Y13 D301

I slept like a rock last night. Like so hard. It's raining outside and my humidifier was on and there was just so much moisture in the air. I love it. Best sleeping when it is like that. Just out for the whole night. Very happy.

Taught from 11-5:30. Spent 2 hours in the morning trying to get servers up and running. That was a pain in the ass. My group is okay. Out of 12, 7 or so are engaged and paying attention. Another 2 are mostly there. But then there's a couple that I can tell want to be somewhere else. Whatever. Two more days with this group. Then I have a 1/2 day class on Friday with public students. Unknown how many or where they're from. I wasn't supposed to teach Friday but this class got dumped on me around 9pm last night. It's only a 1/2 day which is why I'm not upset about it. 

Had leftovers for dinner. B took pupper out so I had the house to myself mostly. You know, if you don't count the four screaming cats. Took a long soak and relaxed. Watched some TV. They got home a little after 9. Took the dog outside for a walk and went to bed.

My new amplifier is coming today. Very excited about that. I didn't tell you about that did I? I have been using B's dad's old receiver for my records and while it's okay, it's clearly 20 years old and to be frank, has more than I need. It's a home audio receiver. Dolby this, sound stage that. Not what I need. I want to listen to records as they were recorded. I need two channels. That's it. I bought myself an early birthday present on Monday. A Denon 600NE 2-Channel Integrated Amp. Just an amp. No tuner, no fancy stuff. Built in DAC and bluetooth is the extent of the fancy. I should get clean pure sound out of this. It's considered the entry point for high end audio and while some say it's not good enough, those are also people comparing it to $5000 amps. I paid $400. Yeah. Much different price range. It also has no display junk either. Just simple knobs and switches. See? Much excite. 

B got something cool in the mail yesterday. They won the opportunity to buy a special edition set of Lisa Frank Crocs. While crocs might not be my thing, I always respect a limited edition of something. I don't know how many pairs are being made, but it's a slim enough amount that they had to do this drawing to buy a pair. So good for B!

That's about it. See how well I slept? I am able to articulate my thoughts in more than just grunts and groans this morning. Amazing.