Donna’s blog

And then, she smiled.

2008-07-22T00:33:37Z

The Universe has smiled on me. I HAVE A NEW JOB! I will be reviewing claims for this agency. It will be a standard workweek (8-5, M-F) with appropriate holidays. I will be able to carry over my vacation/sick leave and retirement benefits with ...

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Portusdammerung!

2008-07-13T20:04:06Z

Warning: this post will contain massive amounts of squee and snark and mockery of organized religion christianity. Please consider yourself warned. I am super-tired and super-happy to be home at last! Not sure what is the lesser of two evils -...

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Headwinds

2007-07-02T03:42:18Z

I'm dragging...I rode the Path today and the headwinds on the return trip were just evil. My chain kept falling off because I changed gears so often. There was just no way to gather energy, so I didn't get the second wind that usually kicks in ...

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Keepin' Goin'

2007-06-24T07:23:58Z

Did you know that McDonald's puts nutrition information on the bottom of its burger boxes? It's REALLY depressing to look at that after you've finished a fast-food meal. That's a paddlin' (and a long hour of running flat out at the gym today)! ...

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Got a brain like bubble gum

2007-06-23T06:28:40Z

Trying to cram life into 24 hours is exhausting. Heh. Trying to walk on rest days = FAIL. Who knew that I'd actually prefer to run? Insanity, I tell you. Bernie is still not 100%, so we will call the vet in the morning. Poor puppy; I think ...

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Hooray for Summer!

2007-06-18T21:29:06Z

I got my vacation time approved, so I will be NYC-bound at the end of July to see The Colbert Report! We'll be in NYC July 24th - 26th and going to the taping on the afternoon of the 25th. Hotwire has a sweet deal for airfare and hotel, and we'v...

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Hooray!

2007-06-15T21:19:31Z

Updateyness! Worthington PL has been chosen as Library Journal's Library of the Year, which meant an early press conference this morning. Some of our patrons have no clue how good they have it in this state/area, so maybe this will jog their se...

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QotD: That's Just Cruel

2007-06-12T01:58:13Z

What's the weirdest baby name you've ever heard (or considered)? I'm kind of two minds about this. I don't think any name is weird, but I think sometimes parents forget that their child will be stuck with a name forever, not just when they're k...

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The Zoo!

2007-06-11T02:02:37Z

Mal and Natalie took me to the zoo today. We walked around for almost four (!) hours and saw: A rhino peeing A elephant peeing, pooping, then sniffing the piles with its trunk (euwww) A gorilla peeingIt was a glorious day to see nature in all ...

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