We were asked to submit 10 batches of indexing. That does not sound like much but the records are from the 1800's and the writing is difficult to read. One record in particular had beautiful to look at writing but the most difficult to read at the same time. The person had a backwards slant to the letters and seemed to be writing with a pen that had a flat edge to the nib so that all the letters were thick on their left side and extremely thin lines the right side. The only way I could read this record was to ask the program to enlarge it to 125% and then ask for a reverse image - i.e. to have the letters appear white against a black background. I spent all my time on Saturday doing this indexing. I learned a lot about the process of indexing and when I get to work with the public, I will have to be vigilant to help them with all the required fields of data. Accuracy is of most importance.
The most recent activity was a learning activity that took 9 hours to complete. It consisted of thought questions that followed a prescribed reading activity. Since the thought questions were subjective answers it took time and I was exhausted when it was over. Training is succinct and sometimes exactness eludes me. Oh well! I sleep well after these sessions - exhaustion will do that!
On the family scene, Ethan has been going to gymnastic events and a very large one in Minneapolis netted him 5th place overall. We are very proud of his efforts as this was an exceptionally large event. The biggest he has ever attended. The following weekend he went to another meet and came in 3rd over all and added 9 medals to his collection. Pretty soon he will need a tractor trailer to carry his medals around. This coming weekend he will be going to a meet in DesMoines, Iowa.
I am in a block of the month paper piecing activity and the first two medallions are done. The papers for the next block have arrived and I am hoping that it will be a calming activity to keep me intact during the intense training sessions.
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