"You must be," said the Cat, "otherwise you wouldn't have come here."

Today has been a good day. I started work at four in the morning, but got to leave at noon. Normally I go in at 7:00 and get out at about 3:30, so I took the opportunity to drop by my old high school. I wanted to ask my English/Yearbook teacher if I could use her as a reference and, since she never throws anything away, if I could have one or two of her old grammar books.

Mrs. Tichenor was one of my favorite teachers in high school, and I was very happy to see her again. I like to think that I was also one of her favorite students. Probably because I was one of three (out of 30~) that stuck around to finish that years yearbook. She was more than willing to give me the reference. It will help quite a lot having an English teacher as a reference. And the books? I only asked for one, but I ended up leaving with a small pile. She was so happy when I told her about my plans that she just started stacking them on. She even said she'll send some home with my brother if she finds more. There're about five books and a workbook in all. They'll make good study material for the Summer and I need to get this stuff back in my head. She also gave me the phone number of a girl who's been to China a couple times. Since she graduated from the same school I did, it won't seem as weird to call her and ask about things.

For today, though, I'm going to try and finish typing my resume and get the basics of my cover letter ready. I'm on my laptop at a friends house. For some reason I'm able to focus on my work better when I'm here, but he just got a kitten yesterday and she seems to delight in stepping on my keyboard.