And another one's gone...

Well, the title of the blog might be a bit dramatic, but I'm very sad that one of my friends is leaving our workplace for greener (at least I hope) pastures. It also makes me concerned that others are secretly looking to leave. I like having a group of friends who will come to our odd parties. I need to have ENOUGH friends who will come; otherwise, the parties might not be so weird.

Got a filling today. Happily, it was no big deal. I have one more to go. Ordered all of the gifts for the kid's birthdays from both me and my brother, as well as one from my sister. That takes me through the end of October for getting gifts for kids. It will not be until December that I'll have to do any more figuring out what the hell to get people.

What else is going on? Not much of anything, really. I have to work on the revisions (this is like the worse thing ever). I have to write up a research proposal for PSU and LIU's IRBs. I have to pack. I have to throw two birthday parties and make a twin towers cake with Philippe Petit walking across it (yeah, I know, odd). I have to clean. I'm going to (don't have to) make some salsa jam, some pizza sauce, and some salsa.

Today, I think the salsa jam and maybe the pizza sauce. Also, cleaning my room and doing some packing. I will probably build the house for my nephew's birthday (he's getting a wooden house with furniture). I might go out and buy him some farm animals as well. And, I need to do the analyses necessary for the revisions. That's a lot of goals for one day, but I think I can do it. We'll have to see. There will be fewer kids around today and we are having dinner out, so that will help.

I am also cleaning up one of my computers for my nephew to use. So, busy day, but no busier than many others; it's just that today I'm not playing with kids. Tomorrow is a trip to State College to go to the farmer's market and look for books for a birthday present, look at a party store, and see if I can find some reasonable software for a child. Additionally, I have to work on the paper. I'm not sure what is happening over the weekend, but next week school starts for my nephew and niece. What a short summer!