best parts of spring

Besides the gorgeous weather and general feelings of happiness that the spring of the year brings the best part is undoubtedly America's pastime. Baseball is by far and away my favorite sport. I've grown up a die hard Cubs baseball fan. I think you can analyze this and determine some deep personality characteristics that this has caused me. However, I still support the lovable losers.. and always will.

meta. game watching, while blogging about game watching!

 This love is something that I have inherited my father. We were always listening to games on the radio around the house and outside. There's something about the sound of Harry Caray or Ron Santo's voice that just does it for me. game over. 

As I've gotten older baseball is a great form of stress relief. I can turn it on.. tune out for a couple of hours or get work done while it's on. It just instantly puts me in relax mode. I've even taken to watching at the gym, which gets a few more hours out of me on the elliptical. Just last week I ended up spending three hours there because the Cubs were on and I got sucked in...

The same thing is happening tonight.. The Cubs are on and where did the time go?

national library week

This week is going to be great. How do I know? Because it is national library week! That means it is time to celebrate your local library and librarians. Tomorrow is when the festivities really kick-off here at the University of Illinois. The Main Library is hosting all kinds of goodies for library worker day, which means I will be thoroughly sugar-buzzed for my virtual desk shifts tomorrow. huzzah!

Q.K.T. - Quality Kitty Time

One of my most recent acquisitions is a 1-year old kitty named Juniper! I actually adopted her from the Animal Protective League of Springfield, IL, where I am from. I had been looking for about 3 months for a cat that I thought would fit my personality. I had an idea that I wanted an orange cat from the start because my previous cats were all black and white or gray. I felt that an cute little orange kitty would complete my life! The search process wasn't an easy one. I had all these ideas of what I wanted, but then the timing never seemed exactly right. I was either going to be going home for spring break or Easter and then end of the year projects rolled around and I really didn't want to get a cat just to neglect it. So all the stars aligned this past weekend. I went to an adoption at Pet's Mart and there she was.. the cutest, nicest, calmest kitten I had seen in my search!

So far it has been going pretty well, we are getting along. She needs a bigger litter box and more toys and I need to get used to having someone depend on me. It is a learning process for sure.. I think this will definitely help me grow up a little and not be so focused on me.