retirement

Last weekend was my last as a member of the executive board for the BMC alumnae association. I spent almost three years on the board (a partial term, because the position was created in the middle of the meeting cycle). For almost three years, I went to Philadelphia at least four times a year to spend a weekend with some really fun, really amazing women. I enjoyed it a great deal, and I know I'm going to miss it.

But I've been volunteering for BMC in one capacity or another (club webmistress, club events chair, this national position) since 1998, so it's time to take a break. I haven't gotten out entirely, I'm still the webmistress for my class, but the amount of work I have to do for that is pretty minimal, at least until things get going for our next reunion, which is not until 2010.

At dinner on Saturday, I made a little farewell speech where I said that I was quitting for awhile. KP made Godfather jokes, everyone laughed, but there's truth to it. We'll see how long I manage to stay away...

notes on AGL 23

It's up, which I assume you already know if you are reading this, but just in case. The following commentary contains spoilers for the chapter, and I strongly recommend reading that first.

( Everybody finished? Okay, good. )

Chapter 24 is almost entirely unwritten. I think I know what it's going to be about, but except for the short section I wrote on the plane Sunday, none of it is set down. But 25 is pretty much done, and I'm really excited about getting there. So I have an incentive to finish 24. We'll see if it helps. If it does, they may be up by this weekend.