I have officialy witnessed my first birth!  I was in the labor support team for one of the women in my coven.  She was in labor two weekends in a row, and then her water broke at 2am Wednesday, and the baby boy was born at 4:34am on Wednesday, September 16!  He was 9 pounds, 8 oz and 22in long.  We had trouble getting him to breathe at first, but ( Read more... )

So...work still sucks, but it's endurable.  I actually am enjoying the work itself more, I just can't stand all the bureaucratic nonsense.  In the meantime, I sent out some more resumes and cover letters last week, heard back from a few places but haven't set up any more interviews yet.  There are some places in New Mexico and on the East Coast ( Read more... )

So, it's been a week since I've written, and since then I've been to the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace (the band played music from the Pirates of the Caribbean), flown home, unpacked, gone to work, packed, and flown to Seattle.

My interview was yesterday for the Massage Envy in Bellevue, and I think it went well.  I haven't heard from ( Read more... )

Yesterday I spent being very tourist-y.  I went to the Tower of London in the morning, which was actually quite fun.  I decided to take the Yeoman (aka Beefeater) tour, which was entertaining.  Man, these English are great performers!  Anyway, enjoyed seeing Traitor's Gate and the White Tower, which displayed a bunch of Henry VIII's armor.  Then of ( Read more... )

I successfully found my bus tour and got there on time and everything, so that was all good.  We drove to Bath, which was much cooler than I expected.  The architecture is lovely, and the Bath Abbey is really amazing.  I *definately* didn't have enough time here, only an hour and a half, which was enough to tour the baths and grab some lunch (to ( Read more... )

I breakfasted at the National Gallery this time, and enjoyed many fabulous paintings, including a Russeau (who I wasn't able to see while in Chicago, so it made me very happy!).  Went on to Westminster Abbey, which was even cooler than I expected.  I'm glad I was advised to use the audio tour, because it was just fun to go about Westminster Abbey ( Read more... )

This morning I breakfasted in the beautiful courtyard of the Victoria and Albert museum.  I then took a tour of the museum, while befriending a woman from Pakistan, who walked around several galleries with me.  Yay for making new friends!  The Victoria & Albert museum is amazing, and I could have easily have spent all day in there.  I particularly ( Read more... )

My last morning in Reykjavik was lovely; Elin and I went to the Blue Lagoon on the way to the airport.  I hadn't realized this before, but it's acutally a lagoon created from the 'waste' of the geothermal power plant; so they have created a type of fuel whose only waste is a health spa.  Can't go wrong there!  We swam about in the hot spring and ( Read more... )

Also, if you are so inclined, send prayers or good thoughts.  My ´brother´s´grandfather´s funeral is today.

Elin and I had a very full day yesterday.  We bundled the boys in the car (well, Daniel and Elin bundled the boys in the car, I mostly tried to stay out of the way) and we went to a friend´s birthday party.  It was great to meet Elin´s friends who I´ve heard so much about!  Plus, good food, good conversation, good coffee.  We dropped Daniel and the ( Read more... )