Many days have gone by, with no adventures. Okay thats a little bit of a lie, I just got back from a very fun trip to Kansas City for Jackie’s wedding but it involved no exploration of the city itself so I feel as though it’s in a different category.

Now the reason why there have been no adventures is simple and can be described in one word: Spreadsheets. I am addicted to them, it’s all I do. The eye doctor said my eyes might be dry if I spent a lot of time staring at the computer screen, I was like lady, I do nothing BUT stare at computer screens. All my classes this semester involve making Microsoft Excel…and specifically, the VLOOKUP function. I remember distinctly at this time last year, Jake and his dad were doing a lot of VLOOKUP stuff and I mocked them. I was like I will NEVER be so boring that I have phone conversations about Excel formulas. Oh look, that day has come. It’s real. Today I said VLOOKUP (which isn’t even really a word, right?) 10 times at least and talked about it with at least 5 different people. Probably seven or eight actually. That’s what my life is all about right now.

I’m not sure when I will emerge from this cave of numbers, formulas, spreadsheets, talk about total employment in industry i and the NAICS code for dog and cat food manufacturing, population density measures and so forth, but when I do, I hope it’s sunny and warm outside and that there will be plenty of time for adventures then. Keep your fingers crossed for me.