Well, it turns out that Chuck (my brother) is fine. Nothing wrong with his heart. So, he's been put on cholesterol medicine to lower it. Yeah, that could do it when coupled with stress. But at least we know.
As for my car debacle. . .turns out that someone on one of the next streets had his car spray painted too. The paint is the same but what was on his was totally different from mine. So. . .the only real connection is the paint because I don't know my "neighbor" and there doesn't appear to be any other connection. Still, the detective is professional enough to pursue the student angle if I want him to. Michael says yes but I dunno. I mean, it could be someone covering their butts or they vandal(s) made a mistake at first. . .too many variables. (sigh) Michael had said Sunday night that it looked like the spray can had run out of paint so I suspect the other guy got hit first but I don't know that.
Anyway, the rest of the week has been quiet. Well, except for my hyper bunny mode. Two days of massive energy rush. Of course, Michael has benefited from that so I guess it's all good. lol Gotta get some work done though. I just realized that not much has been accomplished this week. Where did it go? Then again, it was thrown off by the holiday and stuff so. . .guess I should have expected it. Will let you know if anything else exciting pops up. Hugs
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Well, Last Night Was Interesting. . .
And no, not in the way any of you perverts were thinking. Sheesh
Seriously though. . .Michael, Jonathan and I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie (it was pretty decent). Jon had to work at the store so we met up afterwards. Well, Michael and I'd had a late lunch so we were hungry after the movie and stopped at Waffle House. The evening was going well until we pulled into our driveway about midnight. As Michael's headlights hit the back of my car we both noticed something odd and shiny. As we got closer, we realized that someone had vandalized my car.
Yup, someone decided that spray painting my car last night was a fun recreation. Across the back part of my trunk and passenger light and around the side was a bronze graffiti: BITCH. The passenger side also had streaks of paint across it. Looks like whoever did it focused on the word and ran out.
"Who?" You are asking yourselves. Good question. No idea. Well, not specifically but considering I just turned in my spring semester grades on the 11th and I had a few unhappy students (as usual). . .that is our best guess.
Yes, we called the police and I reported the incident. They took pictures but we'll see if anything comes of it. Michael actually managed to get the paint off without doing more than scratching the plastic over my lights. Go me and not forking out money like I used to to wash the car more regularly during pollen season because that and the fact that it was humid kept the paint from settling in. Oh, and go Easy Off oven cleaner!! Took Michael two hours to get it off but he was determined not to let it set in. (sigh) Stupid people. I'm annoyed and hurt by it more than angry. I won't speculate on here but will let you know if anything further comes of it.
So, a good weekend ended on an annoying note. But it picked up today because we had lunch with my friends, Ruthann and Roy, who are both in town. That was great cause they finally got to meet Michael. So, that made it better. Now I'll just chill a bit and relax. You can always email me with questions about the incident if you want to know what I'm thinking. But eventually it will pop up on here. Hugs.
Seriously though. . .Michael, Jonathan and I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie (it was pretty decent). Jon had to work at the store so we met up afterwards. Well, Michael and I'd had a late lunch so we were hungry after the movie and stopped at Waffle House. The evening was going well until we pulled into our driveway about midnight. As Michael's headlights hit the back of my car we both noticed something odd and shiny. As we got closer, we realized that someone had vandalized my car.
Yup, someone decided that spray painting my car last night was a fun recreation. Across the back part of my trunk and passenger light and around the side was a bronze graffiti: BITCH. The passenger side also had streaks of paint across it. Looks like whoever did it focused on the word and ran out.
"Who?" You are asking yourselves. Good question. No idea. Well, not specifically but considering I just turned in my spring semester grades on the 11th and I had a few unhappy students (as usual). . .that is our best guess.
Yes, we called the police and I reported the incident. They took pictures but we'll see if anything comes of it. Michael actually managed to get the paint off without doing more than scratching the plastic over my lights. Go me and not forking out money like I used to to wash the car more regularly during pollen season because that and the fact that it was humid kept the paint from settling in. Oh, and go Easy Off oven cleaner!! Took Michael two hours to get it off but he was determined not to let it set in. (sigh) Stupid people. I'm annoyed and hurt by it more than angry. I won't speculate on here but will let you know if anything further comes of it.
