Jeanne Ball
@saintsrest.bsky.social
Librarian, reader, writer, hockey fan, disillusioned with American Christianity but still a believer.
Shirt in pic from unshelved.com
Shirt in pic from unshelved.com
Listen, Duolingo, I am saying croissant the best I can. Take your flaky pastry and shove it down your throat.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Listen, Duolingo, I am saying croissant the best I can. Take your flaky pastry and shove it down your throat.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I don't like socks.
It's too cold for not socks.
My toes hurt.
_______
Not quite a haiku, but it's close.
It's too cold for not socks.
My toes hurt.
_______
Not quite a haiku, but it's close.
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I don't like socks.
It's too cold for not socks.
My toes hurt.
_______
Not quite a haiku, but it's close.
It's too cold for not socks.
My toes hurt.
_______
Not quite a haiku, but it's close.
If you see this, post your bird art.
It counts.
It counts.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you see this, post your bird art.
It counts.
It counts.
There are a lot of closed museums on Mondays in Ottawa.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There are a lot of closed museums on Mondays in Ottawa.
Long short drive today. It was supposed to be just about three hours. Took more than four and then I drove in circles.
I drove into a snowstorm. My brain hurts a little from tension. I only lost traction once I hit the city.
Turns out I do remember how to drive in snow.
I drove into a snowstorm. My brain hurts a little from tension. I only lost traction once I hit the city.
Turns out I do remember how to drive in snow.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Long short drive today. It was supposed to be just about three hours. Took more than four and then I drove in circles.
I drove into a snowstorm. My brain hurts a little from tension. I only lost traction once I hit the city.
Turns out I do remember how to drive in snow.
I drove into a snowstorm. My brain hurts a little from tension. I only lost traction once I hit the city.
Turns out I do remember how to drive in snow.
12:13am and I'm done for the day. Started at 10:40am.
If I hadn't been going away for a week, I would have been done two hours ago.
Now I get to drive home and pack for my trip. Or maybe do laundry for the trip and pack in the morning. I usually do, as I dress.
Clothes are customary, right?
If I hadn't been going away for a week, I would have been done two hours ago.
Now I get to drive home and pack for my trip. Or maybe do laundry for the trip and pack in the morning. I usually do, as I dress.
Clothes are customary, right?
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
12:13am and I'm done for the day. Started at 10:40am.
If I hadn't been going away for a week, I would have been done two hours ago.
Now I get to drive home and pack for my trip. Or maybe do laundry for the trip and pack in the morning. I usually do, as I dress.
Clothes are customary, right?
If I hadn't been going away for a week, I would have been done two hours ago.
Now I get to drive home and pack for my trip. Or maybe do laundry for the trip and pack in the morning. I usually do, as I dress.
Clothes are customary, right?
Just wrote a text and scheduled it for morning then added someone else to it which made me have to retype the whole thing. I hit send but apparently the scheduling didn't work, either, so I just sent all my work people a text at 2:50am to tell them I'm coming to work late.
Hahaha. Oh, that's so me.
Hahaha. Oh, that's so me.
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Just wrote a text and scheduled it for morning then added someone else to it which made me have to retype the whole thing. I hit send but apparently the scheduling didn't work, either, so I just sent all my work people a text at 2:50am to tell them I'm coming to work late.
Hahaha. Oh, that's so me.
Hahaha. Oh, that's so me.
Dang it. I’m hungry.
I took lasagna to work and didn’t eat until after 4. Thought maybe that would tide me over. I’ll get through the game but the drive home will be annoying.
I took lasagna to work and didn’t eat until after 4. Thought maybe that would tide me over. I’ll get through the game but the drive home will be annoying.
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Dang it. I’m hungry.
I took lasagna to work and didn’t eat until after 4. Thought maybe that would tide me over. I’ll get through the game but the drive home will be annoying.
I took lasagna to work and didn’t eat until after 4. Thought maybe that would tide me over. I’ll get through the game but the drive home will be annoying.
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My knees were not made for sitting in stands. I don’t know how guys with big feet can stand it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My knees were not made for sitting in stands. I don’t know how guys with big feet can stand it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’m not ready for Christmas music in general but I did start rehearsals for the 1st part of Handel’s Messiah on Sunday and now I’m listening to Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite at the Pens game.
This is the only acceptable Nutcracker, IMO.
This is the only acceptable Nutcracker, IMO.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I’m not ready for Christmas music in general but I did start rehearsals for the 1st part of Handel’s Messiah on Sunday and now I’m listening to Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite at the Pens game.
This is the only acceptable Nutcracker, IMO.
This is the only acceptable Nutcracker, IMO.
I’m afraid to say it, but I think today might actually be okay.
Like, so far I’ve been able to get done the things I needed to get done. I forgot about a meeting but it’s not until 3 and I’ve done 4/5 of the work I need to do for it and should be able to finish it up by then.
What am I forgetting?
Like, so far I’ve been able to get done the things I needed to get done. I forgot about a meeting but it’s not until 3 and I’ve done 4/5 of the work I need to do for it and should be able to finish it up by then.
What am I forgetting?
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m afraid to say it, but I think today might actually be okay.
Like, so far I’ve been able to get done the things I needed to get done. I forgot about a meeting but it’s not until 3 and I’ve done 4/5 of the work I need to do for it and should be able to finish it up by then.
