What Do You Think?

said the almost 3 year old to her mommy last night. I said, "I think I love you very much!" It was funny last night as she asked me this several times during the evening. She never said 'What do you think about X?' It was just always 'What do you think?'

On the way to school this morning we were listening to the radio. An old song by the Commodores came on and she said, 'Good Song!' It was a good song.

Home Again, Home Again

We had a busy trip visiting relatives! Lots of time driving between places, but we had a good time while we were visiting with family. Callen enjoyed having little cousins to play with and older relatives to shower her with attention! And, her Aunt Suz to provide lots of new goodies for her to play with.

Unfortunately Friday night I noticed that she had a high fever when she was in bed. This persisted through Saturday. She felt miserable Saturday for a good portion of the day. All she wanted to do was lay on the couch and hang on me. I felt bad for her. It was a chance for us to all rest a little though. It was rather busy going from one place to another, visiting, etc. so a little down time was good for all of us. We went out to dinner Saturday night and Callen's Aunt Suz really helped to keep her entertained! Thanks Aunt Suz!!

Luckily her fever subsided Saturday night and by Sunday AM she was back to her normal self, which was good considering we made an almost 12 hour drive home on Sunday!

We're home for a while now. And, so much to do! Why does it always seem like when you go away the work at work and at home multiplies while you're gone? Maybe one day soon I will be able to find time to actually download all those great photos we took while we were away!

Visiting Relatives

This is a busy travel week for us. We're at my brother's house for a few days, then on to Bo's step-mother's family reunion. Lots of miles to drive yet!

This afternoon we were visiting with some family. One of Callen's little cousins is a little over 2. He and Callen had so much fun running (my brother lives in a rural area with a huge yard and lots of room to run!). There were also cows in a pasture next door. They had a blast going up to the fence and talking to the cows. They also saw a large frog. They were so cute hopping after it.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll actually take some pictures and be able to post them at some point this week! Here's to lots more fun times for everyone.

Ambient Awareness and Intimacy

My friend Zeynep was quoted in a NY Times Magazine article, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin, on the use of Facebook. The article is a good read and the author discusses how people are increasingly using Facebook and other technologies to monitor the behaviors of others (both strong and weak ties).

I was at a department party tonite and a colleague's husband was there. On his FB status update today he noted that he'd gone to a bootcamp workout class this morning and he was really out of shape. I asked him about it at the party and I could tell that he was surprised that I knew about it. I then mentioned that I saw his status update on FB. He laughed; he's new to FB. I'm guessing his ambient awareness level will increase over time.

How do you use FB or other technologies to stay in contact with others? Do you like having ambient awareness and/or intimacy?

Catching Up

I can't believe it has been almost 2 weeks since I last posted. Well, in some ways I guess I can believe it. Our classes started 2 weeks ago and my research activities have been overwhelming at best the last few weeks. And, I had some strange pop-ups occurring on my laptop; I brought it in to our tech person who did some stuff to it. Now, unfortunately I can't get the 'new post' option in blogger to work...Ugh. Not what I need when I have so much else going on right now!

We did get away to the Gulf last weekend. We had a great time. I would include some pix but who has time to actually get them off the digital camera these days? Plus, I'm writing this post from my office when I should be doing the manuscript review that was due last week or working on an R&R that is due on Monday or reading the faculty handbook for my department that we have to vote on changes to at a 3-5 PM meeting today, etc. etc. etc... Yes, you read that correctly - a 3-5 PM meeting on a FRIDAY! But, instead, I procrastinate for a few minutes and do a blog posting because I really do enjoy doing them and I also enjoy avoiding the other work for the moment : ).

I hope that others aren't as frenzied as I am the last few weeks. I'm trying to remember to breathe deeply, relax, and keep my head above water, especially as I'm about to travel again next week.