Time for an actual update. Last Tuesday Sara and I joined Josette et al for the Spring 2005 Failure Party. We couldn't stay long because I had to return to work to finish up a project.

Wednesday the project finished and shipped. That was also a rather educational night for Sara. You see, she had never witnessed a post semester crash. My body tends to delay illness until stress levels are lower. It is a super duper survival power brought to you by, your friend and mine, natural selection. It just so happens that it is also useful to me at school and work. With the project out the door my stress levels turned south very quickly and I was soon lying in bed shivering, spouting gibberish, and having fever dreams about the proper occult uses of peanut butter. Needless to say Sara was a bit concerned. Fortunately my fever broke sometime after midnight and all was well.

Thursday the team members were allowed to pursue personal projects and to escape work a little early. This was a good thing because when I returned to the house Sara needed some help with a minor crisis. It was quickly resolved. I did some more work for Dr Weber-Fox's Lab. Shortly thereafter the Showalters arrived from Florida. They will be dwelling at Casa de Noland for a month or two until their lease begins.

Friday I returned to work and began my research into Genetic Algorithms. In the evening I cleaned up and had dinner with Sara's family at Spageddies. That evening the weather was particularly bad and rain began to leak in during our meal. Wanke appeared again.

Saturday I slept nearly all morning while Sara went to her graduation ceremony. I awoke and once again joined her family for lunch. Afterwards there was cake and gifts at Sara's apartment. By this time my illness was sapping my strength once again so I stayed home instead of going out with Wanke et al.

Sunday was largely taken up by sleeping and cleaning of the house.

This week: Work is ramping back up. Nothing near as stressful as my previous project, but the new project promises to be technically challenging. I have spent more time working on my project for Dr Weber-Fox. Recovery from my stress induced illness has taken longer than I expected. Tonight: Star Wars Episode III.