It's gray, threatening-to-rain weather, which wouldn't bother me if they weren't stripping our roof today. The landlord was supposed to give us a week's notice before re-roofing and we got two days, and N would really like to yell at her but so far hasn't. We're looking at major organizational shifts in my workplace, which are going to be the ( Read more... )

Today, my little seedlings arrived in the mail, slightly wilted from travel, but they perked up very happily once I watered them, and after I tucked them into their new and roomy pots, they seem to be getting along fine ( Read more... )

The Players:

• The Librarian, a helpful, knowledgeable sort
• The Student, searching for an article, polite and appreciative

The Setting:
The reference desk, floating like a slightly-too-imposing island in the middle of the first floor library stacks, and the printers, about which the less said the better.

Act I:

The Student approaches the reference ( Read more... )

I am employed, and in the current economy, I am very grateful. However, deciding to be a librarian also means that I've pretty much decided I'll never be a millionaire. A few years ago, this seemed vaguely romantic, but just now, as I'm looking for a new place to rent and trying to stifle house envy, I understand why my father was disappointed ( Read more... )

It's been coming on for a while. I cried when I read Terry Pratchett's Nation, I cried when I saw Susan Boyle singing "I dreamed a dream," and I've spent the last few days in a blue funk that has been getting bluer and bluer, until today. Today is saturated with blue, is cobalt, indigo. I know enough to know that tomorrow this will ease, that the ( Read more... )

My library unit has instituted a new "no strong smells in the workplace" policy designed to make the workplace more friendly for people who don't like strong smells. It's a good policy, on the whole. I want to support it.

But I am addicted to the Body Shop's Satsuma Body Butter. It makes me smell like a giant orange, which makes me smile ( Read more... )

I have seven sweet pea sprouts in my pot as of 11:30 am, Pacific Time ( Read more... )

Came home from a walk at the arboretum to find a missive from our landlord saying that our rent won't be reduced. The letter also noted that according to her real estate experts she could be charging much more per month than she is. I think her experts are out of touch with the current economy and also with how water damage affects property value ( Read more... )

Last night we watched Rachel Getting Married, which we rented because I really wanted to see it ( Read more... )

So this was a surprise -


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