Delirity

I bought some posters for my cubicle the other day. They haven’t come yet, but I’m hoping that by next week I’ll be able to make it look like I’m the person who spends most of my time there. Here they are:

I’ve also put up some pictures (I need more frames or something to hang them on since I don’t like to put holes in them because I tend to reuse them) and I’ve got two plants. Once I’ve got my posters and a few more things organized perhaps I’ll post a picture of my little corner of the world.

Has anyone else started playing Sudoku? I’m a fan of logic puzzles and crosswords and let me say, it’s great! You should give it a try.

Since I’ve been reading so much recently I feel like maybe I should make some comments about said books. It’s always helpful to know what someone else thought about a certain book…

I am now officially employed. I am a senior research assistant (doesn’t that make me sound important?!) at a local university in a lab that studies the use of technology to help older adults maintain their independence longer. We create pill boxes that remind people to take medicine, canes that monitor walking, sensors that can be placed in homes to monitor a person’s activity (like to make sure they eat) and computer games that monitor cognitive functioning. It’s pretty cool.

The only uncool part about the job is the commute. Basically I drive from one end of Portland to the other every day. If I leave at 7 am (there’s already traffic at this point) the commute takes me an hour and 15 minutes. I’ve been leaving earlier. At 6 I can get over to the gym in 35-40 minutes, then it’s another 10 minutes to work from there. Didn’t I say I didn’t want a long commute ever again?! But it’s a good job, so it’s worth it. Plus, they might be moving to a closer location (for me) in the next few months, so that will be nice if it happens. And, this may facilitate my learning another language. I might attempt to listen to language CDs on my drives… however I haven’t tried it yet so I’m not sure if it will be too hard to do while driving. We’ll see soon.

Any suggestions on how to decorate my cubicle?

I went for a walk today. A 4.7 mile walk. I went around “the block” or should I say a “block” really close to where we’re living. Most of it was flat, but the first bit was steep downhill and that last little bit was uphill (we live on a hill). Not bad though… I did it in about an hour and 15 minutes. It reminded me of morning hikes at the wilderness park with Lee… except that it wasn’t 2.5 miles of steep uphill followed by 2.5 miles of steep downhill (thank goodness!).