eek! march madness killed my picks this weekend! i had three of the number one seeds making the final four, and wouldn't you know it? the only one that made it was the one i didn't pick. oh well. that's what i get for being a pseudo-loyal a&m fan! at least it's giving the people who made random picks a chance to win, since the four teams left weren't really expected to be the ones there. good for them!

another eek! too much to do this week. i'll be out of the office on friday, so i have to meet next week's deadlines by thursday. i got one of them done today (finally), but the other one is a big one. i think i have a bit more time before the second one is due, but i'd like to get it out of the way so i can work completely on contracting. every one of the contracts i've busted my butt to get out the door has come back to me with problems. well, why the heck did you make me bust my butt if you're going to have major internal delays anyway? argh!

i signed my lease yesterday. i'm irritated about the circumstances, though. as much as i tried to get the landlady to postpone move-in so i didn't have to pay double rents, she wouldn't budge. but when i went to sign the lease yesterday (two days before the lease was supposed to start), the place wasn't finished. the bathroom retiling isn't even going to take place until april 24! i need to not second-guess my decision or i'll go crazy, but i definitely need to check out the place in the next couple of days to make sure everything else is done. i can't be paying rent on a place that isn't liveable yet. that's got to be illegal.

i went to a bbq at the berkeley marina yesterday with ronnie (who is pulling a zoltán and going by veronica now) and her whole class at her tiny joint medical program at uc berkeley. it was a fun bunch, we played a bit of football, cooked some burgers, and hung out until well after dark. it's good to see her, she's a fun person to be around. marla came with me too, which is always a good thing :) she's keeping me ravelled up in my relationship saga. weeee!

teddie's girl-not-girlfriend dora is in town this week... she's a sweet, cute girl that he's into but doesn't want to admit it ;) they went down to monterey yesterday, ate at bubba gump's, and both broke out in hives! scary scary. teddie doesn't have any sensitivity to seafood, but he broke out anyway. dora, on the other hand, is slightly sensitive, and her whole body burst out in bright red itchy bumps. poor dora! kind of a scary thought, though-- was lack of cleanliness involved?

i'm looking to get back on a soccer team... i found a women's league webpage with contact information for local teams. i emailed one that seemed fun and not highly competitive (a good place to get my touch back), and they already emailed me back. they practice wednesday nights at crocker amazon. where the heck is crocker amazon? i'm nervous about going out to practice, but i really want to! yay, soccer! can't wait for the pro season to start, either. 19 more days until the home opener!