I stopped off in the ladies’ restroom at my office today after a very late meeting. I was rushing to get home before the kids went to bed. As I was trying to throw away a paper towel and get on my way to the bus I dropped the towel on the floor. Twice. A [...]
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It’s been in the works for a while but I can finally say I’m the new Savvy Source city editor for Pittsburgh. Check out the City Guide page for Pittsburgh. I’ll also be tweeting @savvypittsburgh.
I have a lot more work ahead of me, mostly because there is SO MUCH to do in Pittsburgh with preschoolers. [...]
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Nearly everyone in my office is working from home today. The option wasn’t presented until I had already left for the day, and my office laptop stayed on my desk, so I’m here, working! [Seriously, it's going to be a great day to get things done. My goal? Inboxes, paper and electronic, ZERO. Just as [...]
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I spent most of my day fighting with some technology, ultimately unable to bend it to my will. When my anger threatened to boil over, I looked outside.
I felt better.
I can’t see anything from my usual location in a cube. The window is behind me and off to the side. I have to get up [...]
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I’ve been a bad little blogger. Not that I haven’t been thinking about it. This post has been rattling around in my brain for weeks. It started in late August when I knew the family was in for some schedule changes when Oliver started at his new school. I started trying to modify my sleep [...]
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To badly quote Bull Durham, we’re dealing with a lot of shit. Nothing major has hit the fan but there are lots of little piles contributing to the mess and the stench. Nothing I can’t clean up. Eventually.
Here’s a quick and dirty list of the piles making their presence felt in my little life:
Summer is [...]
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The pre-semester panic has officially set in, with a vengeance. Even if I didn’t sleep or see my family for the next ten days we would not be ready for classes to start. We’ll function, but not at full strength. There will be things not done, equipment that hasn’t arrived, students not hired. Not exactly [...]
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I’ve been at my new job for nearly two months now. You may recall I wasn’t exactly sure this was going to be a good thing. I wildly understated the grimness and wildly overstated my optimism, mostly because I wasn’t sure who might be reading. I can now say much of the grim is gone, [...]
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In about 10 days I will start schlepping a kid on the bus with me in the morning. It will be Oliver for a week, then Eleanor for the foreseeable future. (Long, complicated logistical story. Very, very boring.) It’s not a long ride, and I’ll get a seat most days, but it’s still the bus, [...]
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Today was significantly better at home. I got to play with the kids more before they went to bed. It seems like Monday is going to be the bad day. I could make it better by having dinner in the crock pot (assuming I replace the glass lid I broke) or something else that can [...]
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