Things have been going well lately except for a couple snags:

On Friday night, after dropping my boyfriend off, I almost got hit by a train. As I approached the red light before the train crossing, I watched the two cars already at the light make left turns on red and wondered about it. As I got closer, I saw that the train crossing railings were down. Okay, I was ready to wait. After a minute or so, the red light starts blinking and the railings are raised. I wait until the light turns green, then I proceed. As I move into the rail zone, the bells start ringing, the lights start flashing and the railings start lowering. I see a train coming towards my passenger door. The car behind me was able to stop outside the rail zone but I, and the car next to me, had to keep moving. I have no idea what the deal was except that I'm glad that I made it.

This morning I had to meet someone early in the morning but I couldn't find my keys. I searched for 45 minutes until I found them under my dining table in between a drink tub and a keg. Very odd place for them to be. When I got off work, I went to Lowes and got copies of my keys made but I was unable to find one of those things to put on my keychain that beep when you clap.

In happier news, I received my first review copy for the Beatty committee!