weekends lengthening

why is it that the last few weekends have seemed so-many-more-than-2-days long?

perhaps it's just having lots of things to do with friends....

sunday i got to read part of a book by will cuppy i'd not read before. he cracks me up, with a rather geeky academic humor. and the 2nd (vegan) chocolate cake was enjoyed as well (i must buy sugar; i completely ran out of regular granulated sugar.).

thumb update

luckily, my escapade with corkscrew hasn't impaired typing ability, so no excuses at work today... on the other hand, it's definitely noticeable for other sorts of activity, like cooking, where i'm definitely favoring it. (though some of that is to avoid getting bandages wet, not necessarily for the cut itself...)

books and more books

and i wasn't reading any of them, honest.

someone at work organized a volunteer opportunity at jumpstart, a place that matches up college students to work with kids in day care (head start, etc) one-on-one to make sure they're ready for school when they start going. they'd had some kind of book drive, and we got to sort the books.
something for preschool, or elementary, or young adult, or religious (this covered a fair range, since it included bible figures, halloween, valentines, anything on any holiday you've ever heard of, etc), or broken (:-(.
it was interesting to see the books that came in (i couldn't believe people donated some books _i'd_ never get rid of...), both good and atrocious. there are far too many babysitter's club level books, r l stine, books made by merchandizers. on the other hand, i saw some old favorites, too, so i guess the world is doing ok....

we left work a bit early to get downtown in time (the snow & all), and there was time to grab lunch at milk st cafe. yum. i don't get down there nearly enough (since i'm working in needham most days/times they're open, this is no big surprise). lunch was a slice of goat cheese and onion pizza, and it was great. (drool. i should've gotten more for later...).
and i was pleased to recognize a friend-of-friend i'd met once when we were walking on the street. (friend in question hadn't noticed her. maybe today i could even find waldo!)

whether weather

despite the whetherman's declaration that it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be, i'm disappointed that the predictions for rain have come true. the snow looked beautiful falling in big clumps from the sky.

i had 2 cow-orkers (what a job description that would be. "i'm a cow-orker, ma'am." right up there with turkey-jerker....) with rather different reactions to snow: one has hopes for a ski weekend, one doesn't like dealing with the other drivers when they react to snow. though it all looks great when there's no commute home to worry about the drivers being stupid on.

qotd

"...old glory has a new symbology...."

(from npr this evening)

forced bulbs

i am so touched that someone went to the trouble of forcing the bulbs, planting them for me, making sure i got them just as the flowers are opening (beautiful white blossoms).

so many unexpected gifts (the flowers, the thoughts behind the flowers....).

mango chutney this week

bread & circus had a sale on mangoes (individually or by the case)... so now i have a case of mangoes, plus a bunch of ginger (fresh and crystallized)....
there will be mango(-ginger) chutney this week (magical wavings of hands in the air....)

(now, if i could just remember i have to remedy having no onions to my name....)

(time for bed, when the ellipses start conquering the rest of the post....)