QIT - Queen in Transition

Queen had to pack up her treasures today. Been stuck in limbo land of the lost island of misfit toys for the past 18 months after the new library opened at Walsh. Not sure where they'll stick me while the old library is renovated into faculty offices. Tis discomfiting to not have a home. But thankful to have a job, and one that I love at that.

Prefer to be in a place of hustle and bustle - keeps my senses keen. When I first moved to the office in the old library, there was enough commotion I kept rockin. Once the library moved into its new, clean and very modern space, and I was left in the dead zone, I find I must get up and get out so as not to fall into a zombie-like state. Hopeful more people will come with this move.

Already missing the special features of the current little castle. The built in shelves are a perfect place to display crown jewels. Two sets of cupboards are alongside. Good hiding places for piles of junky jewels that seem to accumulate.

Packing provided little pleasures remembering the gift giver and the picking of a new possession. Funny how a little whim of buying one tiny plastic crown a few years ago has become a fully disfunctional obsession for everything queenly in such a short time. And it's not just me. Oh no. Friends find crowns -- they buy them or email links for me to buy.


So while not exactly dethroned, I am throneless, and must find a spot fitting for a queen. Fresh hell would be a doorless half-walled cubicle with no space for visitors - and I do have them!

For now, the treasures can stay in a box at home until a new special spot is found.

Scrapbookin

Finally finished an album of Prince Dan's football career. Newspaper clippings mostly, I had saved from his sophomore year on. Turned out pretty well. Now the decision is, save it here, or let him take it home?

Surprising, there were a lot of pictures with Princess Laura in them! They didn't date in high school, but they were in band together.

I'll post the rest of the pictures on my picasa pages.

I might be a hopeful cynic

Snapshot Report
Cynicism
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According to your responses, you are generally the type of person who believes in the goodness of humankind. You give nearly everyone the benefit of the doubt (at least until proven wrong), and will often accept what people say and do at face value instead of making conjectures about their motives. You will at least try to find the good in even the most difficult of people, and are willing to place your faith in others. Unlike their more positive counterparts, pessimists have a lot of difficulty trusting others, believing that most, if not all people have hidden agendas. Tempered with that necessary dose of skepticism, your fairly trusting and accepting nature is refreshing, and likely provides you with a much more balanced and upbeat perspective overall.

Queendom

I've found the perfect website that blends my world of work with my queenliness. Queendom has dozens of tests for personality, winning the lottery, sales skills, you name it! One of my classmates found it, and put it on her blog. We had to do a blog in my leadership class this semester. I started mine on leadeership tests, then switched it to help for displaced workers since so much of my work is focused on putting together workshops for the unemployed. Now, everything comes together. Queen of Royal Cove + leadership tests = Queendom.com!

Extended Resume for an Extensive Career

One of the last assignments in my grad class this semester is to create an online portfolio and an extended resume. It's making me feel very old.

I've been at my current job 8 years, and the one before that for 13 years. Not much advancement in my career moves; been a "director" for 25 years. Certainly there have been new challenges, and I've taken on new projects, but my resume looks dull. The fact that I convinced a conservative board of directors to spend $10,000 on the organization's first website was HUGE in 1997; but seems silly today. Can't even link to it - the organization doesn't exist anymore.

That's probably why I strongly believe that should be running a queendom.

Facebook 25 Random Things

1. Poking a hole in the toe of my sock makes me nuts.
2. I have a fabulous collection of crowns and queenly things.
3. Had my pichur took with the O-fficial Sweet Potato Queen.
4. I had the lead in almost every play in high school
5. Once upon a time I was very skinny.
6. I love nuts and berries.
7. I made more friends when my kids were in high school than when I was in high school.
8. The best laughs are with my sisters.
9. Short hair probably does look better on me.
10. For over 40 years I’ve had the same best friend.
11. I’ve read all of the Stephanie Plum mysteries.
12. Sting’s music is very sexy to me.
13. My kids make fun of me, but I know they love me.
14. Vince Lombardi is the name of our dog.
15. Scrabble is my favorite game.
16. I’m not the oldest student in my grad school class.
17. The two people who knew me best in my 20s are dead.
18. My maiden name is Jewell.
19. When I was 22 I got married, when I was 32 I got divorced.
20. Most of my clothes are black.
21. Ten hours of sleep is easy for me.
22. Marching bands make me smile.
23. I used to waterski a lot.
24. I lived in Washington DC in the 80s.
25. There are three green rugs in my bathroom.

Superbowl 1984

The 1984 Superbowl was held on January 22. I know because I gave birth just hours after the game ended. Mike and I watched the game at the home of our friends Kenny and Helaine. There were a lot of people there. Robyn already had Jake - he was born a couple weeks earlier; and Linda had yet to have Allison. (she was born Feb. 1) We had a very close group during our time in Maryland. Three of us were pregnant at the same time. We have a great picture from New Year's Eve at the Montgomery Village steak house, three big bellies in our fancy maternity finery.



I sat like a blob through the entire game. Then as soon as it was over I picked up all the trash, did all the dishes, and essentially "nested" at someone else's house! I drove home and put the intoxicated hubby to sleep on the recliner only to start labor as soon as I got into bed. I gave the drunken daddy a couple more hours of sleep, but grew excited to get the baby delivered!



We got to the DC hospital with plenty of time to spare, but not enough time for the doctor to make it. My guess is that he was at a Superbowl party himself. My Superbowl baby was born on January 23, an icy day in Washington DC. Now he's 25 and married. I sort of hoped that he would one day play in the Superbowl. But I'm happy with the three years in high school he played in the Silverdome!