I know, it seems like I just moved to Word Press. I have decided that Blogger is better for my needs though, so I am moving back. My new Blog address is http://mlefire.blogspot.com/
For the time being you can still view old posts on this blog, but all new posts will be at their new home.
Great news! As of the begining of October, all tempory USSRC employees, which enclueds Space Camp Counselors, are elligable for overtime. With over 90 hours last pay period this upcoming paycheck will definitely inclued overtime. It may not be much but it is still exciting.
on another note, since I haven’t posted lately I was planning on writing all the backlog of posts I’d planned, but there is to much to go into so here is a little update.
We have an office here called ‘Camper Services.’ It’s where we go to get new badges printed when our kids loose them, where lost and found is located and where camper mail is sorted, amoung other things. It is also where the mail boxes for those that live here are located, and where we pick up our checks. This past week I’ve been in camper services at least once a day to check my mail, looking for my next Netfix dvd and my absentee ballot. There was nothing in my box all week. Acording to the Netflix site my dvd should have been here tuesday and mom requested my ballot sent to me a few weeks ago. It finally clicked on thursday why there was no mail in my box. The lady incharge of Camper Services is out of town and the other two women who work there wernt putting out mail in our boxes.
I went back this afternoon intending to dig through the pile of mail on Camper Sevice lady’s desk to find that someone had finally put my mail in my box. My movie and ballot were both there.
Now I just need to vote…
Well, Space Camp new year any way. Here at Space Camp (well, the US Space and Rocket Center really), each week has a number, kinda like how each week of the summer had a different session number at most of the other camps I’ve worked at. Thing is, we offer programs all year long, so we have 52 ‘weeks’. Today was the start of 2009 for us here at the USSRC. Welcome to ‘Week 1′. Week numbers are handy, though I don’t really pay attention to specific dates of when things are.. I couldn’t tell you what I was working October 3rd, but I do know what I am working Friday of week 1. (same day, if you couldn’t guess.) So, for any of you who want to keep track of time my new way, (mom?) week one starts today, September. 28th. My birthday is the Thursday of week 31. =-)
Yet to come… All about Sci Vis week, which for most of 9 months I knew was blind/visualy imparied week, but didn’t know what the acronym stood for. Tune in later thes week to find out about that and all about my amazing team…
So, about a week ago I was out with a friend and while we were out I decided to fill up my gas tank even though I had about a 1/4th a tank left. At The Kangaroo, one of the cheapest gas stations, gas was $3.49/ gal. Last night, just a week and a half later it was at $3.99/ gal. Boy am I glad I got gas then, I am almost scared to see what it is today. I really do not want to see gas prices over $4. I remember when the great stops at home first opened and gas was $0.89. All the other places around it were over a dollar but it was nice to see those prices.I think I must have been 15 or 16 becasue I wasn’t paying for the gas yet.
Any way, I wish prices were like that still. Boy do I love my Hyundai Elantra and its excelent gas millage now!
I recieved one of the best presents I can ever remember on my 12th (13th?) birthday. The fact that I still enjoy it when I’m now 23 should attest to that. My twin Best Friends had each gotten me 2 books of a quartet. The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce. The series is set in the mythical Relm of Tortall. It is kind of set in midevel times with kings and princes, knights and lady’s, but there is also magic and Gods.
The first book, ‘Alanna’, is about a young girl, about 11, of the same name. She has a twin brother and they are both about to be sent away to continue their education. Alanna, as all noble girls, is to learn how to be a lady and her brother, to be a knight. They decide to switch places, her brother to go to the convent as that is where they also teach young boys magic and Alanna pretends to be a boy so she can become a knight. The first book covers the first several years of Alanna’s training as a Paige and the trials of hiding who she really is as well as those of growing up and other adventures. Along the way she makes friends with the Prince, the King of Theives, one of her teachers, and many others.
The next book, ‘In The Hands of the Gods’ is about her years as a Squire. More people find out about who she really is through out the book, she meets a God, gets a peculiar pet, and investigates a plot against the thrown and hopefully survives the Ordeal of Knighthood. The other two books, “Woman Who Rides Like a Man’ and ‘Lioness Rampent’ are both similarly exciting books. Alanna is now a knight and is looking for adventure. Along the way she falls in and out of love, makes new friends, travels to distant lands and make it homw in time to save the day. Just the way every good heroien book should be.
