Today was the first day that a tour was led by someone else in my department. I was so excited to finish up the tour guide booklets yesterday so that I can hand some of this stuff off to others and get back to some of the rest of my job. They are busy, too, …
Day: July 27, 2011
In the Navy You Can Sail the Seven (or at least three) Seas
My husband was in the Navy when he was in his 20s. He stayed in for four years, with the express goals of getting enough GI Bill money to go to college and to learn everything he could about mechanical engineering while he was on active duty. He turned 47 today, so it's been quite …
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My Friends at the Pool
So I have a couple of friends at the pool. They are pretty small guys, and they really don't talk or anything. They just like a cool drink of water now and then. At first, I thought they were just pesky little creatures trying to drive me away so that all of their buggy friends …
You Cannot Swim in the Lake Until You Learn to Swim
My grandmother used to tell a good story about swimming that I remembered when I was in the pool today. She and my grandfather lived on a lake. They had a great corner lot, so both sides of their gigantic yard backed up to the lake. They bought the place in the 1960s when real …
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Summer Semester is Finally Over!
July 27, 9:30am After what seems like a whirlwind exam over the past 12 hours or so, I am finally finished with my oil and gas exam and can enjoy some downtime before fall semester starts. It was a take-home exam. I can't imagine if we had to do it in three hours at school. …
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