I worked a half day today, because of the holiday. Well, maybe slightly more than half a day…I was at the lab from about 8 until 3, instead of 6. There was almost nobody around. The only other person in the lab was one of our undergrads (how dedicated is that?). I don’t know whether or not Tom came in…I never saw him in the lab. And since our grant is due to DSR by Wednesday, I hope he came in…I did manage to get a pretty good amount of work done, though, despite knocking off early. Fewer distractions, I suppose. Tomorrow threatens to be a busy day, particularly if we’re going to be buttoning up the grant.

In music news, Emma bought an adult beginner method book for the piano. I remember more than I thought I would, but I wouldn’t want to start at any more advanced of a level than I am. Two hands at once? Really?

In other music news, I broke out my French horn this morning and tooted around a little. The keys were only slightly stuck, and I managed to get them working nicely with just a little oil. I didn’t sound horrific, but I certainly didn’t sound good. I ordered Phil Farkas’ book this morning and am looking forward to screwing around with that in addition to the piano.

The chickens are doing quite nicely. We got another egg today, for a total of five. We gave the first to our neighbors who were so helpful when our runaway got out. We missed one when all of the chickens were running around in the backyard, but have three in the fridge. Well, two. I used one to bake brownies tonight. What a lovely yellow yolk that egg had. And a remarkably thick shell. Good chickens.
Speaking of chickens, I think I’m going to build a live webcam for them. I read the plans from Make’s weekend project today and think it’d be fun. I’m going to set one up inside the house first, so I can avoid all the weather-related issues involved in putting one outside, then I’ll get one set up in the chicken coop. I’ll put it on the lower level, so we can watch them playing around downstairs during the day. For any of you at Make reading this, my birdfeeder won’t have the greatest species diversity but sightings will occur regularly.

Time for a little God of War, then off to bed. Happy Monday, chickadees.