morning malaise

aka "don't really want to go in to work"-itis.

this week is a short week. we had monday off for presidents' day. in alberta, presidents' day coincided with the bizarre family day, a holiday of much ridicule among friends here. family day? huh? frankly, i'm of the old-school where any reason for a long-weekend is a valid one, whether you celebrate presidents (which is actually officially called "washington's birthday") past or the conclusion of the race for presidents future or your "family" or nothing, who cares. most holidays are equal in the eyes of me. well, except halloween gets special props for being extra cool.

i skipped my sleep lab follow-up appointment for more pressing business. so i have to wait on the results for maybe another week. i'm nursing a malingering back injury which occurred (seriously) due to over-stretching! yes, such a thing exists. the left-side of my back aches in fits & starts all day long. i'm not exactly motoring into the day, as a result. i should go claim my roommate's WSJ and FT from the front door. yesterday, only the FT was there. i suspect someone nicked the WSJ (hopefully accidentally).

anyway, the big news was fidel. DB, we could go to cuba? i could sneak into cuba via canada and ask for no stamp cause of my us-based domicile. hmmm. ok, that's a happy motivation to go to work for money to go to cuba.