I knew having a baby would change my life. I guess I never really thought about how life would change BEFORE I had the baby. I mean, I knew about morning sickness and I figured I'd need new clothes ( Read more... )

It's like a Terri grenade, every few months ( Read more... )

I miss my friends. I never have time for LJ but I'm at my wits' end because I miss my friends. Life is changing so quickly and I barely have time to keep up with work and sleep ( Read more... )

I am the International Space Station (ISS) Operations Safety Lead for the upcoming shuttle flight, known as STS-117/ISS-13A. This has been consuming my life since August 2006 ( Read more... )

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... it's fixed!

Just before STS-121/ULF-1.1 launched in July, NPR ran a story on Wayne Hale that touched my heart. It's so good to know that someone so high up is not yet jaded, and still inspired by the amazing challenge of American spaceflight ( Read more... )

related to getting into a bit of a scrape at work, i was advised to vent elsewhere. so i might post more. i don't think i'll expect responses much - you all have your own lives - but maybe an outlet here will help me not vent inappropriately and bring down the morale of the team.

because, you know me, i'm a morale killer.

by tomorrow i will have rebounded and it will be like none of this ever happened.

A lot of people know that J and I have been big Coldplay fans for a long time. A while ago they came out with a new album called X's and Y's, and I fell in love with it immediately. Every single song of theirs is just so good ( Read more... )