Happy Friday, everyone

And I am glad it's Friday. Though this was a pretty good week in a lot of ways.

Of course, there's the obvious - getting that "vote of confidence" from the campus. And it's the end of the semester - nearly time for a break. I'm looking forward to having a summer "off" (even though I plan on doing a lot of research, that's different from the hectic pace of summer teaching)

I restarted on soil organism surveying yesterday - I have all my little cups of preserved organisms to go through, to identify the organisms, to count them. I enjoy this kind of work - it's quiet and calm, and while it requires attention, it's not the nerve-wracking kind of attention that some labwork is. And there's the "treasure hunt" aspect, where you don't know what unusual things you might find (As yesterdays' photos showed, there were a few "new" organisms in this sample that I had not seen before).

I have decided to take Saturday as a stay-at-home-and-do-what-I-want-to day. Gas is too expensive right now for me to really want to drive down to McKinney, and besides, the traffic - and I don't really NEED anything (though I never really DO, when I go to McKinney). I have a couple of quilt tops planned, so the thought of going shopping for more fabric doesn't appeal until I've used up some of what I have.

I'm thinking I might watch some of the Poirot or Campion dvds I've been saving up, and either knit or work on the quilt top in the frame or do some embroidery and just stay home on the sofa and relax.