Score!

I made a second attempt at getting a parking sticker for my car yesterday and this time I had success! The clerk who helped me required different documents from the one I first encountered. Unbelievable. I have suffered for nothing for the past five months.

Off to Santa Barbara today. This is the time of year when the skies are gray during the first part of the day, but the gloom burns off by late afternoon. Hope that happens today; yesterday was lovely by 3 p.m. Although--dare I say it--eternal sunshine can become monotonous after a while.

Swamp Thing

I ordered something called a "swamp cooler" last week in anticipation of the heat this summer. Stand-alone AC units can run $600-$1000, so swamp coolers, which can run as low as $100, seemed like a good alternative.

My room might get a little muggy though. My roommate straightens her hair and seems concerned about the humidity seeping out from under my door.

Alcatraz!

I was cajoled into staying at my job an additional week and continue to run around like a crazed office monkey every day. I'm too tired to do much else right now. Hopefully will get out some this weekend.

We had a ninety degree day on Tuesday, and my apartment is without air conditioning. Even with the windows open, it was too hot too sleep, so I had another night of insomnia on top of everything else.

I have an interview with the library system in two weeks. Libraries are no longer the quiet, calm places of yesteryear, but nothing could be more hectic than my current situation!