA work, and dead tired. I have 3 classes tomorrow, starting at 10:30. It's not going to be fun. :(

BUT, since the title of this post is first about the weekend, I'm going to talk about my weekend. On Saturday I attended more of the conference, which essentially consisted of a series of workshops where people talked about their working papers and then the audience asked questions or gave critique. I had an excellent lunch, and attended a few afternoon workshops, then went to Starbucks and read a bit of admin law.

In the evening, the professor who organized the conference threw a party at her house. LC drove me and a bunch of her friends to the house circa 9, and we proceeded to have a very yummy buffet dinner (roasted chicken with peanut sauce; crispy pita breads with basil pesto sauce, roasted vegetables, and lots and lots of very chocolatey dessert... mmm... I'm getting hungry now).

The wine was also excellent, and LC drank quite a lot of it. I also met a few very cool people whom I would like to run into again. Professor H's condo is very cool - modern, airy, woodfloors and high ceilings and skylights and fireplace and the works... sparsely though nicely decorated. What I like the most is the open plan, making it seem almost like a loft (except for the second floor bedroom that overlooks the first floor. Perfect for throwing parties... I think this is the kind of place I would like to live in.

Sunday, got up early, as usual, and began reading some more admin law. Went to undergrad dining hall for brunch, then came home and continued reading. I also realized that I forgot my ID card, which caused me a bit of distress, but that is all resolved now (my neighbor actually found it on the ground yesterday outside in the yard, picked it up, and returned it to me tonight. I'm very relieved.)

Then, the funnest part of today: shopping at Whole Foods with AB! We spent 2 hours at the place, browsing the fruits and the veggies and the cheese and the chocolates and the fish and the yogurts and the spices and the breads and the wines... and of course as usual I wanted to buy the whole store, but settled for only $150 worth of groceries. I now have a very nice tuna steak and some lovely Alaskan King salmon and some delicious parsnips and eggplants and lamb stew meats sleeping in my refrigerator... okay enough! I think it's this cold weather and the late night that are conspiring to make me hungry.

Came back aound 5:15, put groceries away, went to brief meeting at school, then came home, ate a quick bite while I stewed some chicken with vegetables, and began reading for corps. Of course, just when I go down to business (no pun intended), who would write but Professor B, who is still in California at the moment, but who writes with an urgent missive: "Are you available tonight or tomorrow for some editing?" It sounded urgent. I sighed. "Tonight, only for an hour or two. Tomorrow, I might have more time." Then his reply: "Okay, I'll send you the document now. Can you try to get it back to me by tomorrow at 10 AM PST?" The document turned out to be this article that's 35 pages long. I have to edit it, proofread it, AND create table of content? WTF? Does this guy think I don't sleep?

Then, around 10, E called, which always makes me happy, so I put work off, and talked to him for an hour. Then went back to corps reading, and then began my RA work. This is just my attempt to take a break. Now I must go back to the drudgery. Sigh. The week begins again.