journaling: enabled

Yay … it’s summer. Okay, most people don’t realize that means a butt-load of work for me ‘cuz of large project at work that would disrupt normal academic year operations. Things like a campus-wide computer inventory … new email system … new computer lab hardware … ugh. Maybe some problems will actually be fixed. And some problems are definitely going away (modem pool on July 1).
I’m not sure what sort of house projects I’ll be doing this summer (if any). A deer decided to try to run me off the road a bit over a week ago. It ultimately succeeded ‘cuz I had to check and see what the hell it did to the side of my truck. I haven’t gotten any estimates but suffice it to say I’m glad I have full-coverage auto insurance on it. Even so it’s going to put a dent in my financial situation for a while.
My dear, loving Elizabeth has left for the summer. I’ll see her next on the 28th … we’re going to see Stars on Ice at the Target Center. Not sure if I’m willing to drive down to Madison on the 29th for Rhythm & Boom (fireworks & music), but it’s definitely an idea. We spent the weekend together … mostly with her family down by Easton, WI (they have a 40 acre camp down there). It was cool … being lazy and doing not much of anything, though I do wish I had brought my copy of the Silmarillion along to read and occupy time. I did decide it’s a fun place to go biking … they have ATV trails that are also fun on bike (though the hills are basically un-navigable on two wheels with all the rocks and sand).
I have a confession to make … I killed a baby bunny rabbit last night. It was hiding in the grass next to the light pole in my yard with a sibling. Unfortunately it didn’t move out of the way when I came by with the lawn mower … and got be-headed. It was horrible. I can still see it twitching. I hope I don’t have nightmares about this. The sibling ran across the street after I chased it away, but it sat under a truck tire so we chased it back into my yard. I feel horrible.
Well, it’s bedtime. I didn’t sleep well this past weekend ‘cuz Liz’s relatives snore rather loudly (we all slept in the same room). Hopefully I’ll get around to posting more often now.
– rjr … the bunny slayer