I bought the most adorable purse this weekend: [link] It's the third bag down (Barbie Whales). Love it!

But perhaps they were on their most interesting, on account of how any non-Sparky members met were at an Important Social Event at the time.

ah - yes, well if you weren't (A) exposited on the history of civil war battlefields, the nature and lore of the local native plants, or the true intent of Hericlitus (B) treated to 'ah. yes. if you say so.' at the end of each sentence, or (C) set on fire, then you really need to come to several more of our family outings to see us in fine fettle. The future, thankfully, tends to be more creative in its expressive tendencies.

I like Genevieve. it's a nice name.

If we call you Genevieve, will that make it better or worse?

Too late!

How is it possible that I've missed a link to pictures of Cindy's new haircut? Unpossible.

I like Genevieve. it's a nice name.

Me too. It was my french name in class.

It's my department head's name, too.

Oh, and btw?

I AM DONE I AM DONE I AM DONE I AM DONE!!!!

Still have meetings and major room cleaning/packing this week, but EVERYTHING is graded and all SIXTY narrative comments have been turned in. WOOOO HOOOO!

t does dance of joy

t throws glitter in the air

t collapses in a heap on the floor

Now to pay bills and get the house ready for Mom's visit.

Hec, I'm sorry. I've haven't stopped since Friday night. Scott took a couple of pictures of me at the family party on Saturday, but they were horrible and I made him delete them from the camera.

Lisa, in a similar job I was a "Communications Specialist."

Is this the Czech side, Fred Pete? Czech names commonly end in -ek, like Dubcek and my name.

When we looked up my grandmother's birth certificate, it said she was born on a different day than the one she thought was her birthday. My cousin's wife discovered that her birth certificate had an entirely different first name and that the doctor who delivered her had frequently put down whatever name he fancied. It was complicated to fix, too.

Yay, Kristin! No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's students' dirty looks!

My mother's family never fixed, IIRC, their birth certificate errors. My mother's real birthday is two months later than her paper one, and her younger sister's name was to be something completely different (Ann) from the one she ended up being officially given (Denese). She's tried to switch over to the latter, but family will not budge. Eh, you let people get used to calling you by one first name for 30+ years, you're going to have inertial issues.

Czech names commonly end in -ek, like Dubcek and my name.

Or -ec but pronounced ek, like my mother's maiden name.