da | I wouldn't make this up.

The last 24 hours featured the following:

melted_snowball's birthday came and went, with slightly tinny fanfare but a very tasty dinner. We went to Bhima's Warung, where we both ate well for a grand total of $10. Yes, we were served by our neighbour, who gave us free/cheap drinks. Yes, I did order my entree from the vegetarian menu (basically: fried rice with grilled veggies, peanut sauce, and a fried egg on top). And yes, I drank non-alcoholic because I'm getting over a cold (fat lot of good that did me; the caffeinated tea seems to have done me in tonight). And yes, the lion's share of the meal was paid for by a very generous gift-certificate from the sponsors of a talk that d. gives about Computer Science to high-school girls. But we had expected that I'd be paying a bit more than $10, more like $50, even with the gift-certificate. Whatever; I gave them a very good tip (yes that math works out too). ...Love you sweetie, and may you ever be showered with witty drinks and tasty repartee.

My parents have begun final stages of buying a new house, which is an hour closer to here, in an urban setting bordering a Fredrick Olmstead park, and it's a house which both of them are very happy about. Yay!

Today I was asked in all seriousness whether for expediency I minded being named a Chaplain.