# So, what did you do with your bad old self this week? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898 "2003-10-17T00:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/1 "2003-10-17T00:27:43Z")
Me…not much. Took the week off from work, enjoyed the wonderful fall weather here in Cola. SC and finished several books. You? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/2 "2003-10-17T00:58:10Z")
Been slogging through my mind-numbing job as usual, but next week I’m on vacation. Nine days of unadulterated fun, fun, fun. Well, maybe sleeping late. Gotta’ clean up the garden. Bake all the holiday fruitcakes Thinking about renting a car for a few days, and just driving the backroads, are there any left? Don’t care what the weather is. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/3 "2003-10-17T01:04:21Z")
I spent the first part of the week at a conference. I returned to my office today to slog through the work that piled up while I was gone. Fun, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/4 "2003-10-17T01:20:02Z")
I went hunting yesterday (didn’t see anything, I’m a terrible hunter). But I got to sit outside in the woods and practice holding still. I can sit for up to 20 minutes just breathing and moving my eyes now. It’s cool watching the shadows change. I don’t see many mammals, but I see lots of neat bugs – praying mantises, big fuzzy caterpilars, spiders and various kinds of grasshoppers. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/5 "2003-10-17T01:22:46Z")
Went to school, came home, worked on some of the things I’m writing, worked on my drawing. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/6 "2003-10-17T02:06:33Z")
I brought my son home from the hospital Sunday and have spent the week getting to know him and trying to not make my 2 year old too jealous! ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/7 "2003-10-17T03:03:08Z")
Got a 74 on one midterm, and then 100 on another! And it’s the same professor, so I’m glad I made a good impression with that second grade. Go me. Yes, go me. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/8 "2003-10-17T03:17:48Z")
class and work. The story of my life 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/9 "2003-10-17T04:33:01Z")
Finally got the Home Depot to shut the hell up for a change (see Pit thread if you want; too lazy to link to it); battled a sore throat and post nasal drip; found out that prescription decongestant is full of stimulants and so lost more sleep; feeling better now. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-your-bad-old-self-this-week/207898/10 "2003-10-17T04:39:34Z")
Been putting away all the Chaptered Bills that Gray Davis is signing before he’s actually booted out the door. I work at the Legislative Bill Room Annex in Sacramento and we’ve got about 400 bills in the last two days and only two of us there right now to put them away. They are laying off tooooooonnnnss of people. I am out the door in December.