Some extraneous nerdiness… Thursday, Aug 30 2007 

Science! , GeekLady 6:29 am

I feel like I should post something every day, just to get into the habit. Eventually I intend on going chronologically through all the big stuff that happened this summer, but I overslept today, so no time. Instead I shall regale you with a tale of just how nerdy I can be.

So I was vegetating in front of the TV one day this summer (and by vegetating, I mean working on a counted cross stitch pattern while watching – I am incapable of just sitting in front of the TV) and an ad came on for Vagisil Screening Kits – see if you have a bacterial infection in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

I was intrigued. I wanted to know how this worked. So I bought a kit. You know what it is? A piece of damned pH paper on a stick, complete with the little color chart! Fifteen bucks for two tests. For that money, I could buy a lifetime’s supply of pH paper from Fisher Scientific!
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I’m really just grumpy because I thought it’d be something more interesting than pH paper.

 

One Year Older… Wednesday, Aug 29 2007 

State of the Blog GeekLady 6:38 am

…one year closer to menopause.

It’s been four months since I’ve posted, and a very rough four months it’s been. Summed up, 2 valley weddings, 2 gaming weekends, 1 graduation party, 1 camping trip to colorado, 1 friend’s new baby, 1 baptism, 2 nasty colds, 2 summer students at work, an unpleasant encounter with my former NFP teacher, innumerable embroidery projects, and miscarriage number two. I feel like I’ve been saving up all my leftover cheerfulness for when I’m around others so that I don’t depress the people I’m around.

And at work, Nosy persists on talking about all the women who’ve had babies over the summer and how much weight they’ve already lost. And she will not take a hint. Heck, I could be blunt and she wouldn’t get that either.

I don’t have time to write much now, but I felt like I had to jump right back in and say something.

Today is also my (for lack of better words) niece’s sixth birthday. Happy Birthday sweetie, though I know you’ll never read this.

[Edit] I didn’t mention how old I got, I just turned 27. It’s so not fair to feel young and old at the same time.