Headache Day

I looked into tuition waivers for the possible iCAN program, and apparently the system is smart enough to know that I'm an employee. Good to know. Also, retirees are eligible for tuition waivers, but they don't allow second bachelor's degrees. Too bad. I'd major in Italian when I retire. I think I could take Italian classes though.

Had a headache at noon, so I lay down during lunch.

Two of the three German books are in my mailbox. I'll run get them later.

I think that I've found the place where I'd like to stay when I spend a year in Italy: Genova (Genoa). It's on the water. It's only a 1.5 hour train ride from Milan (and you can get to anywhere in Europe from Milan). It's also close to Nice, France. And there's Genovese pesto!

I also have a bunch of books on Berlin wishlisted on Amazon.

The headache came back, so I slept until 2 AM. So much for getting things done. It must be headache day because two of my colleagues left early with headaches. My boss said that the barometric pressure was going down. My eyes are all puffy.

At Least I Stayed Awake

Oh good. After the men's skating tonight, there isn't any skating until the 12th. I need to get a lot done in the meantime.

I studied a little German before I went back to bed.

You can order anything online. I was going to send my mom a check for some money that I borrowed, but couldn't find my stamps. I ordered stamps online to be shipped to me. They're year-of-the-tiger stamps, which should be fun. I'll be happy when I get to Champaign and have a post office that's open later and with self-service machines.

I'm saving boxes for my move next summer, and one had crinkly paper in it. Mimi is having a great time playing with the paper.

I looked into apartments in Berlin out of curiosity, and wow. Expensive. How can anyone afford to live there? Though the apartments that you can get to from English-language sites are pricey. I wonder if there's a Craigslist for Berlin? Yes. And it has some more reasonable apartments.

I'm going to stay home tonight except for getting the mail. And I'll get stuff done when I'm not watching skating. Which reminds me I need to do laundry. I wound up watching the snowboarding.

Got the mail, and now I have all three German books (yay). It's sleeting out. Started laundry.

I missed the very beginning of the skating because they started it earlier than they said that they were going to, but I saw Nathan Chen win gold. I might watch the interview with him after the news, but what can he say besides, "I'm glad I won and I'm glad it's over."