Morning: I was once again reminded to love everyone and tried really hard to brainwash myself to stop caring so much about how other people think of me! It is indeed quite a tough start to this supervisor meeting day. Speaking of which, the meeting was earlier than usual due to some new circumstances (got a surprise phone call at around 10:30 to ask me to go meet now). But it was also pretty short, as I discussed the mistake that I've found in an unpublished paper, which supervisor agreed, which made previous future plans futile. But it's all good, I guess.
Afternoon: My office hours are always unnecessarily exciting...3 students came this time around during this extended office hours, for which none came in the second hour...so much for being extended. Evening: I wanted to show March of the Penguins to mom, but the DVD was at Francis' place, so I asked him to deliver it to me. We waited and waited and waited...and suddenly at around 8:30, a group of 5 came in to deliver the DVD. Apparently they've been planning this surprise visit long ago, and the DVD thing was just a coincidence... So anyway, Laura, Clarence, and a gang of three Yens came, and Clarence was forced to eat dinner...heh. Nice surprise, I think. Of course people care when mom's here...once mom's gone, I'll be back to my lonely old self... Mom loved March of the Penguins, which is kind of expected...they're so cute! I liked it better this time around, and plan to buy the soundtrack...hehehe.
Thoughts on mom leaving tomorrow morning: I'm not able to finger my feelings about that. On one hand, it's certainly a relief, and I don't need to have her around all the time, thinking what can she do and stuff...so it should free up some time. On the other hand, I think I'll miss not having meals prepared for me...awwww. Spiritual-wise, I'm regretting not being able to have the courage to actually talk about my problems, even though she was pretty much spot on during one of her chats. Family-wise, I guess this sort of pulls me closer to a family I previously purposely ignored. She's starting to know some of my secretive obsessions, and the reactions weren't too bad. So that lifted the fear a little bit. I still wish she would just stop talking about girlfriends and going to Taiwan...yikes.
Afternoon: My office hours are always unnecessarily exciting...3 students came this time around during this extended office hours, for which none came in the second hour...so much for being extended. Evening: I wanted to show March of the Penguins to mom, but the DVD was at Francis' place, so I asked him to deliver it to me. We waited and waited and waited...and suddenly at around 8:30, a group of 5 came in to deliver the DVD. Apparently they've been planning this surprise visit long ago, and the DVD thing was just a coincidence... So anyway, Laura, Clarence, and a gang of three Yens came, and Clarence was forced to eat dinner...heh. Nice surprise, I think. Of course people care when mom's here...once mom's gone, I'll be back to my lonely old self... Mom loved March of the Penguins, which is kind of expected...they're so cute! I liked it better this time around, and plan to buy the soundtrack...hehehe.
Thoughts on mom leaving tomorrow morning: I'm not able to finger my feelings about that. On one hand, it's certainly a relief, and I don't need to have her around all the time, thinking what can she do and stuff...so it should free up some time. On the other hand, I think I'll miss not having meals prepared for me...awwww. Spiritual-wise, I'm regretting not being able to have the courage to actually talk about my problems, even though she was pretty much spot on during one of her chats. Family-wise, I guess this sort of pulls me closer to a family I previously purposely ignored. She's starting to know some of my secretive obsessions, and the reactions weren't too bad. So that lifted the fear a little bit. I still wish she would just stop talking about girlfriends and going to Taiwan...yikes.
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