a bit of sunshine

It looks like we will have a big helping of Spring over the next few days. Fine by me. I will take those bright blue skies any day. I ventured out of the office yesterday to swing by the Hallmark store to pick up a few cards. Then I treated myself to some frozen yogurt. Delish.

Tried a new recipe last night. It was a knock-off of Olive Garden's zuppa toscana. Quite tasty! I love Pinterest for making new recipes so easy to try.

In other news, I fnished the book! "House of Shattered Wings" by Aliette de Bodard wound up being a decent book. Here is a link to her website and some info about the novel. I think the world building here just wasn't my cup of tea, but the writing was solid and while I never felt that connection with any of the characters (they all seemed to be a bit unlikeable), I would be tempted to give another of her books a try.

And that's it for this week! I'm getting a new computer at work, so I imagine that the majority of my day will be spent waiting on IT and then reworking my desktop, shortcuts, etc. For no matter their promises to have it "ready to go," it never is. I'm just hoping they don't lose all my fonts. UGH.

out to lunch

The boss and I are taking one of our editorial advisory board members out to lunch this afternoon. The gentleman is in town for a meeting at our office and we are 'stealing' him away for a bit to enjoy a meal and conversation.

This man is always so positive in his emails and during our conference calls. The entire office comments about how pleasant he is to work with and how NICE he is.  He has been so supportive of the new magazine and I'm looking forward to chatting with him in person. He is also conducts very interesting research on circadian rhythms and 'light at night.'

The week has flown by, as I knew it would. We've been busy at work. I have been working on two different power point presentations for the executive director. I have one to finish up today and then we can begin editing/adjusting. It is a multi step process when we work with her on these.

The June issue of the magazine is coming together too...as in we are putting the files together for all the pages. This is a very interesting process for us as we didn't do that part of it last time.

Yep. It is Thursday. Let's go!