Although it's already been mentioned on Facebook, it occurred to me that I never posted on LJ about buying a house last week.  It's an end-unit townhouse in Columbia, with three bedrooms (smallish ones) and nicely redone kitchen and bathrooms.  Even a full bathroom in the basement, which will be nice when we have people over, or even if we're both ( Read more... )

Yesterday I made very good use of my sick day, and played through the entirety of Force Unleashed on Wii.  The story was probably the best addition to the overall Star Wars story that I've seen in a game.  The gameplay was a little easy through most of it, but the boss battles generally required more skill.  The controls were fun, since all I had ( Read more... )

It's really strange to be at work while my students are here, but to not be in the classroom with them.  The county gave me a sub today so I could use the day working on testing portfolios, only I don't have any students who are testing.  So I asked the other teachers on my team what I could do for them.  One of them told me I could print up a 19 ( Read more... )

 Last night's dinner ( Read more... )

Since we're pretty securely into winter now, I thought it'd be a good time to look back at my goals for the fall and see how they turned out. So.......

1. See more of friends who I didn't see a lot in the last year.  Saw a lot of my friends, though still not as much as I'd like.  It's a gradual process.

2. Use new camping equipment at least once ( Read more... )

I really enjoyed my first trip to Vegas a few days ago. My thoughts on the experience ( Read more... )

It just occurred to me that last year on the day before Thanksgiving, I was working from my balcony in shorts and a t-shirt. Not today.

Trying to keep my productivity up for a few more hours at work, then heading home to pack for Vegas ( Read more... )

People keep asking me how it feels to be 30 ( Read more... )

I think this might have been the best birthday weekend I can remember ( Read more... )