Never a simple task

In my experiences, some of the most simple tasks become grand adventures. For example, my quest to put up the new ceiling fan and light fixture I've had for my office for almost two months now. I put up my first fan/light fixture in my extra bedroom about three weeks ago. It was a learning adventure, but I was confident I could do it simply this time. After spending a hour reading and an hour playing Nintendo this morning, I began my quest. To make a long (somewhat funny story) short, after two trips to Lowes, lots of encounters with some interesting "old" folks, very sore arms, a few moments of thoughts about shocking myself and lots of almost falls from my perch, I now am enjoying the cool breeze and soft light from the latest update to my house.

This put me in the mode to work on organizing and cleaning my office. I managed to put some happy pictures on the wall and cleaned out one of my desk drawers. I'm pretending I don't see the boxes from my classroom strewn throughout the room. I reaffirmed my lack of ability to hang pictures straight and even with the pictures around them. My mathematical, linear mind has a hard time with it but my beautifully painted walls don't need any more damage. I'm attempting to work up the courage to drill some holes in my walls to put up some cool bookshelves that I have. On these bookshelves I plan to show off the accomplishments of my teams over the past four years. I hope to find a good Duke patterned material to put underneath these items on my shelves as well.

So not much else is going on...sadly enough I believe I will see a 4th of July with only the fireworks on TV to entertain me. Last summer we were in Washington, DC - sitting behind the Washingthon Monument - to see their fireworks. I guess I'll just have to watch it from the comfort of a couch this summer. I'm off to make another dent in my Artemis Fowl book. One of the main reasons I like these books is because one of the main characters is named Holly.