Odds and Ends

For some reason, iTunes randomly decided to delete the bulk of my music from my computer. And, silly me, instead of telling my ipod to restore it all (because why would I do that? The music wasn't deleted by me, so I wouldn't know it needed restored), I said no and now have to manually input it all. Sometimes, I curse Apple (because if I curse my computer, I run the fearful chance that my computer has issues I can't afford to fix. Whereas, cursing Apple means it's their fault, not mine, and I don't have to worry about it). I guess at least it kindly left all of my playlists intact.

I am ridiculously addicted to the library's 'treasure hunts' for the summer reading program. You basically go in, find clues in the catalog, and it's this nice little game. And I feel that at least I can pretend to be enhancing my library skills.

Which reminds me of the fun I've had at work doing mini-research projects. It may be totally nerdy, but I LOVE it when I stumble across the piece of information I'm looking for. And believe me, finding things in an archive is a different ballgame from Google. But ever so satisfying.

I went to a concert this week with my sister's family. In case you are wondering, 4-year olds don't dig Hadyn's Creation. But they do dig cool fountains, elevators, stairs, statues, and sticks. And bell buildings. And sometimes, the same is true for not-four-year-olds. Someone definitely needs to study the process of energy transfer between adult and child, because I swear, kids are sapping my energy. How else could one 4 year old (in truth, he's still 3, but one week and all of the maturity of a 4-year old, I say we round up) have SO MUCH ENERGY?!?!?! I envied him. Although, I was pretty amazed I was able to keep up, seeing as I have been bone-tired for a week and a half. Perhaps they give back a little of their absorbed energy...

In high school, it was ingrained in me that you always have an introduction and a conclusion. And I find it is still a huge challenge not to end with a satisfactory conclusion, which is unfortunate, because today I just don't have one. Other than, that's pretty much all I've got.

Here this post ends.