chinaheaded up to reagan washington national airport (good naming job) to pick up mother, who'd just spent literally a day in the air and at airports (tokyo-narita/nrt, detroit-wayne county int'l/dtw, washington-reagan nat'l/dca)..had some trouble running around and driving past terminals and full parking lots (a/green, b/red, c/blue), but eventually did get her home. mother helped with making the lasagna—which was supposed to be in the oven before i left, but then her flight got delayed repeatedly (they're waiting for something to be loaded into cargo!, they've left the gate twenty minutes ago!, they're done taxiing but haven't taken off yet!), so we made it together once we got back. despite not being able to reach shawn via phone, it turned out pretty tasty! might post the pics on fb..
bandcamp for leadership started again on friday. took a look at the schedule, and noticed that there's no canoe trip anymore, or even a water park like last year (though the pool party makes a welcome return). trying to decide when i want to visit; it's been a good number of months since i've been to charlottesville, after all..i do still need to buy my football season tickets, though X_X;; it'll take some getting back into the swing of things though, sports and being back in charlottesville and all..kato advised me to burn those bridges, but the ties i still have make me too ambivalent right now..and besides, it's my top choice of grad school, with backups being tech, berkely, and notre dame. now to just take the gre while it's still half price for us unemployed folk..
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this week or so of cutting off/not talking has worked remarkably better than i thought it would given my past, though i'm still feeling a bit of this emotional withdrawal. seems kinda weird to somehow find myself actually having feelings for someone again, completely unexpectedly, only to force myself to jettison them just as quickly, as i am yet again told that it's the wrong time and place..which makes one wonder, would we have even met in a different time or place? seems doubtful, at best..but then again, i've never been one to be particularly apt at pretending someone doesn't exist merely out of necessity, so it's probably not fair to me to say..
some good news for once, one of ziqi's bosses at keymind emailed me regarding their hiring for another open junior developer position, asking whether i was still interested. while certain tone is difficult to relate via written word, enthusiasm generally comes across quite
