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To-day has been just one of those days. I woke up late after not much sleep, and, of course, because I was late I hadn't washed Charlie (the coffee pot) the night before so I had to do that. When I finally did make espresso Charlie was foaming in the way that makes me think I didn't rinse all the detergent out, which is disgusting to think about but I always drink the coffee anyway.I have to drink a huge cup of espresso every morning (probably 3-4 shots worth) otherwise I'm a zombie. This is bad, according to the book that I bought yesterday, and I know they're right because when I get off caffeine after a long stretch of addiction it feels so good. However, I don't dare try switching to green tea on days that I have to be at least semi-alert.

As my coffee brewed I shoved all my school stuff into my computer bag, then ran upstairs to pull my hair into a ponytail (it is completely horrendously fading and all kinds of not straight), back downstairs to shove a pack of Ramen in my lunchpail, chugged my coffee, brushed my teeth, and dashed out the door. Forgetting, in the process, my pencil case and calculator. I can tell you exactly where both are (the shelf where I keep my binder when at home; and the bookshelf at the end of my bed) but that doesn't really help while they are there I am at school, now does it!

My day continued on at a rather unremarkable pace for the rest of the morning, high points were eating a left-over cupcake for breakfast (though my stomach, already nauseous from the hurried coffee, protested), using the term lesbianism in Civics class, and realising in Spanish that I will never truly understand the difference between the preterit and imperfect tense.

In AP English we discussed our Romeo and Juliet theme papers and the deadline was extended by a day (thank goodness!), and then in Trig we were doing sin graphs which I understood and just took a while.

I was rather disappointed at lunch when I remembered that I had purchased an Amy's Cheese Pizza pocket with the expressed purpose of eating it for Monday lunch but had forgotten this fact during my hurried packing. I couldn't stave off my hunger long enough to allow my noodles to properly cook, and so my disappointment was only compounded by the fact that my non-pizza lunch was somewhat chewy, which ramen should not be.

Physics was rather unexciting, leading to PE during which Hanna demonstrated her fantastic ability to make any kind of torture bearable, or, at the very least, survivable. Drills went off more easily and with less misery than usual, and then I actually did rather grandly during the game itself. I think this was one of the few days that volleyball was actually fun. Though Hanna had a somewhat less fun time, as her wrists developed disurbing swellings (growths!) afterward.

On the way home we purchased Stitch 'n' Bitch, my second book in a row with the b-word in it. I'd worry that this was a trend except that Stitch was for H. We looked through it on the way home and it was fair to bursting with rad projects, including a skully sweater and some wristbands that H promised to make me. Golly I love having a best friend!

After doing homework at H's house, I returned to my own to realise that, by returning home, I had denied myself an earlier encounter with the best. thing. ever.

Love always,
Charlie (not the coffee pot)