As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connect the spacecraft giving the stack its familiar launch day form. Discovery is targeted to liftoff on the 11-day STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: Jen Scheer
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Don’t faint …
February 10th, 2010
… It’s a blog post, at long last! 
I’m sitting in the study lounge at the university, earphones filling my brain with awesome 80s music (like, totally!), and I finally have a chance to let you know what I’ve been up to.
Work is going well, and I’ve begun to get lots of hours, which it starting to help my financial situation. When you’re used to making a certain amount of money and then all of a sudden you aren’t — for months at a time — well, let’s just say that I’m feeling relieved these days that things seem to be heading back to normal.
My astronomy class is going well. That’s not to say that it’s easy, because it isn’t. There’s math galore, but the reason I took this course was because I wanted to begin to understand the hows and whys of space, and that’s what this course is giving me. Unfortunately I’m learning more and more that it’s numbers and equations that make the world go ’round! But I can’t complain — I’m enjoying it (once I get the hang of what I’m doing).
A little more than a week ago, Jessica Doyle wrote a blog piece called “Draw Anything But Flowers.” She said that she tends to “go floral” when she’s drawing. Well, since I have a tendency to do the same thing, I thought I’d issue myself the same challenge — to draw anything BUT flowers. So as a way to wind down the last few nights, I’ve been doodling — Zentangle-style — in a little sketchbook. And not drawing flowers was hard! But I’m pretty pleased with the overall effect. Not sure what I’m going to do with it once I scan it (this is just a photo from my camera), but I have a feeling some mandalas are in my future.
Anyway — time to head home. There’s a hockey game tonight and I have a lot to do between now and class tomorrow morning.
Have a good one!
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Love the orb in the top left! Actually, I really like them all. I tend to doodle flowers, houses, and uppercase L in script. Maybe that one stems from years of trying to forge my mother’s signature. Dunno. Today I doodled an easter egg. and then something else, which roughly came out looking like a penis. Being at work, I had to quickly scratch it out. I must be in my blue phase.
Geocaching is such a enjoyable hobby. My kinfolk has taken part in some local treasure searches recently. It’s a good way to spend some time together and enjoy the great open air. Our beginning GPS system was a Garmin eTrex. Since then we have worked with several other models. But that eTrex will always hold a special spot in my memories.