One of those days...

Already, it feels like it's going to be one of those days. You know, a Wednesday.

Wednesdays are typically difficult for me, for no particular reason. Today, it started with my alarm not going off either time that I set it. I did not just sleep through it. There is visible evidence in the form of an "Alarm" notice when my alarm has gone off, that was absent both times that I set it. First it was to go off at 3:30, which it didn't. I woke up around 4:15, and decided to snooze for a half hour, then get up and do some Tai Chi in lieu of the usual 4:00 workout. So, I reset the alarm to 4:45. I woke up at 5:25, again, with no "Alarm" notice on my clock. Damn.

I hurried downstairs for a quick shower and dress. To test it, I set the alarm for 5:45. It went off faithfully, chirping at me and declaring "Alarm" on it's front panel. It may be time for another alarm clock. This one doesn't like me.

I got my shower, dressed, packed the remainder of my breakfast / lunch, and headed outside. Since I had gotten up late, I was unable to pre-heat the truck, which meant scraping frost off the windows. For the first time this year, it was below 20° outside. 19° according to the weather report on the radio. Nice that we finally got some real winter weather. If only we had the snow to go with it. :-) I enjoyed the cold, and the truck heating up on the way to work. Simple pleasures really are the best. I was only a few minutes late to work, with no damage done.

Yesterday was a good day. I had a chance to get some good things done at work, and went to pick up E at preschool. I talked with her teachers a bit about her, and things seem to be going well. We stopped at the library on the way home to pick up a couple of DVDs and a few new books. We grabbed the original Animusic DVD and one on insects that she grabbed and seemed to want. We watched the Animusic one last night. Some DVDs you get from the library are fine. Some are not in such great a shape. This was the case last night, which made the first few tracks un-watchable, unfortunately. Though some of the really good ones were in perfect condition. Sure, you can watch pretty much the whole DVD on Google video, but it just doesn't compare to the DVD itself. The animation is so much clearer and smoother there.