blakspring

I realize that it’s all an illusion, a big tease, but this beautiful spring-like weather has got me smiling.  In a few days it will be back to below freezing and flurries but today I’ve got the window open in the library and I can literally smell April.  Of course the fact that it’s Friday [...]

I found out last week that my divorce was finalized earlier this month, but it wasn’t until I picked up the official papers from the lawyer yesterday that it really hit me that I am now someone’s ex-wife.  It’s strange to look at this nine-page document full of legalese mumbo jumbo, most of it marked [...]

It turned out that “ski trip” was a bit of a misnomer.  I had known from the outset not to expect a big trail-filled mountain; in fact I had been warned to expect more of a bunny slope.  I suppose it’s my fault for being the eternal optimist and thinking that there’s no way that [...]

I’m off on the ski trip.  Got to the school at 6:15 AM and wondered why in the world I thought this was a good idea.  Checked bags for contraband in a groggy haze and realized that it’s a good thing I don’t work security at an airport.
The sleepiness has finally lifted and everyone’s upbeat [...]

I don’t know what to make of my life at this moment.  For the last week or so, every time something good happened, something bad happened as well.  My days have been filled with a modified version of Newton’s Third Law of Motion: for every excellent action there’s an equal and bogus reaction.  Last week, [...]

I absolutely adore Unshelved.  Those guys do such a dead-on portrayal of the daily frustrations and shenanigans of working in a library.  And even though they specifically deal with a public library, I can still relate to a lot of it:

I understand that no one likes to throw out books, but if it’s about “modern” [...]

People, I’m back!  Not that I went anywhere, but it feels like I did.  To a bad, bad place filled with misery and pain and thousands of snotty tissues.  I don’t know what diabolical, extra-viral strain of nastiness was passed on to me but it had me for what seemed like an eternity.  I did still go [...]