On my way

I spent the weekend packing and cleaning. I think I'm ready to go. I've got a bunch of work to wrap up and a short list of last minute things to finish at home. Then look out MA, here I come.

Perfect teeth

I got a clean bill of health from the dentist. They were very impressed with my teeth, exclaiming over them several times. I got a similar reaction at my last dentist. If only I could find a guy who was into teeth and could overlook everything else.

Peeps losing

Shoot - We were robbed. Not from winning (We like the first place winner). But they only picked 18 to show in the slide show and ours should definitely been included.

Here's the sad news in print.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/14336520.htm

Spring

Spring sprang in the Twin Cities this weekend. Trees that were aching to put forth buds on Thursday had burst into glorious color by Sunday. Everything smells green and growing and sweet. Beautiful.

I spent most of my first free weekend in a month, lying around and watching the curtains billow. There was some cat snuggling, too, which got me back in T's good graces (she's not a fan of the weekend away.)

Time to pull everything together for the next big trip. AAM (and Boston) here I come.

Taxes are done

After working my third weekend in a row, I took yesterday off and did my taxes. Not getting much back, though. At least I'm not paying anything. The whole process felt weird, since I was in Philly for the 1st two weeks and MN for the rest. So I wasn't a full time MN res. Oh well.

And the winner is...

I almost forgot to mention my other cool job this week. I was a State Science Fair Judge. More specifically, I was a Special Judge for an award the museum presented for best exhibit design. I was co-judge for the junior division (middle school). It was buckets of fun. There were some really good projects and some clever ones. There were also some that were obviously thought up as a good way to get to shoot things (gunpowder ratios), watch movies (effects of movies on dreams), or have a slumber party (effects of sleep deprivation on 12 year old girls). Boy did it take me back to my salad days of last minute scrambles to complete my project. Our winner was a young man who was in his third year of studying toothbrush bacteria. This year he focused on the best place to store your toothbrush (in a cup by itself, by the way). His design was simple and clear and you understood everything in just a quick glance. He's got a future in museums, if he's interested.

Kayaking on the M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-Peep-Peep-I

So here's the Peeps diorama photo we submitted. We should hear back next week.

whew

This round of prototype testing is over. It went really well and we scared a lot of people. The busy push continues this week as we narrow down our component list and then meet with the outside designer this weekend. Then I get to collapse for a couple of days.

Countdown to Boston has begun!