(One of those “wow, the last three weeks have been full of MAYHEM and I want to think about it a little before getting back into regular blogging” posts.)
But first, the dogies:
So, with that over, what’s been going on? The main thing is that school has ENDED, at least officially, and I now have a master’s degree in linguistics and a graduate certificate in museum studies. Unofficially, school’s not quite over, as I still have some odds and ends to wrap up with my work on the digital archive.
Graduation was busy. It was good, but I’m glad it’s over. My parents and sister arrived in town on Friday, we had a LIS grad dinner for Frans that night, Saturday was graduation, Saturday night was a friend’s going away party, and through the whole weekend Frans was trying to keep working on his book chapter and I was trying to spend as much time with my parents as possible.
Now, unfortunately, the family’s gone. And just when I thought I’d have some time to catch up (and start editing the book chapter with Frans), I get a phone call saying my friend Hiroko has SHATTERED her shoulder in the nasty shorebreak at Makapuu beach – a wave threw her down on the sand THAT HARD. So since Monday I’ve been helping take care of her. She’s doing much, much better, and it turns out nothing is shattered, it’s just a single break. She’s scheduled for surgery next Monday which is scary but sounds like it will be relatively straightforward.
The good thing about all this is I actually do have time to spend decent chunks of time each day with Hiroko. I’m not working this week, and when it comes down to it, taking care of friends is more important than catching up on other stuff. I’ll get around to the rest of it later.
