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Today's awesome: the OFA Lending Library is up and running, so now I can read Philippa Gregory without investing in used copies. (The OFA Lending Library is also known as two shelves in the Assistant Dean's office, to which I donated a box of discards to start with, and to which other people have been adding.)

Also awesome: today is Friday, and tomorrow commences a week of snow-melting temperatures. And as soon as my federal tax refund shows up, I can buy plane tickets for April. I'm looking forward to that, because as much as running around in India was an Experience, this time I want a Vacation. Meaning I'm going someplace where I speak the language and more or less understand the culture, and I don't have to worry about the water. (And it doesn't take 16 hours to get there.)

Not so awesome: at least three people in the office (one at each end and one in the middle) have a nasty cough, and I feel like I've been run over by a steam roller. P&R week is good at that. Especially in February, when you have to start preparing for the March meeting before the February meeting has even happened. Next week is going to involve at least one very long day, too.

I wish I had a clue what I'm going to make for lunch next week.

Book #12: The Lacquer Screen