Howdy!
I promised myself this morning I would update today, since it's been a long weekend and such.
But my fingers hurt, so I'm not sure how long this will be.
Why do my fingers hurt?
Cuz I'm an idiot.
I was helping my coworkers fold something like 500 letters to be sent out in today's mail, so I was somewhat hurried. For some reason my brain shut down in the middle of a fold and I sliced open three of my fingers at the same time.
Go me.
Moving on.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I spent mine with a friend of mine, Paula, and her family. We had loads of fun. Then I went to my dad's in the later part of the evening. At 2am Friday, I woke up to go out with Paula again - Black Friday shopping. We had a good time, and I made it back to my dad's around 8am, I think. We made a turkey to have a small Thanksgiving: Dad, Sara, and me.
Having four days off in a row was fabulous.
Saturday night I met up with my buddy, Scott. Later we met up with some other people and I didn't end up at home til something like 6am Sunday morning. Good times. :)
But alas, back at work at 7:10am today, back on my regular schedule. Trying to type long citation numbers with just one finger. Letter typing with bandaged fingers isn't too terrible, but for some reason using the numeric keypad is somewhat difficult when I'm covered in bandaids.
I feel gimpy.
OH!
I'm going back to Kansas soon! In a month, actually. I leave here at some GODAWFUL early hour of the morning on 29 Dec. I think I'm supposed to be at the airport at 5 am or something nasty. I'm in KS til midday on 2 Jan.
(ow.)
On another note...
For those of you who know me, which should be all of you who are reading this, I don't like public comment postings. I have my wall turned off on Facebook, and I also do not allow comments on my status updates. This was also true on here - I had the comments feature turned off. However, I do like private messaging, as with Facebook, so here was my solution. I have my settings done in such a way that if you so desire, you can leave a comment on any one of my posts, but it will be hidden from everyone else. I don't really know why, but I've just always hated the idea of one person's comments being visible to everyone. The purpose of me writing a post is so everyone that is interested in what I have to say can read it. But that doesn't mean that those of you who read this necessarily have any interest in what someone else may have to say. So, I think I set it up right. Some of the features on here are not easily understood. But we'll see, I guess.
So there. :)
uummmmm...I feel like there was something else I wanted to share. I cannot remember.
So I will end with two quotes, both food related, in celebration of the last Thursday in November: the day we all eat way too much.
One, because it celebrates the joy of gathering to share a meal.
-It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.
Kirby Larson
Two, because I'm sick of being told what to eat. ;)
-Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.
Epictetus
And since I'm nice enough to help you save time on Google...
Kirby Lane Larson is an award-winning author of a number of books for children, including Oppenheim Platinum Award-winner The Magic Kerchief, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Her book, Hattie Big Sky, was a Finalist for the 2007 Scandiuzzi Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards, and won a 2007 Newbery Honor. (wikipedia)
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. AD 55 – AD 135
To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. (wikipedia)
