I guess it is time for an update.  I have a job now as  a medical transcriptionist.  It is a job that I could do from home, but since it is over the internet and we only have dial-up at home, I go to Papa's office to use the high-speed.  The doctors dictate it, then I can listen over the phone and type it out.  It seems like it would be really easy, but it ISN'T.  People ask if I can type really fast.  The answer is no.  But it really takes me longer to figure out what the doctor is saying (or meaning to say) and then figuring out the spelling, punctuation, format, and a rough attempt at grammer than it does to actually type it.  Some of the doctors have an accent or mumble or correct themselves, and it can be difficult to figure out what on earth they are saying.  Sometimes what they say comes out really funny.  On the dictation I worked on yesterday, the doctor said something about the upper extremities on the right side, as though the poor guy had multiple right arms. 

Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year!  

My parents just got back from dropping my sister Katie off at Verity. If any of you happen to see her, say "Hi" to her for me. :>)

Katie, if you read this, consider yourself "Hi-ed."      :>)

Some of the things I did today were the following: I  walked, taught a piano lesson, made bananna bread, studied, held a little baby, went shopping for material for a formal dress for Katie, and worked on a railing for a loft in the cabin. Oh, and I looked up in the dictionary the plural of platypus. It is either platypusses or platypi. But I didn't just now check the spelling, so don't quote me on that. But the plural is not platypussies. Just for your information. And I am told that they don't have feathers. Oh well.

There was a wild rabbit nest in the front yard with 7 baby bunnies. This evening I saw the mother rabbit with at least 3 of the little bunnies with her. I like bunnies.

I had to have a freckle amputation this morning. Now I have 7 stitches.

My family is building a cabin in the woods. Very fun.

The weather was beautiful here today.

Still studying medical transcription.

Rosemary turns 6-years-old on Friday.

One of my favorite quotes: "It's like infinity, but the turtles get stuck." – Papa   

"Defenestration" means to throw someone or something out the window.