Here is a link to pictures of my nieces first days. they were taken on my sister Stacey's iPhone. I will be heading to Boston from May 27- June 1 where I will be taking many more pictures that I will link to from here.
Her name is Samara Nyima Solomon-Sanneh. Born May 7, 2009 (Happy One Week Birthday Samara!!). She weighed 6lbs and was 18.5 inches long.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Ocean City, MD
Hello to those of you who still read this :)
I am in Ocean City, MD for the Maryland Library Association conference. I drove in with my colleague Terri and her husband. We got in around 3pm on Wednesday May 13th.
We checked-in, got settled int he hotel, then we took a drive to the boardwalk and took a walk while eating thrasher french fries and people watching. The official season here in Ocean City has not begun so the boeardwal is quite desolate but there were enough pepople around to sit for a bit and people watch.
Since it was Terri and Mike's first time in Ocean City, I took them to Fager's Island for dinner. It is a casual place to have dinner but it is on the bay and at sundown they lay Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture perfectly timed with the sunset. It is quite entertaining and both Terri and Mike enjoyed it.
We then went back to the hotel to relax, we were all popped from the 3 hour drive, the 1 hour walk on the boardwalk and dinner.
Today was the first official day of the conference since yesterday were pre-conference classes. Went to a first timers session; sort of a waste of time for me since I have been to many other conferences but this was my fit time at this MLA conference. The past session I went to today was done by 3 Emerging Technology Librarians about Blogging Like You Mean it!
I learned so many new tricks about blogging and getting the word out about the blog and how to market it to increase usage and views. So, i hope to try these new tricks out for this blog as well as the work blog that I am a part of.
Enough from me for now but hope to update you on my adventures soon. TTYL
I am in Ocean City, MD for the Maryland Library Association conference. I drove in with my colleague Terri and her husband. We got in around 3pm on Wednesday May 13th.
We checked-in, got settled int he hotel, then we took a drive to the boardwalk and took a walk while eating thrasher french fries and people watching. The official season here in Ocean City has not begun so the boeardwal is quite desolate but there were enough pepople around to sit for a bit and people watch.
Since it was Terri and Mike's first time in Ocean City, I took them to Fager's Island for dinner. It is a casual place to have dinner but it is on the bay and at sundown they lay Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture perfectly timed with the sunset. It is quite entertaining and both Terri and Mike enjoyed it.
We then went back to the hotel to relax, we were all popped from the 3 hour drive, the 1 hour walk on the boardwalk and dinner.
Today was the first official day of the conference since yesterday were pre-conference classes. Went to a first timers session; sort of a waste of time for me since I have been to many other conferences but this was my fit time at this MLA conference. The past session I went to today was done by 3 Emerging Technology Librarians about Blogging Like You Mean it!
I learned so many new tricks about blogging and getting the word out about the blog and how to market it to increase usage and views. So, i hope to try these new tricks out for this blog as well as the work blog that I am a part of.
Enough from me for now but hope to update you on my adventures soon. TTYL
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
No Hawaii for me :(
So in one week many of my friends and colleagues will be headed to Hawaii for the annual Medical Library association Meeting. I will not be one of them (but I am not bitter). I am sad I will miss it but am looking forward to next year's meeting being in DC and being a part of its planning (hint, hint, Janice Kelly).
While they are jetting off to sunny HI a co-worker and I will be heading to Ocean City, MD for 2 days to attend and participate in the Maryland Library Association. This will be my first time attending this meeting since I moved to Maryland in August 2006. I will actually be an attendee rather than an exhibitor. I am hoping this will give me a better chance to mingle with the librarians and create new relationships that will foster new collaborative efforts professionally.
With all this happening I and my family are on baby watch. My sisters due date is not officially until May 30th but it seems her BP is on the rise so we are waiting until Thursday afternoon to see what the Dr.'s say. They may tell her to stop working early but to just go home and relax, they may tell her to go about what she has been doing the last couple of weeks (since her BP starting rising), OR they may admit her to the hospital and decide they want to induce labor so there is no more stress on Stacey or the baby. So, for all I know, all of my plans may be foiled. We shall see.
Work is going well. April was a very busy month for me. 5 outreach events in 5 weeks!!!! It doesn't sound like much but I was pooped!!! After it was over I headed to Boston for 4 days to visit my sister and have her baby shower. There was no rest for the wary ;) May is a much slower month with two events both this week and then the conference the week after.
