Expensive/lethargic
Listening to: silence
Reading: Soft Focus Jayne Ann Krentz
Weather: 35, sunny
Trivia:Can a fiber-optic telephone line be tapped?
The microscopic filaments of glass fiber through which voice and data are sent on beams of laser light known as fiber-optics can, indeed, be tapped, but only with great difficulty. And the party who detects the call can detect the eavesdropping. The least complicated method is to cut open the cable and find a single optical fiber. This fiber is wrapped tightly around a narrow rod. The light flowing through it migrates to the outer portion of the fiber where it can be picked up with a light detector and its information deciphered. However, tapping a fiber-optic line reduces the strength of the signal significantly, and the receiver would know almost immediately that the line was being monitored. Consequently, if you know you're on a fiber-optic line and suspect someone may be eavesdropping on you, pay attention to how clear your phone sounds. If the quality suddenly drops, it may be time to hit a pay phone.
Cool word:cursory (KUR-suh-ree) - Performed with haste and without care."Maria was always reluctant to take her care into a mechanic, as she felt they charged a great deal of money to take what was, at best, a cursory glance at its engine."
Today was an expensive day. The trip to the vet cost $98.25, and I won’t know for a week if there is anything wrong with him or not. I’m of course hoping not.
And of course he’s been perfectly fine for the last twenty-four hours.
it was really weird to be here and not have him around this morning. First there was the guilt that I had dropped him at the vet and left him, knowing what a fraidy cat he is and how he is so attached to me. Then there was the fear that something really bad was going to happen. I was a wreck. He was gone for three hours and I was a wreck the entire time.
It’s a wonder I wasn’t pacing the floor.
I kept thinking I was seeing him out of the corner of my eye and kept expecting him to be rubbing against my legs as I sat at the computer. I didn’t like not having him around.
he was quite relieved to see me there to pick him up and it only took a couple of hours to get him to forgive me. The rest of the afternoon he was curled up next to me on the sofa.
I’m glad he’s home.
I spent the day as a vegetable. Total lethargy. For the most part I sat on the couch and read or dozed. I really like the book I’m reading. It’s at least keeping my mind occupied. And it’s entertaining, light. Good for a sick person.
I’m experiencing side effects form this antibiotic. Wicked headaches. The cough hasn’t abated much. It’s one of those coughs that if it gets started it keeps going for a solid three minutes. Breathing is optional.
Dozing was good.
Apparently there was a lengthy discussion at chorus last night about where we are heading and what the expectations are as far as contest is concerned. In that I’ve taken a leave for this month I might be up the creek as I can’t meet some of the deadlines they’ve set up.
If they plan to put up roadblocks like this I’ll be taking a leave through May.
Dee called me while her kids were at recess while so she could fill me in on what had happened. I guess the director asked her if I was alright and she told her that I wasn’t. I guess she said a couple of other things that I hope gave the director food for thought.
if I hear from the director I’ll be floored. I don’t think she really gets that people’s feelings are so entwined with how they react to the chorus.
I can’t say I felt bad sitting home last night. I never even though about the fact that I should have been at rehearsal.
That must mean something.
We have a regional weekend on the 22nd, so I’ll see everyone then. The only reason that I’ll go is because I’ve already paid for it.
I think I’ll go to bed really early tonight as I feel as if I have to go to work tomorrow. Which is probably stupid.
there’s nothing worth watching on television tonight. They’re showing "Sabrina" but it’s such a poor substitute for the original that starred Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart that I can’t be bother to watch it.
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Today’s horoscope:
ARIES
Listen to what your friends and colleagues are talking about, however fantastic you may regard their views and speculations, they have more than a touch of truth in them. You will benefit from opening up yourself to new possibilities, the fresh information friends can give you could be just the spur you need to do something concrete about your hopes for the future. Lively times are likely whenever you get together with like minded souls.