Except Wednesday isn't the middle of my "work week" any more. I'm not working again till Friday.

The Curator of Archives and Books finally got back from her vacation/trip/whatever. More folders have been ordered. I told her that the location I'd gotten them from before is now encased in visquene. Maybe Friday we'll have some more.

I think I probably have enough work putting the final inventories into the computer to keep me busy Friday. And I ran a possible next job past Susan and she was okay with it.

I don't get any pay at this job, but do I ever feel appreciated, and a part of the group. Oh! the director of the Center, for whom there was a retirement party last month, has been talked into staying for a bit more. Seems that they couldn't find a satisfactory replacement.

Hmmm--Tulane has gradually absorbed Newcomb (and its endowment), despite saying they wouldn't in the past. Is this a blow at the Women's Center?

Today was a rather relaxed day--the visit to the lab late in the morning, lunch at Arby's, followed by iced coffee at PJ's while I finished the most recent Elizabeth Peters mystery novel, Tomb of the Golden Bird.

It's set in post-WWI Egypt, when Egypt is trying to attain independence--not to mention Iraq and Iran, etc. And part of the underlying plot involves factions interested in getting particular people in power in the Mandated areas. Faisel is set for Iraq, for example. Why the interest? Oil, of course.

The concept of Mandates, and how the Middle East was divvied up after WWI set the stage for our current "difficulties" in the area.

And in Africa--where the European powers divvied it up for "spheres of influence" in the Berlin Conference of 1865. (I think that was the year.)

At any rate, I finished the book.

And now I shall explore flight schedules for my trip next month. I was there in 2001 or 2002 for their wedding.

Thar will be followed by an evening of reading while the TV is on in the background.