Haircut day

Last week, temperatures dropped as low as 9 degrees in St.Louis. Today's high was in the 70s. After this miserably long winter, these warm breezes strike me as odd- I no longer trust the weather. It's sad that this spike of spring is tainted by my memory of an inch of solid ice covering every surface. But I'll get what I can take with this crappy climate. I wore a coat today by force of habit, although it was merely cool when I headed home from studio. The windows in our apartment are open tonight, to circulate the air. I hope the days of high gas bills are over.

Today, being Thursday, I have no classes, so it was a working day of trying to get stuff done. Not so much studio stuff got done, but I fared better on my personal list. My hair was getting a little long, and finding an hour can be such a challenge later in the semester, so I went out and got a haircut. A classmate had recommneded this place called Cutters&Co., so I decided to give it a shot. At fifteen bucks, its really not much more than a CostCutters or a SuperCuts haircut. I made an appointment an hour or so before I drove down. The shop is a bit hard to find- its in the basement of a very nice hotel- the Park Plaza hotel, a few miles east of school on the edge of the Central West End. They validate your parking, and for $15 (student rate) you get a coke or a beer, scalp massage, hot facial towel, shampoo and cut. A pretty sweet deal, even factoring in a tip. Apparently they get a lot of students from the universities as their clientelle is pretty much by word of mouth only.

Afterwards, I stopped by Straubs, a gourmet grocery store, and picked up some chocolate and a few boxes of tea before heading back to studio with the windows down.

Pobrecito

Saturday morning, I watched some of the thesis presentations given by the masters students, which was cool because we'd gotten to know many of them on the Buenos Aires trip. Saturday afternoon, I got a text inviting me to Four Peaks Brewery because Claudio and Sergio were planning on going. So Saori and Sal and I head over and we meet a bunch of masters students and we drink for a bit. Adam, Chris, and Jake also come but ran into a problem because Adam lost his wallet and his passport is currently in the system to have pages added. Anyway, after Four Peaks, we went to Trax near my apartment and drank a little more. More friends joined us and finally Saori and I left a little after midnight.

That night I slept very poorly since it was so hot in the room. My roommate and I are competing with the elements to see how long we can hold out without turning on the A/C. When I woke up drenched in sweat in the morning, I realized that the room wasn't that hot, but I was. I had a low grade fever, swollen tonsils, and ached all over. Must have had something in the works that the alcohol lowered my defenses enough for it to take over. Aspirin helps some. Sunday I spent the day at home, mostly watching dvds in bed. Saori has been taking care of me, picking up food and checking up on me. Today I'm working at home on our final presentation for sketching tonight. If I still feel this bad tomorrow, I'll make an appointment to go see a doctor.

In other news, I got a haircut. It turned out a lot shorter than I was expecting.