Flood Floods

The horrible midwest floods haven’t really done much damage in Bloomington thankfully, but it WILL NOT STOP RAINING!  Ok, there was one day this week where it didn’t rain.  Now I have a few days off?  Rain.

I am debating a border/sashing on a baby quilt, and waiting for other fabric to arrive in the mail before I can progress on my mom’s Mother’s Day quilt (I know, late!).  Tim is getting close to being done with Summer I, and heads right into Summer II.  Books are being read, and oh, I joined Facebook.

Birthday Floods

We survived the flood and celebrated somebody’s birthday with a whole mess of Greek food.

Happy Birthday Sweet Pea.

Bridges

Andrew was able to head out to the midwest last weekend and we headed over to Cincinnati to catch a Reds game.  We had a blast througout the weekend what with all the baseball, bridges, bars, pool playing, campus walking, grilling out, singing the Hola song, being in a vertical city, and planning our next trip later this summer.

Now if I could just get my act together and send out some very belated birthday gifts…

Rabbit Proof Fence

Er, yes, the garden got planted last week.  Sorry for the lack of updates.  Tim has started Summer I classes and work is busybusybusy.  But I am reading about happiness (wow, that sounds cheesy, its not.  I swear), and would still count myself fairly high on a happiness scale.  You know, in general.  8?  8.5?  That’s pretty good! Maybe higher if I lived in Iceland, but certainly lower if I lived in Moldova.

Hope all moms had good Mother’s Day out there!

Mayday

As of 5:00 pm last evening, Tim is done with his second semester!  He has approximately 3.5 days before his next semester starts up again and we will be celebrating by planting our vegetables if the rain ever stops.

Its also graduation weekend here, so lots of traffic, crowds and moving vans.  And once again, it seems strange to be back here.

I was also able to see Barack Obama on Wednesday speaking to a crowd of 14,000 at Assembly Hall.  It was moving, fun and hopefully historic.  In case you live under a rock, Indiana’s primary is on Tuesday.  Don’t forget to vote!

Springlike

A whole weekend spent in town!  I was able to go to the Farmer’s Market (sweet potatoes) and Goodwill with Jenn, take two solo bike rides, spend some time getting our garden area ready for planing and having an early semester celebration with Tim at Casablanca, a yummy Moroccan restaurant on 4th.  Tim has a few more papers left to turn in this week and then has a WHOLE WEEKEND before Summer Session I starts.  He doesn’t need them(cuz he’s smart enough already), but send him brainy thoughts if you think of it.

Retirement

As of April 30, my dad will officially be retired after working for 37 years in the same position at the same library.  I will never work for 37 years anywhere and I’m not even really sure if I’ve found the right career path.  But I was able to take part in the festivities during a quick trip to Colorado and we all can’t wait to hear the fishing tales yet to come.

Thinking

Things I think about: food, coffee, being passionate about my work, quilts, fabric, Loki, Tim, classes, going back to school, work, work, work, am I eating enough fruit, going to the farmer’s market, Web 2.0, interns, photography, SPEA, The Commission for Sustainability, recycling, living green, whether I can see the New Pornographers in concert, being a good person, travel, friends, organic food, allergies, natural leave-in conditioner, exercise, switching to gmail, having a baby someday, paint colors, books, The Clash, religion, gardening, health care, family, whether I should get new highlights, crosswords, publicity, and politics.

In no particular order, and not meant to be inclusive or exclusive.

Spring Conference

Returned last night from a quick conference in Minneapolis.  I did get a few good ideas (so identified in my notes), and was also able to see my extended library family, including my parents, my cousin and Ashley.  Location was also working in my favor, as I got to see Newman, her bf and Buddy her ginormous golden retriever.  My travel companions were also fun and I am still sleepy this morning.  That’s what you get for catching the 6:30 am shuttle to the conference.  This PLA was my dad’s last, and my first.  Talk about passing the torch.  Yikes!

Back home to rain and rain and rain.  I may curl up and read all day, but I will have to head out at some point for groceries.

Spring Break 08

Tim is getting close to wrapping up his first Spring Break in seven years, while I lived vicariously through him for the week, in part inspired by a few days of glorious weather.   We worked in the yard, slept, watched hoops, had movie marathons, read, slept, played pool, discovered the card game Killer Bunnies,  worked a little, went to Bedford, made crazy dinner combinations and slept in some more.

Thiên and Mark have received their quilt today!  This is the fourth queen sized quilt I’ve ever made, and the third I’ve mailed.  Talk about stress.  When they ask at the post office how much to insure it for, I want to tell ask them what two years of sweat, tears and love really costs.  Oh and hundreds of dollars in supplies.  I know unwrapping a black garbage bag isn’t very glamorous, but it beats water damage.

Little crocuses are popping up everywhere here, I can’t wait for spring to start for real!