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Monday, 6 December 04 :: 1 month chip

i got my one month chip today at my morning meeting. its been a bit longer than a month, but i'm not that picky about details. anyhow, i'm not exactly bought and sold into the program (al-anon for those not playing along), but its bringing me something that made this gesture a touching one. everyone in the room smiled as the various chips were passed around, and dear sweet m reminded me that she and i showed up at the meeting for the first time on the same day.. she said to me that we'll always have that connection. yes, a touching morning. and even if i'm not bought and sold into the program, the hugs and understanding i get from these folks is enough to keep me going back 3 times a week.

this week is going to be fairly busy. i've got a meeting of some sort every day. and even 2 a day between now and the end of the week. this weekend my friend p is having our new mayor (thusly to be known as mayor kitty, not mayor piercy) over for tea with t and her friends so kitty can tell them what it means to be mayor. so incredibly cute and wonderful. cause i adore t, p, and mayor kitty i'm going to help set up and join in the festivities :)

i now have a new addiction. the library. i can't wait to get to there and see what else i can see that i've not seen yet! and then home again with a giant stack of books. i don't read them all, but i'm getting through at least 2 books a week, which for me is an improvement, since for so long i had to buy books. now that i can have these for free (and return them, thusly creating no more clutter in my cramped living space) i'm a lot more inclined to read than watch tv.

and now i need to get dressed from my afternoon bath. i'm going to go hunt down some yarn for a project i want to get off the ground. tonight during the jnw meeting will be a good time to start working on it..

and lastly..

i'm having this urge to replace the flag on top of skinner's butte with a banner that says "REMEMBER THE UKRAINE!"

posted by brooke at December 6, 2004 02:52 PM

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We're getting a laptop too! I am so freaking excited. Our first Mac, a powerbook, way more than we can afford, but we know someone so we got a little discount. I want that laptop to be here now!

posted by: chasmyn at December 7, 2004 01:12 PM

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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.