Random neurons firing

Dear Universe,

Thank you for helping me. I have run the numbers again and again, and while scary, by all appearances, my salary is covered through June and we will be able to put on the annual conference come November. I finally feel like although we are in the tight part of the bottle neck I can see the other side, and slowly we are making our way out. Of course, we are still hoping to have some grants come through so I can make payroll for the rest of the year, but Universe, you haven’t let me down so far. I just wanted to shoot you a mid-term thank you. Thank you for helping me help our organization, thank you for helping get us going again.

Most sincerely,
Me

On other fronts, we went to the Madison Train Show this weekend, which was awesome. I heart trains. Does this make me a dork? Just wondering. Jay and I got a kick out of the fantabulous displays, many of which had cool moving parts, like miniature houses on fire with real jets of water spraying them and tiny people fishing in streams. Coolest. Thing. Ever. Jay excitedly carried his plastic stool from display to display to look at all of the setups and watched mesmerized as the trains made their way around intricate displays.

Ella continues to add words to her vocabulary. Recent additions include: thanks, cracker and please. I am tickled that some of her first words are please and thank you. I’d like to take all the credit, but I am sure it has something to do with Sesame Street and not me at all.