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yeah.
I gots me a cold.

I knew this would happen with the dramatic temperature changes. Oh well. The worst thing is only wanting to drink tea and eat soup and curl up under mountains of blankets but having the temperature hovering around 90 degrees+. I am at work (as there is no greater sin than calling in on a Saturday) and am pleasantly easing into my morning with mug of tea #2. I wasn't able to fathom food this morning and my stomach is starting to think toast sounds good. Tonight I'm optimistic I'll be able to rally for supper with the parents at Pereddies. Gorgonzola and Pear Penne sounds delicious. Or good pizza.

I have reclaimed my girly ways! Yesterday I went shopping in G.R. and was reminded by someone that I used to be a slave to M.A.C. and adore heels. I'm not going to go overboard or anything, but I had a pretty good time yesterday purchasing exactly the right shade of lipstick. And agonizing over purchasing what I know to be my signature scent (it's base is patchouli, but significantly more grownup than the oil I wore many moons ago) and finding silver on sale for 60% off leaving me no choice but to buy 2 pairs of earrings and a new ring. I even went home and painted my nails!

Lunch with Gleis was wonderful, as usual. He's all geeked out about Library 2.0 as well, the difference being that he's actually in a position to do something about it. He convinced GRPL to start a blog and they are currently podcasting storytimes, lectures, and various events that are happening at the library. He's also working on creating wikis for various databases. It's really nice to see these things happening at a library of comparable size though the resistance here is so strong...I just don't know. Of course when I got to work today I immediately emailed Herr Director with a "I'm sure you know that this is happening, but isn't it cool that they've got a similar budget to us and are making this technology work?!?!" I also sit back in amazement at how he's running their programming committee with significantly less money than ourselves, but with significantly more success. He gets that marketing is key. Partnering with other nonprofits is the key. Sigh. Tim and Erin's library would kick some serious ass. He did smack me down hard for suggesting I would even entertain the idea of voting for anyone but Granholm and will hold me personally responsible if DeVoss wins.

I think Jennifer should take responsibility if she's incapable of beating that weasel-eyed snake. Get your act together. Start campaigning. Start telling me what you've been up to for the past 4 years. Start telling me what you're going to be doing if you get re-elected. It's her responsibility as the candidate to win my vote. If she can't do that--if she can't win the vote of a lifelong bleeding heart liberal--I don't want her in office.

3 games of Scrabble=3 more losses (I'm getting better...really...he got nervous)
We're also playing a new card game called idiot thanks to the neighbor. Yeesh. The strategies are still unfolding, but it's one addictive game. After every hand someone will say "Just one more?" It could seriously bring the world to a halt. You care about nothing but the prospect of getting lucky the next game around and winning.

And everyone knows how much I love to win.