So, a good weekend ended on an annoying note. But it picked up today because we had lunch with my friends, Ruthann and Roy, who are both in town. That was great cause they finally got to meet Michael. So, that made it better. Now I'll just chill a bit and relax. You can always email me with questions about the incident if you want to know what I'm thinking. But eventually it will pop up on here. Hugs.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Verrrry Interesting
According to the Washington Post, Barnes and Noble is looking to bid on Borders. I read this on AOL a little while ago. I also read the comments that were posted about it. I wanted to post too but it wouldn't go through. Here's what I wanted to say:
Borders is currently the only major bookseller that still has small in-mall stores: Waldenbooks. Barnes and Noble got rid of most, if not all, of theirs years ago. So, what happens to that brand if B&N takes over? Either way it doesn't matter because no one seems to care whether Waldenbooks succeeds (which it could do if given the right kind of support).. I like both chains but they tend to use up and squash the little guys. I will buy from amazon when I need something hard to get or out of print. They are a great resources and it would be interesting to see them buy Borders (with whom they were online partners until this year). As for Walmart. . .yeah, they are cheaper on bestsellers but they don't have a very good variety of books in general. I refuse to buy books from them for various reasons. Support the bookstores!
No one on there seemed to realize that Borders owns Waldenbooks. That's not really a surprise since Borders doesn't advertise it. I do agree with several of the responses that they are basically the same anyway (B&N and Borders) in concept with the big stores. I prefer Borders but that's only because I've had better luck with getting help at various ones than at B&N. And the B&Ns tend to be very dark inside. Still I did have a card there once until I started working for the competition. lol And now, well, can't buy much until after the wedding. And then I'll probably go back to what I did pre-bookseller career and buy from various places depending upon the book and how quickly I want it.
Still, I found the article interesting and can't wait to see what happens from it.
Borders is currently the only major bookseller that still has small in-mall stores: Waldenbooks. Barnes and Noble got rid of most, if not all, of theirs years ago. So, what happens to that brand if B&N takes over? Either way it doesn't matter because no one seems to care whether Waldenbooks succeeds (which it could do if given the right kind of support).. I like both chains but they tend to use up and squash the little guys. I will buy from amazon when I need something hard to get or out of print. They are a great resources and it would be interesting to see them buy Borders (with whom they were online partners until this year). As for Walmart. . .yeah, they are cheaper on bestsellers but they don't have a very good variety of books in general. I refuse to buy books from them for various reasons. Support the bookstores!
No one on there seemed to realize that Borders owns Waldenbooks. That's not really a surprise since Borders doesn't advertise it. I do agree with several of the responses that they are basically the same anyway (B&N and Borders) in concept with the big stores. I prefer Borders but that's only because I've had better luck with getting help at various ones than at B&N. And the B&Ns tend to be very dark inside. Still I did have a card there once until I started working for the competition. lol And now, well, can't buy much until after the wedding. And then I'll probably go back to what I did pre-bookseller career and buy from various places depending upon the book and how quickly I want it.
Still, I found the article interesting and can't wait to see what happens from it.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Go Kyle!!
Yay!! Kyle (northern) finally got his psychology degree. I am so proud of you (I know he reads the blog but I wanted everyone to know too)! Doing a big happy dance right now. Won't talk about how long it's taken (wink) but that step is over. Dude, wish I could have been there. You look so tired in the photo but so awesome too:
I want to hear all about it so call me when you have time!
We will have lots to celebrate this year. My two youngest nieces are graduating from high school. Cynthia's is on the 30th. I'm not sure when Cheri's is. I so wish I could go to both but there just isn't any money to spare. But I am so proud of them too. They are college bound.
And Kyle? Well, he's grad school bound right?
Guess I better get my diss done before they all catch up to me! (wink) Love to all.
I want to hear all about it so call me when you have time!
We will have lots to celebrate this year. My two youngest nieces are graduating from high school. Cynthia's is on the 30th. I'm not sure when Cheri's is. I so wish I could go to both but there just isn't any money to spare. But I am so proud of them too. They are college bound.
And Kyle? Well, he's grad school bound right?
