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…
Everyday I’m bumblin’
Our garden this year is not without its failings, but at least the bees had a place to congregate. I’m trying to be more welcoming to bees this year and these chunky buzzers made it easier.