After The Lioness Rampent series, Tamora Pierce has writen severl other quentets set in the land of Tortall. The ‘Immortals’ quentet including: ‘Wild Magic’, Wolf Speaker’, ‘Emperor Mage’ and ‘The Relms of the Gods’. These are about a young woman, Dain, with a stange magic with anamals. She come to Totall and starts working at the palace and learning magic. We meet new Charecters and some old. As Dain finds her place in this stange new land she has no idea the pivital role she will play in the war that is brewing.
The Protector of the Small Quartet is about a young girl, Kaladry, who wants to be the first Lady Knight since Alanna. Throughout ‘First Test’, ‘Page’, “Squire’, and ‘Lady Knight’, we fallow her through the good and the bad, bullies of all sizes and the expectations of being the first known girl to train to be a knight. ‘Daughter of the Lioness’ is about Alanna’s daughter, Two books this time, Trickster’s Choice and Trickster’s Queen. Both very good books.
Now we get to the reason for this blog entry. I just read the latest of Pierce’s Tortall books. ‘Beka Cooper, Terrier.’ This book takes place 200 years before Alanna. It is about a girl named Beka who’s magic is to hear the dead. She is the medevil version of a cop, well, rookie cop. Beka is the ansestor of George, Alanna’s King of theives friend.
One of the things I love about this book and all of Pierces books, is how she ties things together. Sure this book happens 200 years before but I still recognize things and it sets the stage for how things happen later.
I had read a few pages of the book a few days ago but last night was the first time I really sat down and read ‘Terrier’. I was up till 5am (don’t think I started reading till after 11pm). I got up around 1pm today, got breakfast started reading again and didn’t really leave my room till about 7pm when I finished. Pierce’s books are so captivating and she make such strong, compelling female characters that it really is hard to put them down. My copy of the first book is in tatters I have read it so many times. It has been taped and taped again so it doesn’t fall apart. The seecond book was left in the rain by my little brother, who by the way also really enjoys these books. the rest of my Allana books, though not in as bad as shape, have all been taped at least once. One of these days I am going to have to get new copys of them all.
But first, the next ‘Beka Cooper’ book comes out in April. You all now know what to get me for my Birthday next year.
For all you Netflix subscribers!! Apollo 13, one of my most favorite movies ever, is available on Netflix Watch Now. Watch instantly on your computer. And for all of you Firefox users, you must watch in Internet Explorer. And speaking of Firefox, anyone else download the new version? What do you think?
Playing with blanket
Maya and Aunt Emily
I HATE COCKROACHES!!!! In fact, I hate them so much that if it had registered in my brain that Alabama had cockroaches, I would have thought twice about moving here, maybe even tree times. Over the past several months I have seen many outside, especially after dark. But that was ok. They were outside I was inside… most of the time any way. The point is, I could get away from them.
For the past couple months I have been meaning to give my room a major cleaning… which never happened. I’ve been working 12-16 hour days at least every other week since May and If I’m not then its a 6-8 hour day. So if I’m not working constantly I’m recover for the next week and don;t feel like cleaning. For the past couple weeks I’ve been trying to motivate my self by saying “clean or you’ll get cockroaches hiding under the stuff on your floor. Didn’t help much… until last week.
I walked into my room a little after 10pm, after working since 7am. I flipped on the light to see a cockroach scurrying away from my chair. Needless to say, it freaked me out. I went into a cleaning frenzy and got most of the stuff up off my floor. I thought the cockroach gone.
A few days later I was in the bathroom digging through my shower caddy and saw something moving in the bottom. this time I did scream and jump back. I ended up knocking my shower caddy over into the sink and very carefully retrieving everything in it. The evil cockroach went scurrying away somewhere.
Seeing all these cockroaches make me very happy that in a week or so I’ll be moving across the hall into hab 1. I’ll be shaking everything out before packing to make sure that there are no stowaways. this is also a great chance to organize. Yay!
The other awesome thing about moving is that I’ll get a window and I think I get a desk to. There will be pictures of my new room as soon as I’m moved in.
My beautiful Hyundai Elantra turned 1000 yesterday. Happy Birthday Car!
My Odomiter (?)
A brief history on the car birthday. Jeremy and I used to have this Klutz travel book that had all sorts of fun activities and games and stuff. One of the things is to sing happy birthday to your car every time you get a new , hundred, thousand, etc, miles on your car.
