Just once in my life, I’d like to have at least one month without drama. Just one month. Is that too much to ask, Universe?

Wow, four weeks since I last posted something. And I was doing so well too.

In summary, we’re now working 2nd shift. In some ways, there’s less drama and in other ways more. On 3rd shift, the drama was way more personal. On 2nd, it’s nothing personal — they’re just short handed and some machines keep deciding to take dirt naps at inopportune times. Had someone go home sick and I’m the natural choice to take their place. Let me tell you: It’s novel actually sleeping at night again!

College is… tough. (Not new.) I got a D+ in C++ Programming II, so I’m retaking it next semester. Passed my Web Usability Design (i.e. Planning Web designs) with a B+.

I’m re-taking C++ Programming I right now and while it’s not tough, my classmates can be pretty difficult. There’s one person who I really hope is a non-native English speaker. I can barely read anything she’s written because her posts are so garbled. The others can’t actually do the work without the professor holding their hands. They post help requests for every step of a simple program the book practically walks you through anyway. *sigh* Fortunately, I’m taking it online so I can just close the window whenever they get too annoying.

Last week, the car decided the middle of winter was the perfect time for the head gasket to wear out. (That’s a gasket actually inside the motor…) So, it was into the shop so they could tear the motor apart to replace this stupid little gasket. Since they were going to have to keep our car overnight, they gave us the loaner car to use. Well, it got us to work, got us home, and refused to start when we had to go to the shop to pick up our car. So, we got to squeeze into the cab of the tow-truck and ride all the way to to the shop. A $540 bill later, we have our car back.

Here’s hoping we don’t get hosed when we do our taxes. I need a month off.