Last week was my scheduled appointment to make sure that my car wasn't repaired using stolen parts.  After driving an hour to the designated location, I entered the building through one of the unmarked doors (the one with footprints in the snow) and into a small room with a few chairs and some Rolling Stone and Men's Health magazines sitting on a ( Read more... )

One of the quirks of the museum where I work is that my office is near one of the chicken coops, so I have a gang of 3 chickens who often loiter outside my window.  They haven't been thrilled with the snow and series of freezing rainstorms, and usually come outside only briefly before retreating back to their heat lamp.  But this week, after our ( Read more... )

At Easter Mass with my mom, who came to visit for a week ( Read more... )

We are officially snowed in - I can't even see my car anymore. It looks more like it's raining than snowing. No leaving the house for awhile, except to try to dig out a little more. We did clear out a few spaces late this morning, but you can't tell. The guy who's supposed to plow our driveway has not been through yet, and all we have are a ( Read more... )

Classes are canceled today due to snow. I can't really tell how much snow we've gotten because it's blowing around, but the snow and wind are supposed to continue through tomorrow morning. I looked at the radar and the entire state of NY is covered in white - that's a lot of snow. Luckily I'm not in the part of the state that got 10 feet of snow ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got somewhere around 6-8 inches cut off my hair - which means that it's now just below my chin and layered. I had forgotten how used to a certain hair length you get. Yesterday was reaching back to pull out my hair from my jacket (which is now unnecessary), trying to brush my hair with the same force (that just jerked my head around ( Read more... )

I stopped at the gas station this afternoon to fill up. While thinking about how gas cheaper than $2.50 a gallon has become a novelty, I then realized that this was the first time I'd had to get gas in October. One of the perks of living in such a small town. And having no occasion to drive anywhere else.

And now back to work.

My parents called about an hour ago, on their way home from a wedding. Someone I've known since preschool, but haven't talked to in years (our moms are friends). Sounds like they saw several people I haven't seen since high school. It's fun to hear about people like that every once in awhile, find out what they're up to these days. Lots of ( Read more... )

Virtual Bubble Wrap

• The wedding last weekend was fantastic - I got to see lots of people and I had a great time with all the wedding activities, including bowling and the Chicken Dance
• Also got to spend time with my family while I was home, good to see the grandparents and catch up with my parents and sister
• Way too many projects this semester to think ( Read more... )