I had a little bit of lunchtime fun last week and filmed a few Instagram story posts about how I feel about fall. The highlight is here, and here is a shot of me trying to make sure I’d be…
Friday 5: Gripe session
It’s Friday! I was off yesterday and today to burn the last vacation hours of TNP’s fiscal year. Mind you, I still have about 65 hours left, but I couldn’t carry more than 70 hours into fiscal year 21-22. A…
What I’m Watching: September 21
For six years, writer Demi Adejuyigbe has created strange little videos inspired by Earth, Wind, & Fire’s September and posted them on September 21. They were little spots of joy in what has been a decidedly non-joyful time in history….
studying for the CAE Exam
I mentioned a few times that I’m sitting for the CAE exam in December. CAE is short for Certified Association Executive and to achieve this credential, you need to take — and pass — a 200 question exam within a…
Friday 5: Ax + By = C
What the hell is this formula? A line? I think it’s a line, although I thought line was y = mx +b and m is the slope and b is the … intersection? But this might be new math. And…
Show Us Your Books: September 2021
Do you remember?The second Tuesday of September?Don’t even need to be a member!To show us your books todayyyyyyyyy! BAAAAAADEEEEYAAAA! The plotlines we dismember!BAAAAAADEEEEYAAAA! Reading always sparks an ember!BAAAAAADEEEEEYAAA! We’re blogging about books todaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! It was only a three-book month for…
Friday 5: Wolf!
Happy Friday! The most difficult part of the Big!Work!Upgrade! happened today and I am beat. It went really well in my opinion. Very few bugs and faster performance. I give it 2 weeks until I am free of it and…
I had a birthday!
On Sunday, I completed another trip around the sun. Hooray for me and everyone else who shared the day. I have complicated feelings about my birthday, because 1) the first week of September is terrible and 2) how I’d like…
Friday 5: The Week that Was
Yeah yeah it’s Saturday, I’m trying to get back onto some sort of schedule but this week work kicked my butt and the last thing I wanted to do when I was finished work and studying for the CAE yesterday…
August 2021 Extras
Here are some thoughts and photos from August that were a little thin for their own posts. New hair, new glasses. I’ll get a kickier pair from Zenni as my backup, and find a Lion’s Club bin for my older…
More about Ollie
I feel the need to keep writing about Ollie to record and remember what an amazing dog he was. When we first got Ollie, we lived in the Dee-Luxe apartment in the sky which was on the 8th floor. WM…
Friday 5: Itemized
Today was my last summer Friday (keen, wail) and I spent it at the beach. This’ll be my last trip there for the season, but I might try to get there in September. That all depends on work. This is…
