10-30-01 Tu 7:35 AM

Wilshit Hill. Still need to get the oil changed. We have a God-damned meeting today. Two hours. Whatever. I think I'll get "Whatever" tattooed over my heart. I typed fifteen minutes on my laptop at night school last night. The class was sluggish and dense. So was I. It didn't go well. "En lunes, las gallinas no ponen," said Ernest and Miguel. "On Monday, the hens don't lay." When the pretty girls go to the board, the guys all whistle.         I walked home.             We watched the beginning of "Enemy at the Gate," but Rochelle got sleepy, so we paused it. I ch3eckd my email, but there was no message from jbarkley at the UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead. I tried to finish reading the newspaper, but I got sleepy, too, and slept. I heard rain around four in the morning. I need to move my bike under the awning. The baby was playing with and talking to a stuffed elephant after sunrise this morning. She has been very happy the last few days. I crapped and rad about the NFL. Took a quick shower. Skipped breakfast but brought a Tupperware container of spaghetti and turkey meat sauce to school. I drove again. Ugh. Barry, the plant manager, stopped by. We natter about disliking the principal. "You here early," he says.

"It's this Daylight Saving. It won't last a week, but while it does, I thought I'd try to look dedicated."

"You dedicated," he says.

I'm going to read The Secret Sharer next.         The adult school director, Claudine Ajeti, still hasn't given me the letter of recommendation I asked for. It's holding up the whole process. I have to call Mariachi to see about that dining room table. I'm going to have to take off night school next Monday to try out for the game show "Smush." Ada's first birthday is ten days away. Unbelievable how much they grow in a year and how quickly a year passes. I ordered her a "Snow White" DVD off Amazon.com, but we need to find her some interactive toys. We're going to have cake and a little party for her next Thursday and then a bigger party with all the gang on Sunday the 11th. I need to get my dad a birthday card. The bell is going to ring any minute now. The kids have their big important assessment tomorrow. We'll do some review today. Maybe watch some more "Mad Monster Party" after.