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luciabThis weather is creepy. I don't know why it's bothering me so much; mostly it's just still and gray and misty/drizzly, but occasionally there is a gust of wind that wants to slam doors shut. It succeeds in scaring the crap out of the cats, that's for sure. Yesterday it looked like the storm path was going to be directly over Raleigh but it clung a little closer to shore, so we're only getting the dregs. Which is a Good Thing for us, really, but the dregs are still creepy.
I couldn't go to sleep last night, and I blame it on the Archives teacher. Everything I had heard on weather reports all along said the storm would just be rain by the time it got to us. The good teacher, however, was freaking out and talking about Fran, which he reminded us was not hurricane strength when it hit Raleigh. He let us out early so we could get safely home before it hit, and the first thing I did was check the weather.com site. Predicted winds of 10-20 mph. WTF? Still, it was like his prediction had been embedded deep in my brain somewhere and I couldn't get to sleep till about 2:30. Which would be okay if this was any old random Friday, but no. Tonight I have a houseguest coming down for Coronation; I'm letting her stay here, even though I'm going to Ky tomorrow. Hey, we'll still get one night of girly talk! Still, I have all sorts of cleaning and packing to do.
So now random bursts of anxiety are penetrating the fog that blankets my brain this morning. Lovely.
Oh, and the Archives class last night was about the history of archiving. What materials were used for record keeping, etc, etc, starting with clay tablets. Eventually he started talking about "leather." Huh? Then he asked, "What is the difference between parchment and vellum?" It never occured to me that that question is way too specific for an archives class, but I started talking about vellum and parchment. Turns out he was only trying to explain that parchment is not paper, as many modern folk believe. After class, I asked if he made a distinction between vellum and parchment. As far as I could tell, he wasn't aware that the two terms were anything but interchangeable. He did suggest, however, that since I was interested in the topic, why didn't I write my paper on it? Heh, I say. He did say something about "10-15 pages" and I'm not sure I can spin "vellum vs parchment" out quite that long, but we'll see. Perhaps I can make it 'materials" and throw in ink, too. Heh, heh, heh. I could make a particularly abstruse University class out of that one. Double duty!
I couldn't go to sleep last night, and I blame it on the Archives teacher. Everything I had heard on weather reports all along said the storm would just be rain by the time it got to us. The good teacher, however, was freaking out and talking about Fran, which he reminded us was not hurricane strength when it hit Raleigh. He let us out early so we could get safely home before it hit, and the first thing I did was check the weather.com site. Predicted winds of 10-20 mph. WTF? Still, it was like his prediction had been embedded deep in my brain somewhere and I couldn't get to sleep till about 2:30. Which would be okay if this was any old random Friday, but no. Tonight I have a houseguest coming down for Coronation; I'm letting her stay here, even though I'm going to Ky tomorrow. Hey, we'll still get one night of girly talk! Still, I have all sorts of cleaning and packing to do.
So now random bursts of anxiety are penetrating the fog that blankets my brain this morning. Lovely.
Oh, and the Archives class last night was about the history of archiving. What materials were used for record keeping, etc, etc, starting with clay tablets. Eventually he started talking about "leather." Huh? Then he asked, "What is the difference between parchment and vellum?" It never occured to me that that question is way too specific for an archives class, but I started talking about vellum and parchment. Turns out he was only trying to explain that parchment is not paper, as many modern folk believe. After class, I asked if he made a distinction between vellum and parchment. As far as I could tell, he wasn't aware that the two terms were anything but interchangeable. He did suggest, however, that since I was interested in the topic, why didn't I write my paper on it? Heh, I say. He did say something about "10-15 pages" and I'm not sure I can spin "vellum vs parchment" out quite that long, but we'll see. Perhaps I can make it 'materials" and throw in ink, too. Heh, heh, heh. I could make a particularly abstruse University class out of that one. Double duty!
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