URGENT: Tim's b-day party

Oh me, oh my, I am one tired sob. Up till 3 at Tim's birthday party... having completely lost track of time (the copious amounts of drinking may have contributed to this). I woke up before 7am, as usual, and thanks to a time change lost an hour today. I still say perpetual daylight savings is the way to go. For some reason the email Chad sent out announcing the party had URGENT: in the subject, which cracked me up. I suppose that was a reference to the short timing - what with the party being the very next day, but I'm not entirely sure.

This morning I'll have an Easter brunch at the Marriot with friends - but I don't think I'll go through with my plan to take some pictures of the services at the new cathedral... but then again, I might.

Some friends headed down to Goris this morning for a party, and will head to Shushi tomorrow... I couldn't go thanks to work, but that will not be an issue for much longer. Soon I'll be able to shoot down to Syria, or head to Karabakh, do whatever I like. I miss that... for those who don't have a countdown calendar - it's 5 1/2 weeks to go.

Yesterday I got some good stuff done on the new site - now I want to do a proper page on Yerevan. It really is such a great pleasure to work on the site - addictive, really. So easy to edit, such instant gratification. At the risk of sounding repetitive, if only this city had WiFi coverage, I could spend all kinds of time outdoors or at cafes with the laptop, cranking away. Even a roving web cam. For that matter, if I was going to be home a lot, rather than constantly travelling, I'd get one of the low bandwidth DSL lines at home. That would be so much nicer than this sometimes worthless dialup.

Ah, I learned something about the laptop. If it gets too hot, it just instantly turns off. I really need one of those breakfast in bed trays for this thing, and a USB mouse, too. Meanwhile, neither the camera, nor the memory I ordered have turned up. It's been more than long enough for both of them, so I'm beginning to wonder. They would have come in quite handy last night, though I caught some great moments with Jeremy's camera.

I've been thinking a bit of different things I could do here when my contract is finished - some really solid ideas, but just thoughts for now. I've also been trying to figure out how I can work around this winter problem in the long term - ie, not be here when it's freezing. I dunno...

Aaanyway, not much else to say. I'm seriously pooped, and after I gorge at brunch, it seems likely I'll head back for a nap...