For some reason, that phrase stuck from Spanish class. Wait, actually, I do know why. Cause we had to do the que pasa? muy bien "conversation" so damn many times at the start of class in high school that I just couldn't stand the monotony a moment longer and tried to come with variations, like that one.

i.e., I have a cold.

Damn.

But I've been sucking on the zinc tablets and spraying the awful stinging crap up my nose, too, along with lots of antihistamines and sorry natureboys but a friend assures me a huge new study of echinacia concluded it was useless, but I did stay in and rest last night (after my taxes--but there was no alcohol involved), which is where I'll be again tonight.

And hopefully it will pass quickly.

I am so relieved.

Just a bit before 2 a.m. last night, I finished my taxes. State and federal. For 2004, of course. A full two days ahead of the deadline. To the extension to the extension--October 15, the last day you can file with out a real excuse. (Hmmmm. Not quite a full two days, but 46 hours, anyway.)

Kinda wish I had done it earlier, but I was busy. Of course I'm busy now too, trying to get a solid chunk of copy together, and I got this freaking cold yesterday, but at least I put it off until I had a research assistant with many talents who could help me do much of it.

Hennway, it's done. Just printed out the backup stuff and found the stamps and I'm about to run to the post box. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

heeheehee.

You know the best invention the post office ever came up with was the pre-licked stamps. So how come they refuse to call them that?

Try it. Walk up to the counter and ask for some of the pre-licked and they'll respond that they have a wide selection of self-adhesive stamps. Say it over and over, as if you were not hearing their translation and they will respond over and over, as if they were not hearing yours.

There must have all been shuttled off to some education seminar somewhere, where they were forbidden to ever utter those words.

But I like them.