Crazy productive today. Now off for the rest of the week to a wedding in OH. Looking forward to some time away from work before the semester gets back into swing.

Wondering if the trojan condoms company picked their name for irony? Like a trojan horse you let it in thinking its safe and it secretly has stowaways out to get you....

This random thought brought to you by 5hrs of sleep

Over the past week Ive been going back to LJ posts from 6 - 8yrs ago, and have found it a great way to remember where I was, who I was. Its been weird, and good. So, im going to get back into it. Mostly for me, and as an update for those that still actually read this (let me know if you're still out there, im curious who is ( Read more... )

"This is me saving your ass." I could say that to 2 of the directors (one of them my boss), because they totally let a planning part of an alumni event, slated to happen tomorrow night, fall through the cracks: Food. Apparently each director thought the other one had it handled. Can you imagine all of these alums showing up and us showing our love ( Read more... )

I was doing a presentation today for parents and new students when the dean of the college (my bosses boss) walked in and sat down in the back! I managed to not sound like a moron or show that I was nervous as hell. Yay for not screwing up! It helped that I was co-presenting so there was some awesome teamwork going on there too.

I ran a mini workshop this morning that turned out to be a lot of fun and have really cool students. It was a treasure hunt (I love treasure hunts) for incoming freshman to get to know campus. This was for students who were under represented in college and/or first generation. While they were running around campus like mad, I talked to the director ( Read more... )

After 6 years of absence, a dentist was recommended to me in the area that was gentle and didnt do unnecessary work. Still, I was nervous that they would take a look at my mouth and gasp in shock at all of the cavities. Luckily, I went, they were super nice (the hygienist and I spent 15min talking about the uniqueness of being from MI, where she ( Read more... )

So I love working outdoors and educating others about environmental conservation...maybe when I grow up (ie finish this dang masters) i'll work for an environmental nonprofit! Id get to play in the dirt AND use my degree....Food for thought.

The visit from my mom was great. We laughed uproariously, tried new restaurants, went to a local fair and finally a botanical garden. Oh and watched Up, which was a lil heartbreaking but mostly HILARIOUS ( Read more... )

So this weekend was fabulous. Got the last few boxes of stuff unpacked finally, straightened things a bit (dont want it looking like a sty, esp. with my mom coming to visit this weekend!), started staining the lumber I bought to make a bed canopy and then just chilled the f*&% out. It was this last part that has been lacking for a while and was so ( Read more... )