stereotypical single woman

This would be why it takes me so freakin’ long to study for finals.

I swear, if he wasn’t so damn cute his ass would have been on the floor hours ago.

Not too much today. I’m in the middle of a paper on Mary Eileen Ahern, a strong woman leader the early 20th century library world* but last night I realized that I’ve completely over-thought the project. So I have to cut my paper in half, which is harder than writing it in the first place. [...]

We are completely worn out over here. At least I am, and Marty is more than happy to commiserate with me. Well, that and he’s just a lazy cat that’s huge fan of the nap - anytime, anywhere, anyhow.
If nothing else this past week has oh-so-abruptly reminded me that I am no longer in my [...]

My brain is fried.
Today I turned in/took

a review on a book that I read approximately 30% of (although the review sounded pretty damn good if I do say so myself. After all, I do have a legacy to uphold. I am a City High alumni and no one has been trained to bullshit as [...]

It’s going to be a very stressful and hectic week here in my little corner of the world. So that means lots of random pictures of the cats this week (see example above), followed by a rambling, drink-fueled celebratory post on Saturday night. Stay tuned, you won’t want to miss it.
What makes it so stressful? [...]

I’m checking in from Grand Rapids today - I’m here recuperating at my parents after the whirlwind that was yesterday and waiting to have dinner for my father’s 73rd birthday (and the man still doesn’t know when he’s going to retire.)
Yesterday morning I packed up all my dirty laundry (hey, I’m going to be home [...]

I just finished the dishes from dinner, opened up my computer to help me decide what to do tonight, and found these three emails, one right after the other, from school:
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE: WSU OPEN ON MONDAY

Like most of us, we are watching closely the struggles in Lansing to adopt a [...]

Today I dropped one of my classes. I’m no longer taking Academic Libraries, at least I’m not taking it this fall. It was a very hard decision. I’ve gone down to 9 credit hours, so I’m still a full time student, but I had hoped to do 12 credits a semester and be done [...]