Ugh. Now I remember why I don't go out much. I had to grab some last-minute Christmas gifts at the Tucson Mall yesterday (in order to keep from having to try to get it done between afternoon church and our evening Christmas program today). It was a good move, but wow, I had forgotten just how distressing a large number of oblivious people in ( Read more... )

Oddly enough, showering with rainwater and road sludge isn't very effective. Hee hee. So yeah, I got drenched riding home Friday night. It's kinda fun, though, when I know I'm going to get drenched and, therefore, don't care. My bag, helmet, gloves, ear muff thingy, shoes, socks, and pants took forever to dry out, though (the shoes are finally ( Read more... )

Just got back from a three-day astronomy camp for Girl Scout leaders. It ended up being a lot more fun than I anticipated! We did several activities and demonstrations, some star-gazing with different types of telescopes (and this one thing that figures out where it is on the earth and what time it is, and when we point it at an object in the sky ( Read more... )