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I spent the weekend away from the computer, checking in for only 5 or 10 minutes each day. In so many ways, the weekend truly was a kick-off for the summer. I spent as much time as possible outside, digging in the garden, sitting on the deck, wandering around the yard. And the weather was…
The last few weeks have been extraordinarily busy, filled with end of the year tasks and now filled with beginning of the summer tasks. Here’s this week’s schedule. I know it’s hard to see. It’s just filled. Next week our Summer Multimedia Development Institute begins. The first week is a week of training. It’s intense…
Envy seems to be a recurring theme here. It’s funny, because I consider myself pretty content. Yet when I search the dark recesses of my soul, I find little green-eye monsters waiting to be set free. Don’t get me wrong, I have a good gig. I like what I do, but recently I’ve seen or…
I was going to comment at Phantom’s on her quite poignant post, but decided what I had to say was too long for the comment box. I have avoided really thinking about what happened at Virginia Tech on Monday. I was so busy on Monday itself in fact that I didn’t even know what had…
I’m at my brother-in-law and his wife’s house, which is filled with kids, the oldest of which is 3. Since my youngest is 7, it’s an adjustment to be around such young children. I will admit to not really liking other people’s children until they get to an age where you can carry on a…
I’m not sure what I’m on the edge of, but I don’t think it’s good. I’m a bit overwhelmed at the moment, honestly not sure if I’ll get everything done. Partly that’s my own fault. I’ve reclaimed my weekends a bit. I used to work many hours on my dissertation, but now that there’s just…
That’s the best word to describe the weekend. I hardly left the couch. Given that Friday was both my birthday and the day of a giant ice storm, really there was no need to leave the house. Mr. Geeky went out for provisions (including a birthday cake) and we all hunkered down for a long…
Over the last week, I’ve been reading the comments on my last post and a couple of other posts related to mine. It’s heartening to hear that people want me to continue writing. I know that many of the people who say so also understand the difficulties of writing openly. I have said to myself…
For the last couple of days, I’ve been thinking about shutting the blog down. I started blogging because I like to write and I felt I had something to say. I still feel like I have something to say, but I feel I have less freedom to say it. As I’ve told more and more…
One of the more interesting conversations I had last week was about filtering. What we were discussing was the difference between what we do and say at work and what we do and say “off the clock.” We were describing how we filter our thoughts and words at work and that sometimes that varies depending…
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