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Been battling a bronchial infection for a little over a week and, boy, am I tired of coughing and not having maximum lung capacity! Boo, bronchitis, boo. Sickness, for me, always seems to come with a bout of angst and depression, which I do not particularly enjoy. I'm also beginning to feel badly for the female with whom I share a wall, as I have been launching into rather violent coughing fits throughout the night - - and, as a result of a previous tenant who had babies in that apartment (who would scream and cry ALL NIGHT LONG - - the babies, not the tenant), I am well aware of how thin our shared wall is.

But I've got good news for you! Grades have come out, and I do not have to retake my horrific budgeting class. Woo! I loathed, despised, and absolutely hated that class so much that I had become rather anxious that I would have to retake it. Which was a totally dumb thing to worry about, after all, I tend to be a rather exemplary student...still. I surmise that I would have dropped out of the program rather than retake budgeting, were it to come down to it.

In other news, you are probably all aware of how 'behind the times' I am when it comes to popular culture. A general rule of thumb is that if something has come and gone, and people have totally forgotten about it, I will then 'discover' and get excited about it. On this, I could point to a number of examples, but I am confident in your mental abilities to have comprehended that which I have articulated, and so I will cease with my overly-verbose preface and will commence with the 'meat' of the matter.

A television program known as Star Trek: Enterprise which was cancelled five years ago "for poor ratings" has just made it onto my "What Jennifer Thinks Is Awesome NOW" list. Indeed, I watched my very first episode last week and, seriously people, this program is cutting edge entertainment. At first, I had a difficult time with the Scott Bakula aspect, but he's really grown on me. Also, the program has this rather motivational theme song about having faith in oneself and how you're not going to let anyone hold you back anymore, while showing visuals of humans first going into space, the landing on the moon, etc., and it gets me all choked up and teary-eyed. In addition, during the first episode, there was this completely random scene where two of the characters took off the majority of their clothing and smeared cream all over each other's bodies. I have since learned that this scene, which I felt had no relevance to the episode, is a regular feature of the program. And so I ask you, "Am I opposed to attractive people with little clothing smearing cream all over each other?" Certainly not. Of course, the primary entertainment value of the program is not the gratuitous teaser scenes, but rather the adventurous space-exploring stories.

This past weekend was a federal holiday which I celebrated by not going to work. Yay, holidays. It was VERY nice to have a three day weekend. I have been working way too much lately. Last week was almost a 60 hour work week for me and I was really exhausted from it. As I reflect back upon the weekend, there is not one particular activity that jumps out at me. I know that I did stuff, I know that I enjoyed myself, but I primarily remember the not-working aspect of the weekend. Since I am not someone who finds an incredible amount of fulfillment from working, I do not like it when I work more than I live. Of course, back to the bronchial infection and the angst and depression that have followed, I had to restrain myself a little when I began to envision quitting my job and moving to the Bahamas.

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