For those of you who are on LJ, I apologize for the long silence, but I was locked out of my account and support was taking their time finding a workable solution. I finally was able to get back in and change my password a week ago, so here I am again. Feel free to wander over to my DW account (same username) if you want to see the handful of ( Read more... )

Man, the last 2 days have been a real rollercoaster ( Read more... )

MiniPlu, who is terrified of needles, has nonetheless debated donating blood, because she knows (from me) that it's important and the price in discomfort is pretty small in comparison to saving someone's life. Her high school did have a blood drive last month, but she didn't want to try it without me, so she waited and agreed to come along when I ( Read more... )

So, last week seemed especially crazy.

Tues: ( Freshman orientation, library work, dog shelter and other stuff )

It's been a full week.

Last Sat we got our Christmas tree, which we decorated on Sunday. Also ran a bunch of other errands that all took way longer than they should have. I then was at a school every single day, subbing MWF and my usual library gig TTh. Mon and Wed I was at the middle school and Fri at the elementary school.

( Monday was, ugh, a Monday. )

Ok, first, I really HAVE to share this awesome Princess Bride/Game of Thrones crossover video, which I first saw at coffee_n_cocoa's LJ:

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In other news - I am proud to say that the girls ran their first-ever 5K race on Sunday. ( Run, baby, run! )

[Cross-post seems to have failed; apologies if you get this twice ( Read more... )

Since I last posted MiniPlu kicked her cold and went back to school on Monday morning; Two ditched the crutches rather abruptly on Tuesday morning. I successfully donated blood on Wed morning. (Had meatloaf the night before; my iron was one point OVER the minimum this time - phew!) Had my first physical therapy session for my shoulder this ( Read more... )

There's something oddly humiliating about being rejected for blood donation. Twice. In a row ( Read more... )