Thursday, April 14, 2005

Little Things That Make Me Happy

1. Receiving mail
2. Bright colored flowers
3. Clean sheets
4. Sunshine
5. Smiling babies

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Goals For Today

1. Recover from trip
2. Work on defense presentation
3. Make it to Pilates class
4. Not think about interviews
5. Relax

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Post-Interview Thoughts

1. The first interview went really really well
2. The second interview went really well
3. The third interview went really really well
4. The fourth interview went really well
5. Feeling good about this....

Monday, April 11, 2005

An Adventure to Washington DC

1. Flew from Grand Rapids to Chicago to Washington DC
2. Rode to the hotel with another candidate and a crazy cab driver
3. Got settled in to a tiny room and ate dinner
4. Went on a tour of an older mail processing facility in Maryland
5. Did some interview prep and wrote a list before falling into bed exhausted

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Job Interview Nervousness

1. Is my suit okay?
2. Is my resume correct?
3. Are the forms all filled out?
4. Am I prepared for the hard questions?
5. Will they like me?

Saturday, April 09, 2005

A Visit From The Valleys

1. Mom, Geoff and Maddie came to visit
2. We went to the beach
3. We went to the outlet mall
4. We got Geoff hooked on Zuma
5. We ate expensive ice cream cake

Friday, April 08, 2005

Original Nintendo Games That Are Still Entertaining

1. Dr. Mario
2. Tetris
3. Yoshi
4. Super Mario Brothers
5. Super C

Thursday, April 07, 2005

New Favorite Music

1. Green Day
2. Alison Krauss and Union Station
3. Brad Paisly
4. Tift Merrit
5. Sugarland

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Things I Love About Pilates

1. My abs feel strong
2. My legs feel long
3. My neck and shoulders relax
4. My breathing is conscious
5. My back isn't sore

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Job Interview Excitement

1. I have an interview
2. For an IE job
3. That is potentially in Grand Rapids
4. And is really cool
5. BECAUSE IT IS FOR THE USPS!!!

Monday, April 04, 2005

New Apartment Excitement

1. It has two bedrooms
2. It is on the second floor
3. It has a bigger back deck
4. It is not "barrier-free"
5. We move in April 30

Sunday, April 03, 2005

Every Morning At 7:30

1. Mina, our cat, hops onto the window sill
2. She stares intently out the window for a few minutes
3. Then she starts whining at something
4. Nobody else can see what, including the other cat
5. Then she calmly resumes her normal behavior

Saturday, April 02, 2005

A Story List About Tricia's Birthday

1. Apparently today is Tricia's birthday
2. Even though I always think it is on April 4
3. It isn't
4. It is today
5. So happy birthday to my most favorite Aunt Tricia

Friday, April 01, 2005

April Is...

1. National Poetry Month
2. Alcohol Awareness Month
3. Occupational Therapy Month
4. Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month
5. Mathematics Awareness Month