Monday at home

Today is Martin Luther King day. Since I work in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology which includes Reconciliation Studies, I should spend time reflecting on the strides we have made since the early 60s. It seems hard to believe that it was within my lifetime that segregation still took place and prejudice was rampant.

Hopefully reconciliation has taken place in these decades, but I'm sure we still have a long way to go. Some students from our department are now in South Africa for a study term, and it will be an eye-opening experience for them, I think, to experience the culture that was so recently ruled by apartheid laws.

Anyway, instead of reflecting on the above as I should, I have spent the day enjoying being home. I made cinnamon rolls from the recipe on my sister's blog. I'm working on laundry. I'm trying to find health insurance for our almost-19-year-old who is not in college so will have to be on his own plan. I hope to get to the grocery store and cook a nice meal for my family for supper.

Tomorrow, back to work, but I'll leave early because my sister is coming and because I have comp time.

My nephew is going back to school after his long Christmas break, but I guess he doesn't have time to stop and see his ole aunt 'n' uncle and cuzes. Oh well. I suppose we could make more of an effort to see him while he's in school because he's only 45 minutes away. Or so. When the snow melts, it will be frisbee golfing season again and Mark should get Daniel out on the course between his classes.

Guess I'm all over the map today on this blog. Categories will be various.

Till next time,

Suzi

Work and work

Monday (yesterday) was my first Monday working since mid-December. Next Monday I'm off again, thanks to the MLK holiday.

Tuesdays are tiring after a long day Monday (9-8:15 or so). Especially when my Tuesday afternoon was spent learning mock registration on our new database system. I am seeing cross-eyed now, and it's a wonder I'm at the computer at all.

Except for this one fact.

Okay, two. I need to blog, and also WE NOW HAVE CABLE!

It is really cool to be able to navigate from site to site as home as quickly as I can at work. Dial-up was slow as a turtle, DSL was about the pace of a sleepy mule, and cable is like a cheetah.

The only problem is that Luke is hooked up to my modem upstairs with his computer. But he spent three hours today wiring everything (the cable people just dropped off the box) so I'm not going to complain about blogging in the basement tonight.

Well, now I'm going to relax and watch Gilmore Girls. Although it is a repeat, at least it's one I've seen only once, and it is an episode from this year's season.

After all this fast-paced stuff, it's time to unwind...

Till next time,


Suzi