I ended up being too lazy to make a shark costume for myself this weekend, so I went as a ballerina instead. I’ll be creative next year, I promise. Then after a morning of church and a shift in the nursery, last night was my turn to dress up as a homeowner with candy while…
Halloween Costumes
The whole issue of Halloween costumes is kind of frustrating once you get past age 10. The options for women can really be boiled down to sexy, scary, funny, or some combo of the above. If I tried to go in the sexy direction, I’m pretty sure I would end up hiding in the corner…
Death by Database, Revival by Commute
I’ve been struggling with this one stupid database all day. All. Day. The good thing about having a new job in which you have very little background is that there’s always an exciting challenge around the corner. Life is certainly not dull, and you feel a real sense of accomplishment at the end of every…
Moving In
As the years have progressed, I’ve developed a bit of a nesting habit. At first, it only came out during my summers as a camp counselor. The camp I worked for traveled to different locations every week to maximize the people we could share camp with and to make life a little simpler for parents. …
Retreat
I always think of soldiers (usually Civil War era) running away from a battle field in total panic when I hear the word “retreat.” Maybe that’s why it takes me a while to get pumped up about going on church retreats. Tell me that it’s a weekend of camp, and my first thoughts involve woods…
Computers, Day One
The longest day known to man (or to Hannah) is finished… the work part of it anyway. I’m hoping good things for the last few hours of the day. Before those hours happen, I’ll regale you with tales of the first pesky 14 hours. I woke up almost when my alarm clock went off (20…
Shock!
Things have taken an interesting turn at work. Let’s just say that this morning I was a reference librarian with some computer knowledge, and around noon I was offered a job in my current library system that will put me in charge of lots of computerish things. That makes me laugh, because the best way…
Small, but valuable. 