Guess I better get my diss done before they all catch up to me! (wink) Love to all.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Economy Rant
The following is a poli-business rant so don't read if you don't want to. lol
Ok, so, the government wonders why we are in a recession. They are sending most of us "stimulus checks" to try and help boost the economy. Um, maybe instead they should look at some corporations are doing business. I swear, the following three examples must have all had their higher ups train at the same "Management School For Dummies":
Corporation A: They were taken over about a year ago by a company that had no real clue what some of the products are. Instead of asking employees to explain their various jobs, etc, the new company just runs over everyone like a bull in a china shop. Cliché but accurate description. Now they are asking every employee to sign a ridiculous contract that basically gives them the right to control the employees' lives for two years after they leave the company (no matter what the circumstances cause the leave). Briefly: the contract states that employees are not allowed to get a job with any competitor and/or with a company that has any remote connection to any field that they are attached to. Example: an employee would not be able to go work for (even as a janitor) any software company because they sell software too. I kid you not. The former employee can only work for someone else where there may even be the slightest conflict of interest (in the eyes of Corporation A) if they get a waiver from Corporation A. If the former employee moves, etc, they must report that to Corporation A. Basically they cannot make any life decisions without Corporation A knowing about it for two years or they are subject to a breach of contract and retribution. If an employee does not sign the contract, they are fired. Of course, this has led them to firing so many people that the ones left who won't sign can't be let go until their replacements are trained. How's that for screwing yourself?
Corporation B: This company bought out a smaller one years ago so that they could use them as a means of paying for their larger branches until they were firmly entrenched. Once the larger ones became known and popular, the smaller ones were left to basically rot (degrade). For the past few years, the rules and stipulations that have been put on the smaller businesses have been such that they can't possibly meet the outrageous goals of the larger firm. So, the company finds that since the larger stores are now hurting in the economic slide and the smaller ones (which could have been a balancing asset) can no longer help because they have been clipped so much, they must put everything up for sale and hope for the best. In the meantime, they are seeking a way to save money. And how are they doing this? Well, the latest is the following: 1) no new hires for stores until June (which leaves one local store with only 5 employees), 2) training mangaers are no longer allowed to travel, 3) district managers are not allowed to travel for at least five weeks (how they are supposed to help their stores who knows), 4) several VPs have been fired, and they will no longer offer holiday pay. This comes on top of insane sales plans coupled with low hour offerings. Store managers have been expected to take up the slack by working six 8-hour days a week. Everyone has seen the slide coming for some time. Oh, and the higher ups have hired an outside company to help them develop a plan that will help them save money. Yeah. Sure. Why not ask the more experienced employees? Oh, right, like with Corporation A, that would make sense.
Corporation C: Has jumped on the outsourcing bandwagon. All jobs will be outsourced to India. But that's not the kicker for its future former employees. The real punch in the gut comes in the form of being given the option of personally training their replacements or losing any benefits (on top of severance pay) that they had accrued with the company. It's almost as bad as being replaced by a robot because they can do the work longer and faster. Only, in this case, the employee is being replaced by someone who can be paid less than a third of their salary. Hey, great for the new guy, bad for the old.
And doesn't that all just sum it up? Companies expect their employees to be loyal but they refuse to show them the same consideration. I mean, yeah, this is business and the point is to make money. But that just perpetuates a cycle that is partially responsible for dragging down our economy. Either stupidity or greed is robbing us of our stability. It's only a part of the problem but it is a big one: companies are taking advantage of people because they know that folks will do what it takes to earn money to put food on the table. But that only means they are shooting themselves in the foot when the ripple affect hits and there's no one to buy, etc, what they have to offer. Good grief.
Ok, I'll stop and be back to "normal" tomorrow.
Ok, so, the government wonders why we are in a recession. They are sending most of us "stimulus checks" to try and help boost the economy. Um, maybe instead they should look at some corporations are doing business. I swear, the following three examples must have all had their higher ups train at the same "Management School For Dummies":
Corporation A: They were taken over about a year ago by a company that had no real clue what some of the products are. Instead of asking employees to explain their various jobs, etc, the new company just runs over everyone like a bull in a china shop. Cliché but accurate description. Now they are asking every employee to sign a ridiculous contract that basically gives them the right to control the employees' lives for two years after they leave the company (no matter what the circumstances cause the leave). Briefly: the contract states that employees are not allowed to get a job with any competitor and/or with a company that has any remote connection to any field that they are attached to. Example: an employee would not be able to go work for (even as a janitor) any software company because they sell software too. I kid you not. The former employee can only work for someone else where there may even be the slightest conflict of interest (in the eyes of Corporation A) if they get a waiver from Corporation A. If the former employee moves, etc, they must report that to Corporation A. Basically they cannot make any life decisions without Corporation A knowing about it for two years or they are subject to a breach of contract and retribution. If an employee does not sign the contract, they are fired. Of course, this has led them to firing so many people that the ones left who won't sign can't be let go until their replacements are trained. How's that for screwing yourself?
