I’m crossed a dangerous line this evening, picking up coffee at Starbucks at 10:15 this evening. What can I say, I’ve had a long day (and, incidentally, should really be working/studying right now). The Starbucks I stopped at by the U had something like 300 Somalis milling about in it, about half of them speaking in loud and very animated fashions. There were only three people in the store who didn’t seem to be Somali natives–I was one, and the other two were behind the counter.

I fucking love Minneapolis.

Anyway, day one of daycare for Mathias–an ongoing mutual babysitting agreement between Lisa and her friend Aimee, really–went fairly well today. Mathias managed to pull on some heartstrings when I dropped him off–Aimee was holding him and talking to him, but he kept looking at me–but I managed to get out of there without him crying and without me cracking up. (I’m too busy to crack up. Pass the coffee!) Lisa’s turn at babysitting Aimee’s one-year-old this afternoon sounds like it went fairly well, too, although it’s pretty clear we have some serious childproofing to do this coming weekend.

Work was, uh, interesting. One big project finished and another big project got set to begin, with the transition between the two getting a twist worthy of a Hitchcockian comedy. (No, not that one. It’s just a metaphor, people.) Tonight, as expected, was spent with some fellow MBA students as we worked on our group project. It’s going pretty well, but there’s a lot left to do.

After my midterm on Thursday, the next few weeks look like this: A visit from one of Lisa’s friends for a couple of days this weekend, a possible trip out of town the following weekend, the class project due the week after that, TURKEY PARTY 2007, and then finals for class.

Huh, time to start thinking about J-Term. Hmm.

Okay, time to study. More later.