School's out forever!

Guys! Gals! Dinosaurs!

I'm finished with my graduate school coursework! My graduation date was yesterday, though I'll walk in June. I had time this weekend to rearrange the house and assemble new furniture! I played video games last night! Without a speck of guilt, it was great!

I expect that, now accustomed to productivity, I will get loads done. Right.

Mindy Kaling

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My amazing book club (can I also just say I'm not sure how I made it this far in life without having a book club? I think everyone should have one, but I also think everyone should read, so perhaps I'm biased) picked Mindy Kaling's "Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns)" for December. 

I wholeheartedly enjoyed it!

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!