Corporation B: This company bought out a smaller one years ago so that they could use them as a means of paying for their larger branches until they were firmly entrenched. Once the larger ones became known and popular, the smaller ones were left to basically rot (degrade). For the past few years, the rules and stipulations that have been put on the smaller businesses have been such that they can't possibly meet the outrageous goals of the larger firm. So, the company finds that since the larger stores are now hurting in the economic slide and the smaller ones (which could have been a balancing asset) can no longer help because they have been clipped so much, they must put everything up for sale and hope for the best. In the meantime, they are seeking a way to save money. And how are they doing this? Well, the latest is the following: 1) no new hires for stores until June (which leaves one local store with only 5 employees), 2) training mangaers are no longer allowed to travel, 3) district managers are not allowed to travel for at least five weeks (how they are supposed to help their stores who knows), 4) several VPs have been fired, and they will no longer offer holiday pay. This comes on top of insane sales plans coupled with low hour offerings. Store managers have been expected to take up the slack by working six 8-hour days a week. Everyone has seen the slide coming for some time. Oh, and the higher ups have hired an outside company to help them develop a plan that will help them save money. Yeah. Sure. Why not ask the more experienced employees? Oh, right, like with Corporation A, that would make sense.
Corporation C: Has jumped on the outsourcing bandwagon. All jobs will be outsourced to India. But that's not the kicker for its future former employees. The real punch in the gut comes in the form of being given the option of personally training their replacements or losing any benefits (on top of severance pay) that they had accrued with the company. It's almost as bad as being replaced by a robot because they can do the work longer and faster. Only, in this case, the employee is being replaced by someone who can be paid less than a third of their salary. Hey, great for the new guy, bad for the old.
And doesn't that all just sum it up? Companies expect their employees to be loyal but they refuse to show them the same consideration. I mean, yeah, this is business and the point is to make money. But that just perpetuates a cycle that is partially responsible for dragging down our economy. Either stupidity or greed is robbing us of our stability. It's only a part of the problem but it is a big one: companies are taking advantage of people because they know that folks will do what it takes to earn money to put food on the table. But that only means they are shooting themselves in the foot when the ripple affect hits and there's no one to buy, etc, what they have to offer. Good grief.
Ok, I'll stop and be back to "normal" tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Send Happy Thoughts, Please
I was online late last night because I wanted to email Valerie some info before I forgot. Well, my brother, Chuck, popped online and I IMd him. He's been in Hawaii for the past few months on a work contract for some company. He wondered what I was doing up at midnight my time but you know me, the night owl. lol Anyway, he was online because he's thinking of getting a second Masters degree. His first is in Elementary Education (his BA is in electrical engineering, I think) but now he;s thinking Psychology!! Wow, I never would have thought of Chuck going for a psychology degree. Actually, I think that he would make a good one but, well, I guess things have changed a lot from past conversations.
Sidetrack: I just realized that I am surrounded now by people pursuing degrees in that field. I find that ironic since I've been studying it since high school and have always thought I would eventually get one myself. lol Very interesting.
Anyway, the need for happy thoughts comes in here. . .Chuck said to me, "I am going to the hospital on Thursday so on Friday they can do a cardiac catherization to see why I have chest pains and also a bad stress test." He's only 44! Of course, he does tend to put a lot of stress on himself so, I guess that would explain it. Actually, he's been the healthiest of us. So, I guess that's why it's a shock. He has to stay through Saturday because he doesn't have anyone to look after him. His wife is in Nevada at their home and, knowing Chuck, he probably told her not to spend the money to go to Hawaii. I assume this because he said, "I am fine, just need to know what is gong on so I can get it fixed." And, "I will be fine after all I am in a hospital." Sheesh, that latter gave me a chill. Famous last words. lol But yeah, he should be fine. Promised to email me on Sunday so I'll let you all know.
I told him he wasn't allowed to get sick until AFTER the wedding! Seriously though, I worry. Hey, that's what sisters are for, right? I just passed on the word up home. They really need to clean up the answering machine. That beep lasted forever! More soon. Hugs.
