I'm behind on my blogging

Wow. I didn't realize it's been so long. Let's see what's happened since my last post...

Jury Duty - I had to go, but they only called one jury (14 people) out of the 100+ of us who were there. Eventually they decided that they didn't need anyone else, and I was released. Very unproductive.

More Baby Action - I went to my friend Denise's baby shower on Saturday. She and Leo are having a little boy in January. Denise looks great, and Leo's always completely chill.

Crappy Sunday - We went to Grandpa's old house, which is now Mom and Rory's house, to help throw out a bunch of stuff and make Goodwill runs. Though we didn't fill the dumpster they rented, we sure did make a dent in it. Note to others who may rent a dumpster: don't do it on a day that's cold, windy, and rainy.

New Schedule - After much begging and pleading, I got a temporary (until Laura goes away for maternity leave) 4 day/10 hour schedule at work. AWESOME. Wednesday is my "day off" and every other day I work from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Getting to work at 6:00 isn't a big deal--I did that for a year while Marc worked with me--but I've never had a permanent schedule that kept me at work until 5:00. It makes for a long day, but I think I'll like it as long as I go to bed early enough.

My Wednesday Off - My day off today wasn't too thrilling. We started cleaning the house because our friend Joe is coming up from San Francisco for a job interview at OHSU, and he's staying with us. We also went to a luncheon for a remodeler's group. Marc's starting to get out and network with builders and remodelers to help market his new company and product. After that, we spent most of the afternoon lounging around the house. It's really windy out there, so it's cool listening to it from inside.

Test-Taking - I couldn't help but check my work e-mail today. You never know when something's gonna blow up. Fortunately, nothing did while I was away today, but I got an e-mail from my Six Sigma instructor (why I was in Santa Monica last month) letting me know my score on the exam. 96%! Yeah, baby! I was always a good test-taker in school, and it looks like I haven't lost that touch. Yet.

Stupidness - And now, for your reading pleasure, my stupid paraphrased quote of the day. We were watching the local news earlier tonight, and they were doing a story about a man who bought a used SUV that had been totalled and had a fake title. He didn't find this out until his 16 year old daughter flipped it and killed one of her passengers. Turns out the passenger seat belt had been sliced and then sewn back together with normal thread instead of being replaced. That's the seatbelt that failed, leading to the passenger being ejected from the SUV and dying. So here comes some investigator or professional of some sort, and the news reporter asks him, "If the seatbelt had been replaced, would she (the victim) have lived?" This guy responds with something along the lines of, "I can't say that she would have survived, but she most certainly would have been saved." What does that mean? Is it just me, or is that a bit contradictory? Stupid.