i had a nice long post here about what's going on in my life, zoe, keeping house, adjusting to life outside the paid workforce, etc. then LJ ate it because i had a broken html tag in it. the restore from draft thing is no better, more than half the post is simply not there ( Read more... )

right. i have not posted in 1000 years and i suck. i have not read in 950 years, either. work was insane toward the end of the year, and now, well, now i'm a mom. :) it keeps me busier than i ever imagined. i'm exhausted and the baby is stirring toward wanting to eat again, so i'm going to make this quick. with my apologies to vastlymore because i ( Read more... )

hey, gang...

i have been intensely busy for the past few weeks. there was vacation in austin (we visited every swimming hole in town and a few that were out of town!) and work in covina, ca (hi, lvmybehrs!) and then regaining traction here after being away ( Read more... )

After some utterly uninteresting paper-wrangling related to a staffing change at our agency, I am pleased to report that we are now On The List! We can be presented to folks who want to make adoption plans, and they can request a meeting or more information. So, holy crap! I'm excited, and nervous. Also, this part is hard because we just have to ( Read more... )

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for those of you who are mutual friends, you know that kristenred had surgery this week. she got home tonight, but is still not up to anything other than watching her tivo. in a wicked twist of fate, her painkillers make her nauseous when she tries to focus on reading or writing. i almost accused her of laying herself out like this so she could get ahead ( Read more... )

so... i'm trying to delay going to a lab for a blood test right now. i'm a very, very skilled professional procrastinator. accordingly, i dug up a youtube video that i've been trying to find for a very long time. this is specifically for madknits whom i adore, and whenever he talks about knitting, this song comes to mind. a little backstory... this is ( Read more... )

i'm teaching again this week and it's a completely different world from last week. i have two smart, tech-savvy students who are familiar with other software of this type and have been using it hands-on in recent times. they both have good headsets for the online communication, proper computer mouse/monitor setups for the type of work, and are ( Read more... )