So its been more than two weeks since my last post Isn't just nice to know I'm ok :-)

In my defense the last two weeks have been NUTS. I don't like be the only person doing a two/three person job at all. The fact that I CAN do it is not the point. It takes away from my blog and surf time. While overtime may be nice, I value my time much more than $. Call me crazy.

I did have three days off last week. Of course, as soon as anybody knows I have time off, I am immediately asked to do things. I had Malora (the niece, aka il monstre) all day Wed and Thursday. Beyond the money I spend on her when she comes for McDonalds, books, bathing suits and ice cream she takes all of my energy! We have to go to the park, then swimming (heated pool), then hiking, then more swimming, then out to dinner, then to the bookstore. No wonder she likes coming over to my house, she gets spoiled rotten! At least we wore her out enough to be out like a light by eight.

Then there are the out of town visitors. Mike's uncle Butch (yes his name is Butch) comes to AZ annually for Spring Training games. He usually doesn't stay with us, but this year we put him up for a night. The catch is that we had to drive to New River on Thursday night to meet Mike's mom for dinner. An hour drive for the worst food I've ever had in my life! I can't complain about Butch staying though, we invade his house in Huntington Beach every summer for over a week! This is why I wasn't at Coffee Rush on Friday, Butch was still there.

As if things weren't crazy enough I spent the rest of Friday at the DMV for the third time in two weeks. Don't ask. It involves titles for a car that I've been driving for three years, emission requirements and the inability of the DMV to have enough offices open on Saturdays, or make thier way into the 21st century with credit/debit card machines. Needless to say, I've been to hell and its the DMV.

Haven't had much knitting time, although if you ask Mike I spend more than enough time knitting. They're so funny, don't they know that there is never enough time to knit. I look at other people's work and am insanely jealous by what other's are able to accomplish when in the past two weeks this is all I've done. Yep, I doing the Broadripple. I love the yarn! KPPM is the BEST. It is unfortunate that these are for my sister, she did buy the yarn.


I did get to do a little shopping courtesy of Lily, who is the most special secret pal in the history of secret pals. I open my email on Thursday morning fully expecting to find work, work and more work (because unlike faculty I don't deserve a Spring Break) and instead find a $20 Elann gift certificate! With the nicest message attached. It speaks to how busy I was that I didn't even pick something out until this morning. Instead of yarn, I indulged my needle habit and bought 5" Brittany Birch double points - for more socks - AND a double point needle case! Thanks Lily! You're the best.

Ok, I think this is long enough now. But before I go, Becky has set up a SNBAZ blog! How cool is that. Check it out here. I'm glad I did, or I wouldn't know about the meetup at Essenza! Walking distance from my job! Phew....I was going through withdrawals. I'll be there early about 5:30 if anybody wants to join.

Loser of the week - Tom Delay, for successfully redirecting focus from his unethical campaign activities to again, successfully, wasting tax payer dollars debating an issue that is entirely none of the government's business. If the government had stepped in when I had to make a decision about my father's life and future I would be furious. It is hard enough. I'm sorry, but the Republican party is completely out of control and its tragic that the Democrats can't pull their heads out of their asses long enough to do something about it.

Movie that will make you angry at US foreign policy priorities and the media. Sometimes In April, currently on HBO. Over a million people died within a six month period in Rwanda in 1994 and nobody cared. This was genocide of the grandest scale. You know what I remember being on the news in Spring of 94. Kurt Cobain's suicide.

Those are my political statements for the next few months.  ¶ 9:52 AM