the beach

We're off to the beach and I'm uber-giddy. It's been a long summer without surfing. Pray for waves!

VT gear

I'm back, at least briefly. Yesterday I read this article on the VT News email. It is over the top. I realize that everytime I buy Hokie stuff Tech (and others) are cashing in. However, it's nice when you buy a Hokie sweatshirt to just be happy about the purchase and excited to wear it, give it away, etc. I'd rather not be slapped in the face with the fact that I'm being exploited because I'm a VT fan. In this article, they aren't even the least bit discrete about their intentions. Basically it says, we've made so much money on hokie gear, that we've created a new line (Legends of Lane-cheese!) for the purpose of exploiting the fans further....but don't worry the proceeds go back to Tech Football (and a tiny little bit for education so we can say we support it). I know, everyone tell me how good for Tech having good football is. Hmmm....that must be why the engineering school's ranking continues to fall.

Maternity Leave

According to our federal government, maternity leave lasts for 6 weeks. I try to make my own decisions; therefore, I'm not planning to leave little-M in daycare for another couple months. However, I'll take their recomendation when it comes to blogging. So, this is my last week of leave and with this post I'm beginning the warm-up period. Hopefully starting full-time blogging next week...assuming lil-M cooperates with the plan. Shouldn't she be able to take care of herself by week 6?