Saturday I gave a presentation in the Spring Research Conference. It went all right, but not as well as I had hoped. I had practiced a lot and always went over time, so I tried cutting things down more. When I really gave the presentation though I went under by about one and a half minutes. Oh well it could have been worse. It wasn’t even for a grade or anything. I just wanted to do well. I feel like I have to prove myself to everyone. Especially my advisor.

Saturday was one of the best days I have had in a long while. After the Spring Research Conference I decided that I deserved a break. So I went to my office, checked my email, and played on the Internet for a while. I wrote an online journal entry, changed my Web Site a bit etc. It was very nice to relax and do that sort of thing for a change. I would have liked to play a little longer, but I was supposed to go to Bombay House with Viper and an old friend from High School so I went home. We ended up not going for some reason, but it was fun nevertheless.

It was the first nice spring day and so we had the door and windows open. I made pasta and ate it leisurely. We listened to some music that I hadn’t listened to for a long time. The apartment complex was just busy enough for me to think of “lazy dog days of summer”. I don’t think I understood what that expression really meant until yesterday. After a while I got my haircut by one of the girls in my Home Evening group. After that I did some cleaning for clean checks and then watched a movie and pretended to do homework. It was a very lazy enjoyable day. Something I needed. I had been stressing out all week about the Conference even though it has relatively no bearing on anything that is important to me. The only possible consequence was that I could have won $200. Still, I spent a lot of time on it. So much time that I neglected my Topology which I must now catch up on. Also my other classes. Someday I will learn discipline. I just hope it’s sooner than later. Normally I would feel a bit guilty for taking the day off, but I didn’t. That in and of itself was nice.

Sunday, however, was a different matter. The Villa was very noisy. There was always someone outside talking. It was rather disturbing. Especially on the Sabbath. I don’t know why I find it so annoying, but there you have it. I like people individually, just not collectively. Sometimes. It has recently become to hot to enjoy. Saturday it was about perfect, but it has quickly gotten out of hand. Darn summer!