Even though my class schedule is pretty spread out this term (9 am to 5-6pm Monday through Thursday, 9-noon on Friday), today's classload seemed to go by pretty smoothly, at least the first half.
I got a rather desperate call from Abe about an hour and a half before my last class; turns out that two of his dogs, Clyde and Inky, managed to get loose from the backyard. Clyde was picked up by animal control for biting someone (undoubtably provoked and blown out of proportion; he's a big dog, but wouldn't hurt a fly. No skin broken, either.) Abe and I looked all over the darn place for Inky, with no luck for about an hour, until a passing runner happened to point him out to Abe. It was a good thing in terms of finding the Pug, but not so great for Abe, as he ended up sprinting after Inky for about 5 blocks - something he's just not in the correct shape to do without damage.
Abe had some pretty concerning symptoms after that run, and had already been diagnosed with a horrible cholesterol level, so I made sure that he got down to student health before I headed off to class. The quiz in Digital Media production continued to stay in territory where I'm pretty comfortable, and it sounds like we'll actually get to work with the cameras next session, so that's something.
While I was in class, the nurse in student health bounced Abe over to the local ER to get checked out. After a number of hours of waiting and a few tests, turns out that he'd just strained some intercostal muscles and shouldn't have any lasting damage. Still going to be mighty uncomfortable for a while, though.
I had been under the impression that Nichole had a very late class Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and so had mentioned the idea of stopping by our favorite Vietnamese place, Pho Hong, later in the week. Never let it be said that these folks are shy about glomming onto a good thing, especially after a stressful day! Turns out that Nichole's late class is only on Wednesday, and her tongue was still a bit tender for fully solid food, so we ended up going pretty much immediately. The food there is just about obscenely good, and the host is one of those guys who can pull off being incredibly familiar without offending - he remembers everyone! (And keeps on giving me a hard time about not branching out more on the menu - not my fault if I go there knowing exactly what I want!)
Definately need to introduce Eden the next time she passes through. On the plus side, our Federal return was finally processed, so we'll have the money to get her down here in a couple weeks, after midterms are done.
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