Last week was spring break at work and I took a few days off to work on research for my dissertation. I got some research done, but managed to procrastinate by cleaning house and taking a few naps. It was nice having those few days off, but I'm a little worried that tomorrow is going to seem awfully hectic now. I've got way too many emails that I've looked at subject lines, but not opened and read. Plus, it appears that I'm getting dangerously close to my limit on space in my inbox. I miss Jade...he knew how I was with my email and adjusted my space limit accordingly. It's always nice when former student employees get key full-time positions on graduation. :)
I also went to a woman's house to participate in their stamping event (not postage stamps, rubber stamps to make crafty things like cards). It's the second time I've gone to one of her stamping events and it's nice to get out of the house and talk to people about non-work-related stuff. And, I have a few cool cards to show for it.
What else? Not much else has been going on here. The weather has gotten warm (relatively speaking). As I write this at 10:38 pm, it's still 68 degrees outside.
OH...so, I think I've established that we live out in the middle of nowhere by my standards. Yesterday I let Mickey out back and I'm watching him from inside because we don't have a fence and he wasn't on a leash or anything. He goes sniffing around over by some rocks and shrubs and all of a sudden his eyes get super big and he begins back pedaling to get away from something. So, Maranda and I put on our shoes and go outside to check it out. There was this wriggling mass of, like, 7 garter snakes just hanging out in a pile in the grass by the rocks. And, today, they're still there and there's a second pile of 4 garter snakes a little ways away (kind of by Maranda's trampoline). Shelby if you're reading this, I've just completely scared you out of ever coming to the state of Wisconsin. Then, later today, there was a whole herd of kids playing softball out in our driveway and one kid decides he wants to see the snakes and catch one to take home, but he's too chicken to catch a snake in the bottle or glass that he's got. So, Maranda actually helps him catch the snake (this did NOT require her to actually touch a snake). Eeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww! (Sorry Shelby and anybody else that's freaked out by snakes!) The kid actually took the snake home...I hope it's not inside his house. If the garter snakes don't go away as the weather gets warmer, we're gonna have to figure out what makes garter snakes go away. Any ideas?
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