Earplugs

I really am going to write about professional issues, but first I have to ask myself why it took me 36 years to figure out earplugs are the answer to a good nights sleep when you have rowdy neighbors? The earplugs blocked out their boring 1 AM conversation for two nights in a row. And I could still hear my alarm, not as loudly, but enough to immediately rouse me from sleep. Blessed earplugs, saving me from being a cranky old woman! We shall see if they help if she blasts music though I now have hope.

I just want to see you smile

Emusic has Bruce Springsteen performing "Dream Baby Dream"! I am so excited. I heard this during the Devils and Dust tour, in Cincinnati back in 2005 I think. Amazing performance. Um, emusic also has a Twisted Sister Christmas album, and you can download "Deck the Halls" for free.

I'm heading to Oklahoma for my grandma's funeral. Not that I update this often, but when I get back, look for some posts on MPLP and digitization projects, other thoughts about digitization, possible other ramblings about issues in archives, and possibly some crazy ideas how to revitalize Richmond Indiana.

One of the best memories of my grandma I have is spending a couple of weeks with her and my grandpa when I was kid, no parents around. It was a really fun week and I especially remember taking walks around the neighborhood in Shawnee OK looking for new things, whether a tree, leaves, flowers, whatever. I guess I don't remember the details, but I remember how wonderful it was. She taught 8th grade English for years--I have no idea how she did that. I believe she was the first in her family to go to college. I always admired her greatly and cherished those yearly visits to Oklahoma. Now as an adult I'm driving my parents to Oklahoma in my car instead of the other way around. I always loved the drive out there as kid so it will interesting to see how it has changed.