UGH. Rainy drive into work and I am the only one here. But I forced myself in because I knew if I didn’t grade papers in here,… Read more “Friday Five – Rainy again, graduations”

While I normally get to work at 7:30, today it was 8:30. We had a couple friends (and their daughters) over to watch the NFL draft and… Read more “Friday Five – Off to a weird start already”

Definitely a TGIF kinda day; I’m ready for this weekend! Leaving around 12:30 or so and starting on a pilsner brew, then my parents will get into… Read more “Friday Five – Not in the best mood”

I was woken up by the sounds of barred owls staking out their territory this morning. If you have not heard this, it is quite irritating and… Read more “Friday Five – Taking it one minute at a time”

Y’ALL, I left at 10 pm last night! Definitely the latest we’ve had to stay but to be fair, I think the members were trying to get… Read more “Finally Friday (5)”

It was a busy night in our yard; we had the barred owls competing for territory, which is a horrible cackling sound, as opposed to their normal… Read more “Friday Five – Just…surviving”

Not sure I’ll get either of those today. I had been choosing Monday as my fasting day but I did not this week, then I thought maybe… Read more “Friday Five – I need beer and a full eight hours of sleep”

Le sigh. It is Friday and members are not here so we got to dress a little more casually. But there’s a pretty good chance I don’t… Read more “Friday Five – Probably a late night for me”

In the first 30 days of Session, our office received one gift (nice chocolates) from a house member. In the last week, we have gotten 5 –… Read more “Friday Five – Just not in a good mood”

Monday seems so long ago! When I think about that day, when I was fasting, it feels very far away. I was reminded of it this morning… Read more “Friday Five – Short/fast yet surprisingly long week”