Thanks for reading and I will post more again soon. XOXOXO
While they are jetting off to sunny HI a co-worker and I will be heading to Ocean City, MD for 2 days to attend and participate in the Maryland Library Association. This will be my first time attending this meeting since I moved to Maryland in August 2006. I will actually be an attendee rather than an exhibitor. I am hoping this will give me a better chance to mingle with the librarians and create new relationships that will foster new collaborative efforts professionally.
With all this happening I and my family are on baby watch. My sisters due date is not officially until May 30th but it seems her BP is on the rise so we are waiting until Thursday afternoon to see what the Dr.'s say. They may tell her to stop working early but to just go home and relax, they may tell her to go about what she has been doing the last couple of weeks (since her BP starting rising), OR they may admit her to the hospital and decide they want to induce labor so there is no more stress on Stacey or the baby. So, for all I know, all of my plans may be foiled. We shall see.
Work is going well. April was a very busy month for me. 5 outreach events in 5 weeks!!!! It doesn't sound like much but I was pooped!!! After it was over I headed to Boston for 4 days to visit my sister and have her baby shower. There was no rest for the wary ;) May is a much slower month with two events both this week and then the conference the week after.
Thanks for reading and I will post more again soon. XOXOXO
Monday, February 23, 2009
February 2009
So it has been about a month since I have posted. What has been happening in that month you ask?
Work:
Work has been good. It is only as busy as I make it and I seem to be making it quite busy but not to the point that I am crazy. I have been and will be exhibiting quite a bit at some health fairs over the next few months. I am trying to collaborate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland on a grant projects, hoping to apply for some exhibit award money to buy a new display for us since our reminds me of a science fair display :)
Due to a major budget crisis for the State of Maryland, state employees (myself included) had to take some furlough days. I have to take a total of 16 hours in a 5 month month period, 4 hours at a time. SHEESH, can they make it more complicating?! This will allow we to spend longer periods of time in FL and in MA for baby showers and baby births.
PERSONAL:
I have joined a Women's group here in Baltimore and have met some great women and have been doing some nice community work with them. So, we shall see how that goes. This Thursday (@/26/09) I will be having minor surgery on my left ring finger. I seem to have a glomus tumor in my nail bed. I have had it for years...it looks like blood vessels under my nail after you smash your finger in a door, but it isn't. Well, this tumor has cause some discomfort over the past 5 years or so but lately it has been really bad so I went to a hand specialist. Decision: remove the tumor, get rid of the pain. My mom is flying up for the surgery so I will have some company post surgery. Nothing to worry about but not sure how much I will be able to type immediately after surgery :P
So, that is it in a nutshell. I am sure I am missing something or you want to know something I did not post here. If so, call or e-mail me. Hope you are well!
~Mer
Work:
Work has been good. It is only as busy as I make it and I seem to be making it quite busy but not to the point that I am crazy. I have been and will be exhibiting quite a bit at some health fairs over the next few months. I am trying to collaborate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland on a grant projects, hoping to apply for some exhibit award money to buy a new display for us since our reminds me of a science fair display :)
Due to a major budget crisis for the State of Maryland, state employees (myself included) had to take some furlough days. I have to take a total of 16 hours in a 5 month month period, 4 hours at a time. SHEESH, can they make it more complicating?! This will allow we to spend longer periods of time in FL and in MA for baby showers and baby births.
PERSONAL:
I have joined a Women's group here in Baltimore and have met some great women and have been doing some nice community work with them. So, we shall see how that goes. This Thursday (@/26/09) I will be having minor surgery on my left ring finger. I seem to have a glomus tumor in my nail bed. I have had it for years...it looks like blood vessels under my nail after you smash your finger in a door, but it isn't. Well, this tumor has cause some discomfort over the past 5 years or so but lately it has been really bad so I went to a hand specialist. Decision: remove the tumor, get rid of the pain. My mom is flying up for the surgery so I will have some company post surgery. Nothing to worry about but not sure how much I will be able to type immediately after surgery :P
So, that is it in a nutshell. I am sure I am missing something or you want to know something I did not post here. If so, call or e-mail me. Hope you are well!
~Mer
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