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This and That and Contemplation
Nov. 4th, 2015 01:15 pmI managed to finish book #10 (Hell Bent) and #11 (Stone Cold) by Devon Monk and started #12 which is House Immortal also by Devon Monk. Its an alternate world or post apocolyptic (maybe?) USA. Still trying to figure it out. Its interesting though....
I finished my "No Bunnies" Shawl and blocked it last night. Yay!
Cats like shawls.
Before blocking with foot meaure:
After(in progess) with yard measure:
Halloween was tiring but fun. Ben and I carved a pumpkin, he is not a fan of the guts and we headed out with Ed/Candace (Holly & Henry), Mary/Andrew (Inara) and had a good ol' time going around Civano. We had no trick or treaters at the house. But a good time was had by all.
Sunday Ben was grumpy and tired and we all were. I spent way too much time shopping but oh well.
Monday I worked and then gave a STEM talk about Mechanical Engineering to a group of Middle School Girls. I was a bit nervous about doing it but it went really well when I could tie in showing them hardware that linked into the rockets they've been working with and have some hands on show n tell with hardware I had with me. Plus some youtube of my products doing their thing. It was good. One of the neat questions I got was "How many tests I failed". I was only an average student. I failed a few courses and "D" for done on a few but I'm still a good engineer. I had a social life in school and am really well rounded. I stress the technical/social communication/presentation skills over the math and science becuase when you work in business you need to be able to talk to a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds.
Monday Night was lots of calligraphy to get ready for Coronation. Me being off a week didn't help. My business trip for next week was cancelled though so that makes Southern a bit better to handle. I still have lots to do.
I attended the YWCA Women's Conference yesterday. I got to hear Dr. Nancy Bray, Head of the Kennedy Spaceport for NASA speak and attended 3 workshops and a luncheon where we got to hear from the 2015 Changemaker of the year Dr. Laura Banks-Reed and Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron. Pics of my work ladies are here:
What the conference taught me was I'm pretty much slacking on my career. Which I've been feeling. There are many folks my age who are much, much further along and I'm frustrated enough with things I'm almost thinking drastic action of switching departments or leaving the company. I hit basically tenure in January and no longer acrue any further PTO per year etc. That would be a lot to let go of and I get a pension so, yeah. Don't want to loose that but it tempting. So, changing things a bit now and going to work for 2016 to be a transformative year for me. I need to follow Rule #1 at work and my goal is to dress nicer and look nicer in general.
I finished my "No Bunnies" Shawl and blocked it last night. Yay!
Cats like shawls.
Before blocking with foot meaure:
After(in progess) with yard measure:
Halloween was tiring but fun. Ben and I carved a pumpkin, he is not a fan of the guts and we headed out with Ed/Candace (Holly & Henry), Mary/Andrew (Inara) and had a good ol' time going around Civano. We had no trick or treaters at the house. But a good time was had by all.
Sunday Ben was grumpy and tired and we all were. I spent way too much time shopping but oh well.
Monday I worked and then gave a STEM talk about Mechanical Engineering to a group of Middle School Girls. I was a bit nervous about doing it but it went really well when I could tie in showing them hardware that linked into the rockets they've been working with and have some hands on show n tell with hardware I had with me. Plus some youtube of my products doing their thing. It was good. One of the neat questions I got was "How many tests I failed". I was only an average student. I failed a few courses and "D" for done on a few but I'm still a good engineer. I had a social life in school and am really well rounded. I stress the technical/social communication/presentation skills over the math and science becuase when you work in business you need to be able to talk to a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds.
Monday Night was lots of calligraphy to get ready for Coronation. Me being off a week didn't help. My business trip for next week was cancelled though so that makes Southern a bit better to handle. I still have lots to do.
I attended the YWCA Women's Conference yesterday. I got to hear Dr. Nancy Bray, Head of the Kennedy Spaceport for NASA speak and attended 3 workshops and a luncheon where we got to hear from the 2015 Changemaker of the year Dr. Laura Banks-Reed and Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron. Pics of my work ladies are here:
What the conference taught me was I'm pretty much slacking on my career. Which I've been feeling. There are many folks my age who are much, much further along and I'm frustrated enough with things I'm almost thinking drastic action of switching departments or leaving the company. I hit basically tenure in January and no longer acrue any further PTO per year etc. That would be a lot to let go of and I get a pension so, yeah. Don't want to loose that but it tempting. So, changing things a bit now and going to work for 2016 to be a transformative year for me. I need to follow Rule #1 at work and my goal is to dress nicer and look nicer in general.
