whoo hoo...happy labor day!...ya know, with my work schedule, holidays are screwed...had to work friday - normally a day off - for 12 hours...but in exchange for that i'm off sunday and monday...so now i just have to work tuesday and wednesday, then it's off for another 3.5 days! of course, i'm sure this is precisely the shit the neuro doc wants me NOT to do...so i'm gonna try to stick to a night shift schedule all week long, even on my days off...i don't think i have a problem switching to a normal human schedule on my days off, but who knows, maybe my brain doesn't agree.

3 weeks 6 days till my final birthday - yup, after 29, i'm not having any more. it's kind of weird to think about it, it seems as though these last few years have zoomed by - it was just yesterday i was in college. er, no - it wasn't yesterday, it was 1994.

paige called tonight...we only got to talk for a few minutes because karen wanted the phone...she says she'd like to get together with me and adam and linda...interesting how she includes linda...i guess it's cool that she's attached to her, since it's not like dear ol' "dad" is around...perhaps we'll get together soon...

talked with kim on friday, because i'm going to have to take 3 days off of work to do the video eeg the neurologist wants - luckily the sleep study can be done on a thursday/friday, so i won't need to take off work for that. i explained to her yet again that i'm really not trying to fuck off, that there's really something wrong going on in my head and i'm doing everything in my powers to get it taken care of. i might have to make a schedule change, but i'm going to try to do what i can without disrupting things at work. i also mentioned to her that i was very upset that this shit was happening right as we're getting ready for annual evaluations and raise time - i was kicking some serious ass at the beginning of the year and it seems as though it's all gone down the toilet. she told me not to worry, she knows i'll be getting a good raise this year. a bit of a relief, but still, i worry. worrying is one thing i'm definitely good at.