Christmas at Starbucks

Today, I left Lubbock for Austin around 10am. I stopped at Starbucks, going through the drive thru, to get a soy latte and a scone. When I pulled up to the window to pay, the guy at the window tells me the person behind me wants to pay for me. A woman in a big SUV bought my coffee and scone. I was surprised. What a nice gesture. It really made my day. I plan to do something similar. I have always liked the idea of random acts of kindness. It is nice to see it in action.

Also, on my trip, in the town of Lamese, I dodged a VW bug sized tumbleweed.

Life is full of surprises.

Merry Christmas

Home at last, home at last

I got home this afternoon after spending a little time in the Austin office talking with different folks about the different projects I am working on. It took me about 6 hours to get back, listening all the while to the satellite radio . . .an hour or two of cnn, some flipping through the music channels, a few selections in my play list and finally I was home. I still had to wait 2 hours for my husband to get home, but it is nice to be back in my biome, curled up in my chair with my laptop (kinda like a book). I look forward to doing very little this weekend. Finally getting to wind down after Thanksgiving.

Hurray

Cold Day

It was darned cold this morning, only because I wasn't prepared. Standing and watching a track hoe doesn't offer many opportunities to keep warm, either. I had my warmest jacket on with the hood all buttoned down so only my face was showing. The track hoe driver had a nice heater in his cab - I was envious. We finished up our work today, though, so at least I won't have to go back out Friday.

Now, I am trying to decide what I want for dinner. I think I will eat light since last night I stuffed myself with sushi.

Catching up on the financial news today was not pretty. I am so frustrated with the how these big companies operate. They pay their ceo's and a few other employess insane amounts of money with golden parachutes, to boot, and now they need a bail out? How about they give some of their millions back to the company? It is rediculous. How about just giving all of us little folks some money. That would stimulate the hell out of the economy.

Quarter of 7

I am getting ready to go out into the field. I have had the Comfort Suites breakfast (bacon, banana nut muffins, yogurt and pretty good coffee) and am not achy so i feel good about the day. I have been surprised at how just standing there and watching the track dig hurts my neck, shoulder and feet. I suspect the hard hat (which we wear when working near roads) is causing the pain in my neck.

New Blog

I am starting a new blog. I am not very disciplined at updating my blogs so keep your expectations low. I used to blog on Three Girls Grown up with my friends Wendy and Shannon but we have all gone our own ways.

This week I am working near Temple Texas. It was fairly cold earlier in the week but has warmed up quite a bit. A strong wind has accompanied us all week. We are doing a cultural resources assessment for the Texas Department of Transportation and are monitoring the excavations by heavy equipment of a large area. Lots of standing and watching and nothing found. Such is the life of an archaeologists.