Moose and Ink

… strange stuff happens. On the subject of hardening off plants for the garden … Me: The plants have been out all day pretty much. I  watered them around noon and they looked good.  Let me know if that’s too long or not but it hasn’t been unbearably hot or windy…

Empty House The house is quiet these days. Steph is gone on yet another business trip.  This time it’s a full week in New York, followed by 36 hours at home, then another full week in New York.  To make things more interesting (hurrah), I have to work the weekend…

After nearly fourteen years, Tucker has left our side. A couple of days ago, Tucker stopped eating.  He had a terrible, hacking cough that was not getting any better.  A visit to the vet revealed that he had a host of other issues.  One was a large amount of fluid…

Decorah had a 5K Color Run today.  What’s a Color Run?  Basically you run 3.1 miles and people throw colored powder at you.  And if you’re up for it, you throw color back.  So everyone gets colorful.  Like this …   * Technically it wasn’t a ‘real’ Color Run cuz…

Ever since I was a teenager, there have been three bands I’ve wanted to see in concert – The Beach Boys, R.E.M., and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The Beach Boys Yeah, go ahead and laugh but the Beach Boys are awesome.  For a kid growing up in the Midwest,…

Life has been busy.   What’s changed since the last posting? The search to replace me at my job continues and it’s getting really close to the end.  Maybe in a few weeks we’ll have a replacement and life will suddenly become normal.  In the meantime, I’m working two jobs…

I started my new job on Friday and the first task before me … A bit of a mess, one might say.  Unseen are the cabinets to the left which were equally disastrous.  In cleaning up, we uncovered 29 Macbooks in various states of repair (one of my jobs is to…

Next Friday is the official start date of my new job.  I get a new office with a window and new duties abound. While I’m looking forward to it, I’m also a realist and know that it’s not going to be an easy or clean switch.  The college is notorious…

So I can finally say it – I have a new job. Or I will on March 1st, actually.   That’s the day that I will step down as Technology Help Desk Lead and leave the Library to walk across campus to my new position as Workstation Support Communications Administrator.…

  That light at the end of the tunnel?  It wasn’t a train. Details to come when I can say more. And no, sadly, it’s not a book contract 😛