Hard to believe my first Pennsic was only two weeks ago.  It seems like ages, even though not everything is unpacked ( Read more... )

I have one of those little black stormclouds hanging over my head like you see in cartoons.  It's not raining yet, but it is making me very anxious, like when you're about to go on stage and your costume just developed a small rip that you don't have time to repair:  you'll probably make it through the performance and everything will be okay, but ( Read more... )

Two unstructured weekends in a row.  Wow! That never happens.  It allowed me to get past some of the hurdles that required long blocks of time and/or space ( Read more... )

(Written after St. Patrick's Day.)
In many ways, the weekend began on Wednesday, March 10th, which was my husband’s best friend’s birthday.  The house was relatively clean because we thought we were going to have to emergency-host a whisky gathering on Sunday.  Phillip had finally convinced the president of the group that his work schedule would ( Read more... )

(Really written Apr. 5th and posted out of order ( Read more... )

I didn't make any resolutions last year.  I think I did a pretty good job of keeping them.  It was my first year as a married person and a professional engineer, so in all aspects of my life I had to be better-behaved than ever before.  I did more running than I had since rugby.  I utilized gyms when they were available...sometimes even with other ( Read more... )

I haven't forgotten LiveJournal.  In many ways, I still prefer it to Facebook.  If everyone on Facebook would take the initiative to hide all their irrelevant posts from the newsfeed (and if I could find a way to automatically block anything that had to do with a war, farm, or aquarium), then maybe I could keep up.  I don't really try to keep up, ( Read more... )

On Thursday morning, I took and passed the LEED exam. I am so very relieved.  I should have studied more, but you know what they call the person who graduates med school with the lowest grades?  Doctor.  So, now I can put more initials after my name if I want ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago, Phillip and I did a long weekend at Massanutten.  It was one of those $99 all-inclusive trips as long as you agree to take a "tour" of the facilities. (Read: high-pressure sales pitch to buy a time share.)  I learned that high-pressure sales people aren't used to high-pressure potential customers.  The dude finally gave up on us ( Read more... )

St. Pyr's Feast was a great little event and the anniversary of when (and where) I met my husband.  We should have gotten there earlier--especially given that we decided not to go to the St. Patrick's Day parade--but it was raining, so I was completely unmotivated.  The extra time in bed was not wasted ( Read more... )