Well my birthday was basically a total wash as far as entertainment goes. I slept for most of the daylight hours, and spent the rest of the night working on the warehouse.

So Rob gave me this pack of little mini-puzzles that need to be colored and some crayons for my birthday. The puzzles are all of "space scenes." I don't know who designed these things, but perhaps they should have included some images that aren't of black and white objects for their coloring puzzles. Saturn V: black and white. Lunar surface: gray. Space Shuttle: black and white. VLA antenna: white. Geez!

Alex and I suspended his loft last night. It hangs from the ceiling at a height of 7' and weighs about 100 kg, so getting it up there with just the two of us involved three mechanical advantage systems and all of our climbing ascenders. Once the airline cables were attached and the turnbuckles load-balanced [by listening to the frequency of vibration - very cool], the loft was exceptionally sturdy. For as cheap as it was, I am very impressed.

Now Alex is gone, and I think he was the last of my friends to leave town. So it's all me for the next two weeks. Woo! Bean called from California today to inform me that I really shouldn't be in my office, and she's probably right. She told me that a proper birthday should actually be celebrated over the course of five days. A Birthday's Eve Eve, a Birthday's Eve, the Birthday proper, the Birthday Boxing Day, and the Birthday Boxing Boxing Day.

We decided that I should really choose a new birthday, as the one I have is no good. It should be during the school year when my friends are around, and not near any major vacations. The weather should be nice, etc. We decided that maybe two birthdays would be better. So I'm going to have one in October and one in July. Exact dates TBA.

Until then, today is my Birthday Boxing Day. And I should go out and celebrate!

But instead I think I'll go home and work on the heating ducts.