Four more days until I see my girl. I long to hold her. Work is going well, as are most things – if you ignore the fact that my country is about to make an extremely ignorant short-term move. Sure, we might get lots of cheap oil and artificially boost our struggling economy for a couple more years – but as someone wise once told me – when you cheat, you only cheat yourself.

i have finally figured out everything i need to know about women. woman=!man. not a single bit of woman is man. i could think about it all day and i would never get any closer to understanding anything about these crazy creatures!

company meeting starts in 7 minutes, kernel compile finishes in four hours, server upgrade commences in 24 hours, i see my girl in 9 days… numbers are sweet

I decided to drop two of my courses (computer science and mathematics) and add one (GRE study) – the other two will have to wait. ;P

Ahh the penalties for not concentrating on school the first time around. Hopefully Zack won’t experience this.

Well, I made myself a rigorous self-study schedule plan thingie wingie but perhaps it is a bit too rigorous. I did it for three days in a row, but today I’m going to take a break. Maybe I’ll play the piano a little.. ;P

Something I am really poor at is giving a woman space. I’m not really sure why that is the case. I often see a lack of communication as something to address and I typically address it by trying harder to communicate (turning up the pressure) – but it really isn’t effective and is actually counter-productive. This is a real lesson in patience and understanding. I love this woman for how introspective I have become, but I’m not all that happy about what I learn. Which in itself isn’t a great way to look at things – by learning I am growing, living.