the penna turnpike at dawn

Driving across Pennsylvania at some god-awful hour this morning, drifting between conversations with my brother and the restless sleep of a road trip passenger, I noted (as I do every time I'm on that road) that the Pennsylvania Turnpike is signed as the Penna Turnpike. Always struck me as odd. Arrived at my brother's around 6:30am and wandered into the guest room while my brother curled up on the couch. I was rewarded for my off-schedule journey by a huge, excited grin when my 2 1/2 year old niece first saw me. I'm now a double-aunt with both a lovable "shortie" niece and an eleven day old munchkin. I am even now amazed at how my sister-in-law keeps up with them. One day and I'm already exhausted (although I've only had 3-4 hours of car sleep since 5:30 Monday morning).
I guess I just wanted to remark on the wisdom of small children. Emma told me that the leaves which were littering the sidewalk should go back to the trees. I tried to explain how deciduous trees lose their leaves every year and grow new ones in the spring, but she wouldn't agree. Finally I asked her how the leaves were supposed to get back on the trees. She turned to me and said, "They could use ladders," and then waited patiently as I put her in the car seat and we headed off to buy milk.

problems in library land

I seem to have distinct trouble in determining what articles will best fulfill my professor's wishes. I keep finding interesting ones that don't quite discuss what I need them to discuss, and then I get distracted. Like for instance, I just spent half an hour reading about the PATRIOT Act. I learned quite a bit about it, but I'm still at a loss in regards to my article. I want to write about the battle between creationism and evolution and how librarians should deal with this, but I can't find any like-minded people who discuss this controversy in a recent article of any of my "acceptable" journals. Oh well, on with the search I suppose...
(Thanks to Austin for the picture and Alex for not yet finding the lizard)

Slipping away

Here we are a month later, and I have no idea where the time went. I feel like everything is slowly slipping away from me and I have no idea where it's gone to. My body is constantly exhausted, my mind is always racing and yet I never seem to get anywhere. I'm falling further and further away from everything I know. Even this blog, which I enjoy, I have neglected for a month. Today I sent an email to be received by myself in twenty years - an electronic time capsule. I wonder how I'll feel in twenty years; I wonder if it will feel like any time has passed at all or if I'll just be in an older, more exhausted body with a mind that still refuses to stop racing...