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Current mood:	relaxed
Entry tags:	life, mom, work

busy busy busy
*phew*

i had thought for some reason that life would be slower and a wee bit calmer once school was done, but at least for the past month or so, its still been on full throttle. (hence the lack of paying attention to things like LJ and missing out on things such as cheechako trying to buy a house!)

in brief, my very very sweet dear mother came out for a visit. chilimuffin very kindly open her home up to us and made my mom's visit all the more comfortable with her hospitality.  the visit was good, long and well, i now need about a week to recover but mom had a VERY fun time, which was the point.  i think perhaps she has finally some understanding as to why i seem not to want to leave here....ever....why i seem not so open to moving back east...we cramed A LOT into her one week here...hiking at devil's lake, a trip down the rabbit hole that is the house on the rock, a cruise down the WI river in the dells (highly worth the 26 bucks i might add!), tours of campus, the very cool cave of the mounds and where i use to work tracking deer....it was nice to finally share these aspects of my life with her and good for both of us.  she in turn got share all about the kinda "boyfriend" in her life...i am still processing this...its good for her, but i see potentially years of therapy for me as i am the only person in the world she can talk to about this. oy!
pleasantly with a very wonderful bday party in hoyt park, one of madison's little hidden gems, for my bday...it was a very good time and nice for mom to meet my closest freinds! so thank you very much to artzyelf, chilimuffin, cheechako, dunaengus, and saazsea for making it such a great time! 

in other news, i am working half-time at the WI Dept of Natural Resouces as the Whooping Crane Database Manager (or Coordinator, i =am not sure what my official title is yet!) as part of WI's particpation in a eastern migratory population whooping crane reintroduction. i also just accepted a position with a small non-profit called agflex, which works with farmers to help them achieve BMPs (best management practices) for tillage (for soil conservation) and pesticide use.  its mostly an admin job, but i am excited by what they are trying to achieve and i think i wil learn alot on the sidelines.

so, all in all...busy, busy, busy! i am still recovering from mom's visit...and so, not feeling to bad about playing hookie from work today...