Wednesday, May 1, 2002
On the bus to work today I saw the world's largest Hello Kitty backpack. The backpack was probably 16 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches, and it was on the back of a young child. Bright yellow and red, soiled with a year's worth of dirt. (The backback, not the child.) Today we had a major outage of Internet connectivity at UCSF. I was on the phone reporting the problem and all I said was, "I'm calling to report..." before I was interrupted by the technician—they're working on the problem. Service was restored in about an hour or two. Went to the doctor to see about my knee which had started hurting now and then since my first time doing yoga in February. He said to put ice on it when it hurts and to take naproxen twice a day for 3 weeks then reevaluate how that treatment has been working. After work I made return address labels and installed a pair of miniblinds in the bedroom. Patrick had run errands today with Sam at Home Depot, Pier 1 Imports, and Eddie Bauer. They had lunch at Chevy's. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork chops, peas, shitake mushroom risotto.