I am inexplicably in a fantastic mood as the day goes on today. Having time off is soooooooooo needed. And maybe venting really helped.

I am so done with the holidays. Can normal life resume please?

Jason got the results back from a biopsy, and the verdict is in: cancer. Chemo starts next week.

It seems like everyone is sick.

I'm having a tough time now that classes have started back up. It's kind of ironic -- Jason's problem is so much more severe but he feels physically just fine, while my problem is more manageable yet I am practically ( Read more... )

Women's trampoline is AWESOME! I can't believe how high they can jump in the air!!! The diving last night was amazing, too.

Had three really good health days. So encouraging!!! Today ended the streak but I can coast a little while on the fumes of good memories.

Went to a blues festival at a park nearby with a bunch of friends old and new. ( Read more... )

Very uneventful weekend. Work yesterday was CRAZY, as it was the last day of the Summer Reading Club and Cheryl had called every single kid on the roster to let them know. It was kind of fun actually. Busy and I routinely checked the web site to see who the Top Readers were -- it kept changing over the course of the day as kids brought in their ( Read more... )

Tired. tired. tired. tired. tired. now. during the day. when i first wake up. and yet....

CAN'T SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!

aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

6 days at a cabin in Lake George in upstate New York. 5 days of pouring-down rain. Long travel day since we stopped in Manhattan to drop off Lauren's dog and have lunch with her in the Lower East Side to celebrate her triumphant return to the U.S. It was really good seeing Lauren. She looks so vibrant and healthy. It was a blast hanging out in ( Read more... )

Is it a really bad idea to eat a piece of meatloaf that sat in my 95-degree car last night for 3 hours???

Well in less than an hour, I will tell you!!

Lauren called: she has landed in New York! After 2 days of traveling from Maputo to J-burg (as she calls it) to Dakar to Atlanta.... And to think I am stressed out with just a 9-hour car ride ( Read more... )

"Today Elissa and I went out on the NCR trail for a 15 mile ride. I narrowly avoided getting beaned by a giant branch that fell from 40 feet up to the trail, just about seven seconds before my bike and I would have been directly underneath it. Fortunately fate was on my side, and after the shock of it wore off we moved the huge limb out of the path ( Read more... )

I REALLY like barbecues!!!

This afternoon I went to Michael the librarian's house in Hampden to celebrate his 31st year of existence. Colleagues from 5 other branches were present, and yes I totally geeked out with comments such as, "Do you ever have that problem placing a hold in the computer system when....?" (headshaking time). Michael and ( Read more... )