We didn't get hit like Wisconsin or Iowa, but we've had some flooding here. The first storm blew up my mother board, so I had to buy another new computer, but it's nice -- I like it.





I was reading today that a 16th-century, first edition of, “Heavenly Spheres,” the book in which Nicolaus Copernicus puts forth his theory that the sun – not the earth -- is at the center of the universe has fetched more than 2 million dollars at a Christie’s auction. *** The SUN?!?! Brad and Angelina are gonna be SO pissed!

Speaking of such nincompoopery, I’ve been doing some research. It seems that the men that I’ve been dating are not only astrological mis-matches, but star sign disasters for me.

As an Aquarius, I’m not compatible with the Capricorn because
"Career-oriented Capricorn will sacrifice anything to scale the peaks. Imaginative Aquarius thinks only of improving the future of the world and humanity. The former is pragmatic and conservative, whereas the latter is idealistic and rebellious. Capricorn needs a tender, devoted helpmate, and an Aquarian is never home, preferring discussions with buddies to domestic bliss.”

The Taurus won’t work either because “Aquarius has an appetite for freedom and a gaze firmly turned toward the future. The possessive Taurean derives his or her pleasures from immutable values like the land, the family, and the past. If the present brings them together, they rarely evolve in the same direction together, and each will tend to stick to his own character. Soon the Bull feels misunderstood, while the Aquarian dreams of new horizons.”

In fact, the only two signs that I'm really compatible with are a Gemini or another Aquarius. I don't think that I've ever dated a water bearer (hard to catch), and the last person who I let myself fall head over heels for is a Gemini (hard to keep). I value my freedom an awful lot, but still... it would be nice to have the option -- you know?

Anyway...

Everything is fine here. The girls are out of school for the summer, Alayna is getting so big and so smart, and work is still a lot of fun. I realized a couple of weeks ago that I never have any time alone, so I made reservations to stay in a hotel room with a jacuzzi for a night. I'm going to light candles, sit in hot water, read books, and enjoy the quite all night. (Yay!)

They were telling me at work about a New England law firm that hands out attorney trading cards. Each lawyer's stats are on the back-- showing how many clients he's handled, how many cases he's won, etc. Here at work we’re debating doing the same thing with supervisor trading cards, with each one’s stats on the back. I have my personal stats right here.
Number of days: 2080
Number of days without insulting the boss: 2056
Number of days I’ve spilled coffee into office equipment: 6
Number of times not in the office when clients called for me: 8
Number of times burped during a staff meeting: 19
Number of times fell asleep during quality feedback sessions: 3
Number of times accidentally locked in men's room: 1 – but that wasn’t my fault
Number of times finger stuck in vending machine: 3
Number of times stapled finger and drew blood: 4 (Three were my own)

Just one other thing before I let you go...
I've been researching vacation destinations, and I have a short list for anyone who has not yet decided where to take the family this summer...

THE ATOMIC BOMB CRATER (Mars Bluff, South Carolina) -This one serves as a metaphor for all that is wonderful about tourist sites. In 1958, a B-47 pilot accidentally dropped a bomb on a guy's farm. It exploded, and the result was a huge hole that is now a tourist attraction.

THE 5-STORY-TALL CHICKEN (Marietta, Georgia) it's made of sheet metal and is 55 feet tall. Not much else to say, is there?

FLINTSTONE BEDROCK CITY (Vail, Arizona) Visit a replica of the town the modern stone age family calls home! 520-635-2600

THE HALL OF MOSSES (Port Angeles, Washington) Admit it, you've always dreamed that one day all the myriad forms of Mosses would be gathered in one place. Well dream no more. Ho Rainforest State Park: 360-452-0330

Hope you're all having a beautiful weekend! Take care.. be happy.