End of a Good Weekend
6 July 2003, 10:42 PM

Tomorrow I go back to work and my second summer session (and semester II of Spanish class) begins. Bah. I want my mini-vacation to last a little longer!

Honestly, these past four days have been really nice. I've even sat down and read a fiction book! I haven't done that in ages. I got to do a little fun cooking, a little eating out and shopping, watched a movie ("Insomnia") and lots of stuff on the TIVO. I read, slept, tinkered with gardening a bit and unpacked a lot of boxes. I feel like I got a chance to both kick back and relax AND get a lot of stuff done.

But tomorrow I'll have to get back into a rhythm. Get up, get ready, go to work, come home and cook/eat, study/do homework, chores/unpack, and maybe read before I go to bed and start that all over again the next day. Next weekend will probably be a whirlwind of getting things finished before my sister-in-law's wedding the following weekend. (Yes, both the Snider's children are getting/got married within *months* of each other.)

Still, I'm hoping to make SERIOUS progress on the unpacking and arranging throughout July and August because I'd like to start on the outside when the weather cools down in November. By next Spring I'm hoping I'll be ready to host a guest or two and just kick back and relax in this place.

I've even started a bit of gardening experimentation. We went to the Red Barn in Austin today and bought three nifty flowering plants. They're out in the middle of the front yard right now, sitting in their pots as potential sacrifices to the giant rabbits (deer). If they survive with only a few nibbles they get planted somewhere and I get a few more of them.

Erg. I guess I have to go to bed now. No more staying up till 4am and sleeping till noon.

Cool! Scientists Discover Planetary System Similar To Our Own

But this is just creepy: E-Mail Mobs Materialize All Over

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Online Policy Group have published a report: Internet Blocking in Public Schools: A Study on Internet Access in Educational Institutions

EEk! They're moving the Liberty Bell, veeeery carefully.

There's a book out now about the Mercury 13 so these women are finally getting the recognition they deserve.

More news:

Saudi Women Speak Out on TV
"Eight Saudi women appeared on a groundbreaking television program to criticize previously taboo subjects such as the right to drive, unemployment and political participation among women. Wearing headscarves of red, blue and yellow -- instead of traditional black -- the participants complained about their lack of jobs, opportunities and public voice in this conservative kingdom, where women have less freedom than in most other Muslim nations. "We are handicapped in terms of personal freedom. We even need permission from a male guardian to get our identification papers,^? pediatrician Suad Jaber said Thursday on the program, "Saudi Women Speak Out.""

Peru's First Female P.M. Begins New Role
Peru's first female prime minister debuted Monday, pledging to bring discipline and austerity to the beleaguered government amid hopes her appointment will help salvage Alejandro Toledo's presidency.

Forgotten Afghanistan
"There was a dispiriting piece in The New York Times Magazine of June 1 on the resurgence of feudal chiefs in Afghanistan. It seemed oddly out of place. (Huh? Afghanistan? What does that have to do with anything?) The zigzag tour we've taken of Central Asia since 9/11, and America's notoriously poor memory have left Afghanistan, sadly, not surprisingly, stage left. Iraq was the new Afghanistan. Iran is the new Iraq. It makes Christina Lamb's Sewing Circles of Herat ? her personal and thorough account of two wars in Afghanistan ? that much more significant."

And from WomensEnews: Journalist of the Month: Jordan's Husseini Created a New Beat: Honor Crimes
"Rana Husseini's consistent reporting of honor crimes in Jordan has put violence against women on the public agenda in this country and has earned her many awards for her courage, including Women's eNews' Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism."

The surgery started today. I hope they make it: Op begins on conjoined adult twins.

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