My office is like a secret organization in the company so IT kinda forgets that we have a very atypical setup and can easily get locked out of corporate stuff.

Getting locked out of corporate stuff could be a benefit to productivity.

Yay, Suzi! It is always a plus to find that your employer and co-workers have that level of confidence in you.

Laura - you are so right. Imagine all the meetings you won't be invited too!

I was just about to remark that my laptop is working as I would wish it too when Chrome stopped working and then crashed and I had to open it twice more before I could come back here.

Is it me? Is it my 7 year old computer? Argh.

So, the DH and I are talking semi-seriously about opening a used bookstore/small meeting space in Michigan. I'd run it--my mom ran a used bookstore, as you may remember, which is still going strong. [link] It would combine so much of what I love--books, readings and book clubs, maybe small jam sessions, meeting people, a bookstore kitty. We have to get there to find out if it is feasible, but it's awfully tempting.

I may start pestering you for excess books....

Oh, I can get you some excess books.

It also sounds like the ideal place for smaller Buffista gatherings.

Ooh, that is tempting, Scrappy. I had a bookstore dream when I lived in Queens, and moved away instead, but someone else did it! Not a used bookstore, but there were no regular bookstores in the whole vicinity.

I may start pestering you for excess books.

Funny you should bring that up... Shipping gonna be a thing, tho'.

I've actually been thinking about setting up a half-dozen little free libraries, if I can find rights of way where nobody minds.

Argh. Freaking out about this trip. Leaving in a few minutes. But freaked out I've forgotten something key. (I did nearly forget my work credit card, because I don't usually carry it anymore!) But I'm still feeling super anxious. (OK, partly because, say, I don't know what I'm actually going to be presenting, or what they'll be asking, and when I get back I can't be jet lagged because I'll already have missed half of pride, and also I'll have missed four days of work which will be a lot of emails and and and and....)

Timelies all!

Well, I seem to have lost my cell phone. The last place I know I had it was Macy's on Saturday, because I called Gary from there. I thought I had put it in its usual spot when I got home, but it isn't there, nor is it on the floor or anywhere in the room. I guess I can call Macy's to see if it was turned in, but otherwise....(it's not a smart phone, so I've only lost the contacts.)

You can do it, meara! You know your stuff and everything will be fine when you get back.

Yeah, I'd call Macy's, Sheryl. Good luck!