The cabin was lit by candles and I was already tired when I got there, so while Tim told stories about traveling in India, I dozed off in the playpen. Others have also found the playpen a comfortable nest recently, including Anna and Nathan and even Jasper. Joye’s hair looked great tonight but she was [...]

The day job has ended. What happens now? Rice, toast, and other carbs, for starters. Salad. Apple slices with peanut butter. Apple slices with Nutella. Scattered tears and decidedly weak laughter. Ice cream. Greasy hair. Reading under a streetlamp. This would be a good time to start a mystery, I wonder if I’ve got one [...]

If there was ever a day I just wasn’t going to post, it was Thursday, November 8, 2007. So I didn’t. Today I’m going to cheat, and change the date of this post to Thursday- but I’m going to tell you about it. Does that count as cheating? Maybe I shouldn’t advertise this aspect of my [...]

I’d love to post something fresh and original, but it’s 8:30 pm and I’m still at work, cleaning out my Eudora folders so I can turn this computer over to my replacement. I’ve finally gotten to the Outbox, where I keep running across emails like this one: _________________________________________________ Dear Zoe, There are 0 Engineering contributions to acknowledge [...]

After this week I am not going to talk about this, but today I have to say (again) that explaining my job to someone else has made me appreciate just how monotonous and yet stressful it is. There are moments in the training process when I imagine for a second that the last three and [...]