New year, new job, new perspective

Here I sit at my new job at Exploration Place, a kid's science center in Wichita. I am the Programs Manager, inventing, developing and supervising program stuff...and having an absolute blast! The experiment as a librarian was an absolute failure. I enjoyed my time with kids, but those times were few and far between. Spending my day on the circulation desk and banging my creative head against the thick hides of the unbalanced and parochial females that ran the library only made me tired, crabby and very angry. So, when this job came along, I jumped at it! I've been in program for so much of my working life that this was just the place for me. Fun fun, fun!

Miri turned one in December. She nearly three feet tall and is the most fun loving little person I've ever met. The other night, while waiting in line at a pharmacy, she noticed a very unhappy man behind her and proceeded to dance and mug, trying to cheer him up. Little diva...

Renn faire rolls along well. We have gotten involved with the court at the Great Plains Fair and are having quite a fun time. We have some awesome garb and the Queen loves to hand out "bling" (shiny objects to pin on garb) to her loyal courtiers; I have so much now that I don't need to wear armor anymore. And, I will be inducted into the Order of the Garter this April, so just call "Sir"...

One sad note: I have lost my tiki room. Our good friend Liza fell on some hard times and we offered our home till she could get back on track and, unfortunately, she had to go into my tiki room. Oh, well, I had one for a while, and Cole promises that I will get another some day. At least my tiki's weren't packed away; they now live on some shelves in the bedroom.