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However, I mean that in the cutlery sense - I need to wash dishes tonight -_-

I other news, I always mean to write up about the wildlife I often come across in my Jola related wanderings. There's often bunnies, sometimes skunks (thankfully not any for a while now - I'd say not since Christmas). Many squirrels, of course (grey), and lots of birds - mostly crows, mocking birds, and cardinals. Apparently cardinals form colonies, who knew? They're so pretty! I think I may have mentioned seeing the occasional snake before as well - green snakes and water snakes.

I have seen some more exciting things recently though. When dad and Jennifer came up, we saw an Egrette - some sort of white crane, anyway - in the bed of Bee Creek near the culvert where it passes under Southwest. That was Christmas eve. On New year's Day, I saw a geat Blue Heron in the same place. I took it for a good omen. When I eventually remembered to look it up, the Internet, at least, told me that herons are a symbol of fortune and/or wisdom. I'll take either, thanks :V

The day before yesterday, I saw a beautiful brown raptor of some sort. Maybe it was even an eagle. Beautiful creature. I've got to start carrying my camera - I saw him(her?) again this morning, sitting in a tree along the path at Lemon tree park. I haven't seen him fly, he just sort of... appears siting, and generally disappears when I am telling Jola to stop pulling.

I did dishes, whee!

I have actually done a bunch of 'for me' type productive things today. I have decided to use my spite as fuel and just send the forms I need to ECU to them, with everything all filled out, so all they need to do is sign them and mail them back. With a SASE, even.

I wasted some of mine (and belryan's, sorry again -_-) time trying to get my new social security card ordered. I always forget that i need certain letters from the school in addition to the I-20 and passport and ID. It isn'r made very clear on their site.... and in my defense one of the women I spoke to at ISS didn't even have a clue what i was talking about. I was all "I need exactly this for exactly these reasons!" And then she was like "You need what? Why?" Bah. The other chick was more on the ball, and they will e-mail me when it is all ready.

Between getting al this other stuff arranged, I did some reading for my directed studies, and got another book from the library - I need to e-mail Dr. H, though, which I'll do as soon as I'm done this entry.

Hmmm.... It felt like I got more done, but maybe not.

I do have a list for tonight though!
dinner
e-mail Dr. H with what I have read and what I am going to start reading next
get supplementary groceries at Kroger (butter/marg, oil, produce, stuff for chowder, stuff for moussaka, apples)
Fill out forms, prepare SASE, mail stuff to bastards at ECU
Finish article in Little book
Work on HIAS bits
Maybe make a small chowder and some lemon cake :x

Oh, I didn't see the hawk again this afternoon. probably because I remembered my camera :V

I can't find *ANY* of my tax info for 2006, save for the actual form I submitted for the US. nothing!

<- is fucked!