Two things that, at least in my mind, are not occurring today: Valentine's Day and the Winter Olympics. I just don't care about them.

I spent the day alone at my place, struggling to keep up with research work while trying to keep off distractions such as puzzles, sleep, television, and staring into space with deep and shallow thoughts. End result: not much of research work done. Sigh...I need a break. And mom's really coming tomorrow evening. My mind is exploding.

Here's a classic example of how I have no clue how to interact with friends. Part of my mind wants to take Samuel out for lunch tomorrow and have a quick chat. However, the other part of my mind is saying, what if he's too busy? What if he had other plans? What if he, in fact, doesn't like me? So then I decided not to ask him anyway. Sigh...so much for reading the "free to fail" thingie from Traveling Light. I'm simply too afraid to take rejections.