Hi y'all! Today, I was a last minute sub for the MODIS Science Team Meeting, Gavin had a family emergency. It went pretty well considering I hadn't practiced at all!
I have a full week this week. It has already been super busy. Tomorrow is the STM, dentist appt, Melissa Ou's Birthday Dinner (Happy Birthday, Melissa!), and then hopefully, the gym, since I skipped today AND yesterday! Yikes! Thursday is dinner with Sonya, yoga, and then my folks will be home when I get back to help me with the house. We are working on the big upstairs bedroom. It is mostly the floor (hardwood - yay!), some framing and drywall (hate the joint cement part) and then paint! Mark Twain yellow! So excited! Oh yeah, and the new window will go in, too! Yay! The only thing is that my poor parents will be here without me, since it is the planned girl's weekend in Re-ho-both! So excited - I have been looking forward to this for months! I just did some grocery shopping for it today, love Trader Joe's!
Also, welcome back, Aimee! She has been on a VERY long science cruise all over the Antarctic, which has been so fun to read about! But even better to have her back!
That's it for tonight. ttfn
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
What a lovely day!
I am taking the day off today, and it is gorgeous out! Time for breakfast (lunar roll at 2 AM last night, so slept in!), take a walk, go to salon, dinner with the girls! My idea of heaven!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Anyone still here?
Hi! If you are reading this, it means either that you have me on RSS or that you have no life or are my mother (hi, Mom!).
I have been wanting to come back to the blog for a while now, but I don't want to make a big deal out if it in case I don't stick to it again. If you know me well enough to be reading this blog, you know that sometimes I am not so much with follow through (well, I am with critically important things, which is why I am sometimes bad at the other stuff).
Well, it has been so long, I am not sure where to start. How about with my day today? It was nuts! First of all, the government is threatening to shut down, and no one knows what will happen with work, etc. However, just a few minutes ago, apparently they have reached *another* temporary fix, this time just until Thursday. So we will get our lunar roll in next week at 2 AM (woot). Also this morning, I had a court date. Believe it or not, it was kinda fun! In November, I parked at my building in a spot that had previously been a handicapped spot, but wasn't anymore. Well, the markings were very faded but still kinda there. However, there was no upright sign in front of the spot marking it accessible. Well, I took pictures and printed out parts of the ADA, and sat through many people saying "Well, I don't know how fast I was going, but I wasn't going that fast, I don't think." (This is a lame defense - at least make up a number and stick with it.) So there I was, reading law out to the judge, bailiffs, clerk, and citing officer, and they were getting a heck of a kick out of me. Well, the judge wasn't sure if they were allowed to give a ticket if the spot wasn't marked with an upright sign like I was saying, so he just found me not guilty. Yay!
Then it was happy hour at Franklin's with a couple coworkers, one of whom is leaving for hopefully greener pastures. It was so fun! Those guys were really funny and I was being helped along with two "Hammers of the Gods". Don't ask. No, I don't usually drink at all, much less beer, but it was just one of those days.
So that was my day, more or less. I am currently in training for a 10.6 mile race in Big Sur, CA, with Clare, Chanda, and Eric. I am really excited, but also really nervous. I have been training really hard, maybe even more than for my half marathon last October. The races go so much better if I am well trained (duh!). I have missed or cut short some of my long runs, though, so that could be bad.
I joined the Bowie Southern Comforters Quilt Guild in November. I went on retreat with them in February and helped out with the big show a couple of weeks ago. Some of the quilts would take your breath away. If you ever have the chance to go to a show, you definitely should. I really believe they are works of art, even the traditionally pieced quilts. They are very beautiful and very calming.
Well, that is probably a pretty good start for my gentle foray back into blogging. I am really glad I just took the plunge and jumped back in. And if you are reading this in the future, that is good, because maybe it means that I have been consistently blogging, and you are just catching up!
EDIT: I just looked back and saw that on April 8, 2010, I wrote a post saying I am back! That is just weird! Now let's hope I get more than one more in before this time next year....
I have been wanting to come back to the blog for a while now, but I don't want to make a big deal out if it in case I don't stick to it again. If you know me well enough to be reading this blog, you know that sometimes I am not so much with follow through (well, I am with critically important things, which is why I am sometimes bad at the other stuff).
Well, it has been so long, I am not sure where to start. How about with my day today? It was nuts! First of all, the government is threatening to shut down, and no one knows what will happen with work, etc. However, just a few minutes ago, apparently they have reached *another* temporary fix, this time just until Thursday. So we will get our lunar roll in next week at 2 AM (woot). Also this morning, I had a court date. Believe it or not, it was kinda fun! In November, I parked at my building in a spot that had previously been a handicapped spot, but wasn't anymore. Well, the markings were very faded but still kinda there. However, there was no upright sign in front of the spot marking it accessible. Well, I took pictures and printed out parts of the ADA, and sat through many people saying "Well, I don't know how fast I was going, but I wasn't going that fast, I don't think." (This is a lame defense - at least make up a number and stick with it.) So there I was, reading law out to the judge, bailiffs, clerk, and citing officer, and they were getting a heck of a kick out of me. Well, the judge wasn't sure if they were allowed to give a ticket if the spot wasn't marked with an upright sign like I was saying, so he just found me not guilty. Yay!
Then it was happy hour at Franklin's with a couple coworkers, one of whom is leaving for hopefully greener pastures. It was so fun! Those guys were really funny and I was being helped along with two "Hammers of the Gods". Don't ask. No, I don't usually drink at all, much less beer, but it was just one of those days.
So that was my day, more or less. I am currently in training for a 10.6 mile race in Big Sur, CA, with Clare, Chanda, and Eric. I am really excited, but also really nervous. I have been training really hard, maybe even more than for my half marathon last October. The races go so much better if I am well trained (duh!). I have missed or cut short some of my long runs, though, so that could be bad.
I joined the Bowie Southern Comforters Quilt Guild in November. I went on retreat with them in February and helped out with the big show a couple of weeks ago. Some of the quilts would take your breath away. If you ever have the chance to go to a show, you definitely should. I really believe they are works of art, even the traditionally pieced quilts. They are very beautiful and very calming.
Well, that is probably a pretty good start for my gentle foray back into blogging. I am really glad I just took the plunge and jumped back in. And if you are reading this in the future, that is good, because maybe it means that I have been consistently blogging, and you are just catching up!
EDIT: I just looked back and saw that on April 8, 2010, I wrote a post saying I am back! That is just weird! Now let's hope I get more than one more in before this time next year....
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