What am I forgetting?
Like, so far I’ve been able to get done the things I needed to get done. I forgot about a meeting but it’s not until 3 and I’ve done 4/5 of the work I need to do for it and should be able to finish it up by then.
What am I forgetting?
Alright, I got all my invoices printed. Now I just have to get them into QuickBooks.
*cries*
*soaks up tears with 38 pages of paper*
*cries*
*soaks up tears with 38 pages of paper*
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Alright, I got all my invoices printed. Now I just have to get them into QuickBooks.
*cries*
*soaks up tears with 38 pages of paper*
*cries*
*soaks up tears with 38 pages of paper*
Ran into the vet who put down both my dogs and said, "I have a question for you." She asked, "Oh, are you getting another dog?"
Ha. No. Not yet, but I have been looking!
I actually asked if she or someone from her clinic would be interested in doing a program at my library.
Ha. No. Not yet, but I have been looking!
I actually asked if she or someone from her clinic would be interested in doing a program at my library.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Ran into the vet who put down both my dogs and said, "I have a question for you." She asked, "Oh, are you getting another dog?"
Ha. No. Not yet, but I have been looking!
I actually asked if she or someone from her clinic would be interested in doing a program at my library.
Ha. No. Not yet, but I have been looking!
I actually asked if she or someone from her clinic would be interested in doing a program at my library.
Do I really have to go back inside?
Went for food on my lunch break. Sat in my car to eat it. Now I have to go back in.
I'm overwhelmed.
I don't know how to support my staff better because I'm pretty sure they're overwhelmed right now, too, just in a different way.
Went for food on my lunch break. Sat in my car to eat it. Now I have to go back in.
I'm overwhelmed.
I don't know how to support my staff better because I'm pretty sure they're overwhelmed right now, too, just in a different way.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Do I really have to go back inside?
Went for food on my lunch break. Sat in my car to eat it. Now I have to go back in.
I'm overwhelmed.
I don't know how to support my staff better because I'm pretty sure they're overwhelmed right now, too, just in a different way.
Went for food on my lunch break. Sat in my car to eat it. Now I have to go back in.
I'm overwhelmed.
I don't know how to support my staff better because I'm pretty sure they're overwhelmed right now, too, just in a different way.
Little life griefs:
I washed and dried a chap stick.
I washed and dried a chap stick.
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Little life griefs:
I washed and dried a chap stick.
I washed and dried a chap stick.
I go on vacation in a few days. My one worker asked me if I was excited. I said I'd be more excited if I wasn't visiting friends first. I'm so weird.
My best friends from college live along my drive so I asked them if I could crash with them. They said yes but I feel like I'm inconveniencing them.
My best friends from college live along my drive so I asked them if I could crash with them. They said yes but I feel like I'm inconveniencing them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I go on vacation in a few days. My one worker asked me if I was excited. I said I'd be more excited if I wasn't visiting friends first. I'm so weird.
My best friends from college live along my drive so I asked them if I could crash with them. They said yes but I feel like I'm inconveniencing them.
My best friends from college live along my drive so I asked them if I could crash with them. They said yes but I feel like I'm inconveniencing them.
Got a different wifi router. My download speed just doubled so that’s good. Upload speed hasn’t changed much, which is kind of funny to me. It was almost as fast as my downloads previously.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Got a different wifi router. My download speed just doubled so that’s good. Upload speed hasn’t changed much, which is kind of funny to me. It was almost as fast as my downloads previously.
My library is doing a fantasy map making program for kids and I want to go!!!
I'm not even a kid at heart anymore. I'm a bitter, tired, old person at heart. At least some days.
I'm not even a kid at heart anymore. I'm a bitter, tired, old person at heart. At least some days.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My library is doing a fantasy map making program for kids and I want to go!!!
I'm not even a kid at heart anymore. I'm a bitter, tired, old person at heart. At least some days.
I'm not even a kid at heart anymore. I'm a bitter, tired, old person at heart. At least some days.
Water is so good.
Like, why don't I like to drink water? It's the best.
Unless it's cold, in which case it hurts. Or warm, because that nauseates me.
But room temperature and through a filter? The best.
Like, why don't I like to drink water? It's the best.
Unless it's cold, in which case it hurts. Or warm, because that nauseates me.
But room temperature and through a filter? The best.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Water is so good.
Like, why don't I like to drink water? It's the best.
Unless it's cold, in which case it hurts. Or warm, because that nauseates me.
But room temperature and through a filter? The best.
Like, why don't I like to drink water? It's the best.
Unless it's cold, in which case it hurts. Or warm, because that nauseates me.
But room temperature and through a filter? The best.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My Gaudi presentation is in less than an hour. That thing… well, it’s done. I read over it and it’s a little too long and I literally didn’t talk about most of his works. In fact, I’m considering cutting some of the ones I did to make it shorter.
Also, I can’t pronounce anyone’s names.
*sigh*
Also, I can’t pronounce anyone’s names.
*sigh*
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My Gaudi presentation is in less than an hour. That thing… well, it’s done. I read over it and it’s a little too long and I literally didn’t talk about most of his works. In fact, I’m considering cutting some of the ones I did to make it shorter.
Also, I can’t pronounce anyone’s names.
*sigh*
Also, I can’t pronounce anyone’s names.
*sigh*