Sidetrack: I just realized that I am surrounded now by people pursuing degrees in that field. I find that ironic since I've been studying it since high school and have always thought I would eventually get one myself. lol Very interesting.
Anyway, the need for happy thoughts comes in here. . .Chuck said to me, "I am going to the hospital on Thursday so on Friday they can do a cardiac catherization to see why I have chest pains and also a bad stress test." He's only 44! Of course, he does tend to put a lot of stress on himself so, I guess that would explain it. Actually, he's been the healthiest of us. So, I guess that's why it's a shock. He has to stay through Saturday because he doesn't have anyone to look after him. His wife is in Nevada at their home and, knowing Chuck, he probably told her not to spend the money to go to Hawaii. I assume this because he said, "I am fine, just need to know what is gong on so I can get it fixed." And, "I will be fine after all I am in a hospital." Sheesh, that latter gave me a chill. Famous last words. lol But yeah, he should be fine. Promised to email me on Sunday so I'll let you all know.
I told him he wasn't allowed to get sick until AFTER the wedding! Seriously though, I worry. Hey, that's what sisters are for, right? I just passed on the word up home. They really need to clean up the answering machine. That beep lasted forever! More soon. Hugs.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Relief Is Spelled W-O-R-K
lol Like the title? I know it seems wrong but in this case it's true. See, I always teach a summer course on base for USC. It always makes though the number of students varies. It's been a close call the last two years but has gotten enough students last minute. Well, this year has been different. Classes start next week (they run it differently than on main) and up until yesterday I only had three students signed up. Then I had a fourth yesterday. yuck So, I've been a little frantic inside because, well, it would help if I had a job for at least part of the summer. Granted, doing the dissertation, wedding planning, and housework are all jobs in and of themselves but they don't provide funds.
I got an email about the start of classes next week, blah blah. General one. So, I emailed her and asked what the procedure was since I only have four students. She said that there is a soldier pending to take the class and that they put the paperwork through today. Woohoo! I have been moving from shock to relief over the past hour. Normally I think I am supposed to have 10-12 students registered before they will do that. But I am so not going to argue about only having five. Talk about an easy job. The hardest part will be coming up with things to do with them so that we actually use some class time. lol My normal way of doing things is geared towards 15-20 students needing to do their speeches. hmmm Can we say guinea pigs?
Man, this is just awesome. Michael is really going to be relieved. Cause, this was about to suck big time. I mean, who's gonna hire me when I would have to quit in August? And I will not lie about that. Oh, I do have an interview next week with the university's test prep center to teach for them but I have no idea when that would start if they hire me. They may not want me considering how swamped I am in the fall. But we'll see. Ok, time for lunch!
I got an email about the start of classes next week, blah blah. General one. So, I emailed her and asked what the procedure was since I only have four students. She said that there is a soldier pending to take the class and that they put the paperwork through today. Woohoo! I have been moving from shock to relief over the past hour. Normally I think I am supposed to have 10-12 students registered before they will do that. But I am so not going to argue about only having five. Talk about an easy job. The hardest part will be coming up with things to do with them so that we actually use some class time. lol My normal way of doing things is geared towards 15-20 students needing to do their speeches. hmmm Can we say guinea pigs?
Man, this is just awesome. Michael is really going to be relieved. Cause, this was about to suck big time. I mean, who's gonna hire me when I would have to quit in August? And I will not lie about that. Oh, I do have an interview next week with the university's test prep center to teach for them but I have no idea when that would start if they hire me. They may not want me considering how swamped I am in the fall. But we'll see. Ok, time for lunch!
Friday, May 02, 2008
Flower Day
Well, yesterday could have been better. Started out well enough as the last post mentioned. See, Wednesday night I had gone to bed with a migraine. Had a few pains before I wrote the blog but nothing bad. But as I sat in my office doing stuff, my head got worse and I started feeling nauseous again (I had the night before). My head was swimming. So I went home and laid on the couch. Took some medicine and waited for Michael to come home. He took me to my classroom last night to meet any students dropping off their finals. By the time we got home I was crampy.
