Congrats msbelle!

That passport form is crazy. I'm sure I've had well over 25 addresses and god knows how many temporary employers. However, if they can hook me up with a way to contact my dead mother for all the information related to her, I'm down with it. @@.

I hate it when this country make me happy that I have two passports “just in case.”

That sounds dire, Conseula.

OTOH, Jessica's waffle sounds splendid.

I am so happy to be working in a neighborhood with food trucks, you all have NO IDEA

::sigh::

Ah, well, I have leftover sort-of-pasta carbonara for lunch. (I sauteed green beans with sausage and tossed that with the pasta before adding in the lemon-and-egg mixture. Yummy.)

That sounds dire, Conseula.

Yeah. I just don't see how it's going to work, frankly. Eeyore doesn't even want me doing the projects I've been hired to do: he wants me on other stuff. And although I keep bringing this up, nobody involved in the reorganization is willing to consider putting me anywhere else. Bah.

I can't figure out if it's worth replying to that email. ::sigh::

I'm beginning to wonder how long it is until Eeyore retires. He's not young.

People don't retire anymore, is my feeling. Which is sometimes too bad... Sounds like an impossible situation, Suela.

Yay msbelle!

Ugh, Suela, that sounds miserable. Is there anyone else above you who supports the project who you could talk to about the situation?

Yay msbelle! And yay Kathy and Cashmere for sharing their fantastic pictures!

Jessica's waffle is giving me lunch envy. My lunch is leftover homemade egg salad, which I was all excited to make, and then made several minor errors that resulted in it being just barely edible. But here I am, eating it. I'm proud at least that I made my own mayo, even if it's not that great.

WTF, Suela? That's just ridiculous. I can't believe they've been sitting on that project for 18 years!

Thanks for all the support, everyone! I knew I could count on some kind words here, because I didn't get them at my dad's yesterday. (I didn't expect much there, but I would have liked to have heard a "OMG, you look fantastic!" But, nada. Maybe they were afraid I'd be sensitive about it, I don't know, but I would have liked something.) When I looked at those pictures in the back of the camera, I really didn't see much of a difference from February's set. But, after I downloaded them and saw them on my computer monitor, I felt much better about them.

Speaking of food and lunches, the Chicago Tribune's food critic has a huge rave for Grant Achatz's (he of Alinea) new restaurant, Next. Sounds delicious, and impossible to get tickets (yes, tickets, not reservations).

I can't imagine doing that. Maybe I'm not sufficiently discriminating.

I wish I could afford to take full advantage of this restaurant trend. (I do plan to get to What Happens When at least once before it closes, but I would have loved to have tried all the menus!)

I can't believe they've been sitting on that project for 18 years!

Well, there were several attempts to get it done. But the great burden of my program is that while what I do is considered valuable, it has very little immediate return, so projects supporting it tend to get ranked low when it comes time to allocating funding. Other stuff is more urgent. But, yeah, 18 years. Kind of like to get it done.

And Kathy, I saw your pictures yesterday: congratulations on all the hard work! Brava!

Thanks!

And, a fun article on the true origins of the play Grease.