february 14, 2001. Finally, the axis of this month has arrived. The reason behind the pink. No, we're not doing anything. No, it's not because we're married now. I think... Today has been a pretty nice day, as these things go on the good ship Teacher's College. Yar, she's an insane ship, but a beauty. Arrrrr... Woo. Sorry about that. Project madness has sunk its claws deep into my tender brain. After about 4 solid days of work at this very monitor (breaking only to drink water, shower, go to class, and fall on my ass), I have slain the Project Dragon. We presented today, and it was a very pleasant 20 minutes. Of course, I have no idea what mark she'll finally come up with...but at least this afternoon went well. Actually, the whole damn day has gone well. I dragged myself out of bed this morning to do a final check of materials before my (unrelated) morning class, which is usually a time of great tension and shouting for me. But today it went smooth as anything. Morning class was moderately interesting. My peanut butter sandwich was pleasantly chewy. The Heinlein novel kept me harmlessly occupied while not taxing my brain too much. Compared to last night's cavalcade of horrors, my existence has completely flipped over. It's nice, but I don't entirely trust it. One more class, than possible karaoke. I'm not sure...I may just want to collapse. We'll see. I ran into a colleague today, leading her tiny son by a mittened hand. As the boy and I shook hands, I couldn't help expressing my surprise. "He's so small!" (I think that I spend too much time in the exclusive company of adult-sized humans and big institutional buildings - it's completely thrown off my proportion and when I meet someone little I tend to overreact. Or something.) He stared steadily into the distance as we talked over his head, silent & stoic. As they walked away I heard him finally pipe up. "I'm so big!" he insisted to his mother. I tried to apologize to his retreating figure, but the damage was done. I had injured his tiny pride. I find it interesting that a full handful of people have approached me today to ask after my bottom. My ass has never received this much attention. I'm kind of enjoying it. "The bee bit my bottom! Now my bottom's big!"