Yes, I know. I don't have a certain female organ anymore. But I still have my ovaries and my cervix. So, you can imagine my surprise when I realized that I felt like I did last year. Well, I looked stuff up and it's to be expected from what I can tell. I mean, the doctor did say that I could still experience PMS, etc symptoms because I still have the hormones. I just don't have the obvious outcome. (sigh) So, that explains the migraine because it wasn't the weather and there wasn't anything else I could think of. I was pretty miserable last night and slept badly. So did Michael because he hurt his shoulder. What a pair we make.
I was pretty frustrated with everything last night because I felt like crap. (sigh)
Anyway, today was better. I checked out a new spa here and had a facial and it was wonderful. The woman was awesome and I will definitely be going back. So, I have a new place now called Tranquil Moments Day Spa. It's nice to have a new place and it will be great for getting prepped for the wedding. (grin) The weather was lovely. So overall I felt better.
Michael beat me home. And he left a surprise for me in my office:
Aren't they lovely? He did it just because he felt like it. The cats have sniffed but are mostly ignoring them. So, that's good. They are so pretty and make a nice splash of color in the room. Thank you!! Michael only buys me flowers when the whim strikes him. He got a massage for his thoughtfulness.
Well, my head is starting to hurt again so I'm gonna call it a night. Hugs.
Yes, I know. I don't have a certain female organ anymore. But I still have my ovaries and my cervix. So, you can imagine my surprise when I realized that I felt like I did last year. Well, I looked stuff up and it's to be expected from what I can tell. I mean, the doctor did say that I could still experience PMS, etc symptoms because I still have the hormones. I just don't have the obvious outcome. (sigh) So, that explains the migraine because it wasn't the weather and there wasn't anything else I could think of. I was pretty miserable last night and slept badly. So did Michael because he hurt his shoulder. What a pair we make.
I was pretty frustrated with everything last night because I felt like crap. (sigh)
Anyway, today was better. I checked out a new spa here and had a facial and it was wonderful. The woman was awesome and I will definitely be going back. So, I have a new place now called Tranquil Moments Day Spa. It's nice to have a new place and it will be great for getting prepped for the wedding. (grin) The weather was lovely. So overall I felt better.
Michael beat me home. And he left a surprise for me in my office:
Aren't they lovely? He did it just because he felt like it. The cats have sniffed but are mostly ignoring them. So, that's good. They are so pretty and make a nice splash of color in the room. Thank you!! Michael only buys me flowers when the whim strikes him. He got a massage for his thoughtfulness.
Well, my head is starting to hurt again so I'm gonna call it a night. Hugs.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Calm Week
Well, this week has been fairly laid back. I've been giving myself some down time because it's finals week and my schedule is whacked. I have a ton of grading to do though so I'll be working on that some today.
I told Michael that I would get a temporary job if one popped up but that no one would hire me for anything else when I have to start back at school in August. And I won't lie about that to get a job. But there is the possibility something will pop up for a few hours a week. Never know. If not, it's not like I don't have a gazillion things to get done any way, right? lol
I want to give a shout out of Happy Birthday to my eldest bro, John. It was on Tuesday. I'd also like to say huge congratulations to Rebecca and Nathan who are the proud first time parents of a baby boy. And congratulations to Celeste on finally getting her doctorate! Talk about inspiration. You go, girl!
Everybody please send kind thoughts and good energy to Andi. She's having a tough time right now. Poor dear. It will be ok.
Well, that's about it. I know, hard to imagine my life being fairly "quiet." Oh, geez, I probably just jinxed myself. (PS It's only quiet now that the housekeeping lady is out of my office and off our phone from discussing some drama. Sheesh lol)
I told Michael that I would get a temporary job if one popped up but that no one would hire me for anything else when I have to start back at school in August. And I won't lie about that to get a job. But there is the possibility something will pop up for a few hours a week. Never know. If not, it's not like I don't have a gazillion things to get done any way, right? lol
I want to give a shout out of Happy Birthday to my eldest bro, John. It was on Tuesday. I'd also like to say huge congratulations to Rebecca and Nathan who are the proud first time parents of a baby boy. And congratulations to Celeste on finally getting her doctorate! Talk about inspiration. You go, girl!
Everybody please send kind thoughts and good energy to Andi. She's having a tough time right now. Poor dear. It will be ok.
Well, that's about it. I know, hard to imagine my life being fairly "quiet." Oh, geez, I probably just jinxed myself. (PS It's only quiet now that the housekeeping lady is out of my office and off our phone from discussing some drama. Sheesh lol)
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