I'm ALMOST finished with Graduate School.

I'm almost there!

New Library

I love libraries. Old ones, underfunded ones, you name it. But is nice once in a while to see a brand new, huge, well designed library.

A few weekends ago, a coworker and I drove to Roanoke's South County library branch for a mini-conference. We learned about genealogy and new apps, but it was just as much fun to walk through this beautiful library.

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 It isn't exactly centrally located (yet), but we found it (eventually).

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The place is just so great! There is a big door into the children's area, huge windows, multiple fireplaces, private reading areas, and a teen area. They were advertising for great community events- including a Day of the Doctor event!

Halloween!

This year I went as Medusa for Halloween because I found this amazing foam wig at Target. Usually 20$, this one was damaged so it was even less expensive. I fixed it up, and fashioned the dress out of some fabric I had intended to use for another project a long time ago but never made.

Happy Halloween!

Eleanor & Park

Lately, I hear myself saying to people that I don't have enough time to read, or knit, or sleep, even. This is, for the most part, true.

It's also not.

There isn't much that I will not sleep for. School is one of them, but trust me, I'm doing everything I can to get my beauty rest and still pass.

Most of the time, it's true, I don't have time to read. Once in a great while, I'll fall into a book and fail utterly to pull myself back out again.

Eleanor & Park consumed me for a good eight hours. I vanished into this black hole, and only remerged when I had finished the last page. Yes, even though I'm not suppose to have time to read. I was consumed, and couldn't get enough, even when it was over.

So, I really liked it. You should read it too.

Library in Banff

I almost forgot that I snapped a picture of the public library in Banff. Perhaps not as flashy as the library in Calgary, but who am I not to take a picture of a library I see?