Worked late

The Troll left around 6:30. I thought I was the only one left in our end of the office. Really, I did. So I started singing aloud to the music in my headphones. It was mostly Johnny Cash, which is not too bad, but have you ever tried to keep up with the lyric to "I've Been Everywhere"? Anyway, just after 7 Newbie wandered into my field of vision; she was peering down the hallway, apparently looking for the source of the sounds. oops! I told her I'd thought I was alone, sorry about the singing...

I did not ask, and she did not volunteer, why she was hanging out in the break room at 7 when her shift ended at 5:30. Life would be nothing without its little mysteries.

I'm kinda glad I wasn't singing along to Sublime.


Today's earrings: hands, basketweave spoons

Bedtime reading: Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman

Management in the office

They were talking about redoing the proprietary software. They say they mean it this time, which would be nice. I'm going to go on not holding my breath about it.


Today's earrings: turtles, shells

Bedtime reading: Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman

At Sea

Today, I was flummoxed by a tiny island nation.


Today's earrings: mermaids, anchors

Bedtime reading: Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman

I have a posable emu

Just wanted to share that with you all.


Today's earrings: scarabs

Bedtime reading: Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman

Extravaganza

First thing this morning, I collected a present from the Wandering Albatross at the post office. A big present; I had to drop it at home before going to work. This evening I opened it, and what wonders I beheld! So far my favorites are the poseable emu and the wind-up cow, but that may change after I read the books and put the Hatching Tortoise Grower in water.

The fold-out dinosaur is definitely coming to work with me.


Today's earrings: flies, amber

Bedtime reading: Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman

Train Wreck

Well, just a small one. We were riding the steam train in Tilden and saw that these guys were out riding around on their own tiny trains, so we went to watch. Tiger was utterly fascinated, and I was pretty interested myself. The best one was a long combined passenger/freight with this one flatcar in the middle carrying John Deere tractors. Most cool.

There's a junction just to the left of the spectator area, and the drivers were stopping and switching it, taking one track or the other, all working smoothly. Then one guy driving an engine with one passenger car rode through and derailed. It made an awful noise, but no one was hurt or even very shaken up. We moved down the rail to better spectate. A host of train-hobbyist dudes gathered to help. ("Look what good helpers they are, Tiger!") The train-hobbyist dudes tried to muscle the engine back on the track. As it weighed about 600 pounds, that didn't work very well. Then a senior train-hobbyist dude appeared with a block of wood and a crowbar. He levered the engine back into place pretty much single-handed while the other guys steadied it on to the rails. Problem solved! We applauded. The driver started up his engine again and drove on. We applauded some more, and he wished us a happy new year.


Today's earrings: lobsters, leaves

Bedtime reading: Good Omens, Pratchett & Gaiman

Happy New Year

Tonight we subdued the Fondue with skewers and extensible forks, and K & S won at Scrabble. It was a most excellent party.


Today's earrings: diamonds, dice

Bedtime reading: Good Omens, Gaiman & Pratchett