What's on my mind? Well, this morning it's honesty and authenticity. And since I came into the lab to check my e-mail before class at 11 and found out that class is, in fact, cancelled, I thought I might as well spend some time looking at it. I've been thinking a lot about the masks we wear and the facades we maintain. Last night a man tried to start up a conversation with me about nothing in particular, and I wasn't feeling much like talking, so I put on a mask of disinterest and he quickly stopped trying to involve me in small talk. It occurred to me that I didn't have any reason not to just be pleasant with him. Something I'll try to work on in the future.

In other news, my two-week long cat-sitting adventure is over, and I'm reasonably pleased. It's an easy enough job, but these particular cats tend to hide from me. I'm always nervous that something has happened to them that I'll never know about until their owners come home and discover my neglect. I know they're still in the house because they eat their food and drink their water, but they honestly never come out. I saw one cat the whole time, and that was the first day. She saw me and hid under the bed for the rest of the two weeks. Oh well. Their people came back yesterday and thanked me profusely for taking care of the cats. I told them that I never even saw an actual feline, but they seemed pleased nonetheless.

Today's Weather: Cold and windy here in Chapel Hill today. What happened to the 70 degree weather we had just last week? And now they're talking about snow tonight. Blah.
Song going through my head: "You Can't Hurry Love." And it's definitely the Phil Collins version, though I have no idea why.   ¶ 10:03 AM