It's a BOY in there and he's kicking

So I guess the news is out and the reason I haven't been blogging lately is because not writing about being preganant (because of work and getting through the anxious first months) on my blog felt dishonest, and writing about anything else was impossible!

So yes, I'm pregnant, due in mid December, having a boy if the genetic test is to be believed. I'm planning a home birth, have a midwife and so far, doing well healthwise.

Other than that news, life has gone on and things are normal. Though I'm not sure what can be normal after having this experience.

Trying to figure out logistics of December guests, birthing tub in a small house with small rooms. It will all work out though, I'm just enjoying have something so novel to think about.

More to come - this post was just to dip my toes back into blogging waters.

Cold Northern California Weather

It is hard to be in spring mode (having moved all my summer clothes out of storage boxes, to the laundry, and hanging in my closet) to switch back to winter clothing. However, it is COLD here in Alameda and San Francisco. Brrr. I love it, really, just need to practice the layering technique that is a particularly California look. I make it through the winter with my linens, but spring hits, and suddenly I'm shivering and looking for my sweaters.

Film Festival starts in a few weeks, and I'll be taking off about 6 days spread through 2 weeks. I'm sure it will seem like more than enough considering that our Summer Associates come on the heels of that. I've got to get my butt in gear - plan the program I'll be instituting new this year, of having them work through a real research project, hopefully will real learning applications. I talk things to death, think things to death, and dither around procrastinating, I guess I just love doing everything at the last minute - though I actually hate it, so at this late date I'm still trying to change. I've written out half of the first hour or so in a minute by minute plan - and that seems to be effective, so I'll probably continue that. Hardest part will be finding enough research projects to make this work.

Other than that, I've been reading a lot this week, watching a little TV, taking care of my health, and trying to get enough sleep.

Tomorrow is our National Library Week party at work - my colleague worked hard on posters of attorneys and now we are having a party to celebrate. We are giving away an Ipod shuffle, Staceys gift cards and lots of small gifts. However, we have only had 4 people turn in their quizzes. It will still be fun regardless.

Okay, enough non-news. bye for now.

Levenger mania

Got my lovely lovely leather binders from Levenger, with all the paper styles. I think I'm finding the 3 ring binder to be potentially more useful, the two sided pad of paper binders, less so. I thought the packaging was exquisite though, very special and luxurious with felted lining in a green box, with green elastic ribbon wrapped around the box. The paper with the note box on the left side already came in handy - I used it at a recent meeting and was able to resurrect the meeting via my notes much more easily.

I've coveted things from levenger for a long time, and when I got my gift certificate from my sister for my birthday - I went a little overboard - ordering 2 binders and an assortment of paper.

The SF Film Festival is coming up soon, and I plan to take a few days off to go to many many films. I'll try to post some things about the best films. I always get so saturated that it is hard for me to watch movies the rest of the year. Somehow the 2 weeks on non-stop films is about it for an entire year.

My work has been taking up huge amounts of time lately - so I haven't had much time to devote to home computing. Summer associates are coming soon, that will also be a HUGE time suck!