My iPod is now sitting in my backpack! (!!!)

I made it to the Office of Student Life just as the woman in charge of the contest was walking out the door -- I squeaked in just under the wire! I now have my fancy-schmancy iPod Classic, which will be filled up with all the music I have on my compy when I go home. I am SO excited about it! The best part of the entire contest process was hearing the congratulations from Dr. McArthur and Ms. Rihner when they saw me -- after having kind of a shitty start to the week this was DEFINITELY something to pick me up and make me feel that this, too, shall pass.

I spent a very nice Monday evening with my friends setting up characters [and, in one case, npcs] for a few games we're going to be running. With the help of Jackie and Dave, I/we helped Germaine set up an Abyssal character for the Exalted game I'm running, and I looked over Dave's 4e DnD book to decide what race I'm going to be playing for his campaign -- I chose to play a tiefling. And no, the name is not because they have big "teef." (Thanks, Cary.)

It was nice to see my friends, the cats, the dog, and especially Miranda. I don't know what I'd do without our Monday night RPing sessions. Cary will soon be joining us, too, so that should be fun. I'm always all for inducting newbies into the ways of the nerd. After all, I did get her to come back to WoW.

(The rest of this week has, in a word, sucked, but it's nothing that can't be overcome. It's embarassing, yes, but something that can be fixed. And I've decided not to dwell on it any more than I absolutely have to, because it won't do anything but slog me down and prevent me from helping things move forward. That is all.)