Dear Diary...

Today was pretty uneventful. I stumbled out of bed at 8:20 A.M. (on a paltry 6 hours of sleep) and managed to drive my car to the dealership to have a part replaced due to a safety recall. My mom had the day off so she agreed to follow and drive me back home, though we ended up going to Ikea and Borders before returning to la casa. Picked up the car not long after... they actually put it through the car wash, so now all the disgusting dirt stains have been extricated. That is awesome, at least until the pearly white exterior is gunned down by dirt again sometime in the near future.

The afternoon was lazy. I casually watched the Cubs-Sox spring training game, read (and finished) a book I checked out from the library (Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman, which I highly recommend to anyone who likes to read and is not squeamish), and played a game of MVP. (I'm 130-30, with only 2 more games left until the playoffs begin... not that you would care.) I also worked on some stuff for my job, although I didn't make as much progress as I would have liked. Oh well, I am on spring break, so that can be forgiven.

My good buddy and first-ever roommate, John Burkholder, stopped by after dinner and we watched the first two episodes of season 1 of 24. I think I've got him hooked. (Not that I had to do much of anything—all it takes is popping in the DVDs, sitting back, and letting Jack Bauer work his magic.) John, who is a loyal reader of this wonderful blog, is a great guy with whom I survived freshman year at Grant. No matter how much nasty stuff I say about that place or my freshman year there, I probably have more memories from then than in any year since. Not all of them are good, but most of them are interesting.

Still no word on the job that I interviewed for, but that's not a big surprise. The official timetable for hearing the decision is two weeks, so that means at the latest I should know by March 29th. Until I find out, keep your fingers crossed for me.

-Mark