The Red Queen’s Race

I didn’t get any amendments this week, although a Request for Continued Examination case was processed, and showed up in my Regular New docket. I finished Office Actions on three amendments, so I’m now down from five to two amendments on my Amended docket, and I’m working on one of the remaining two.

It’s one week into the new quarter.

April Folly

In celebration of folly, I bought a scratch-off Virginia lottery ticket some days ago, and scratched off some of the material covering the numbers on April First. I would scratch off another number or two after making progress on my work; I scratched off the bonuses and one half of the regular prizes. So far, I haven’t won anything.

On my evening walk, I met a man with a three month old black Labrador retriever puppy, who eagerly jumped up on me. Later on the walk, I saw a rabbit on the sidewalk right in front of me; not wanting to frighten him, I turned left into the street. He didn’t stay frozen, but turned left onto the lawn.

Arlington in Solidarity with Ukraine

Until my Congressman sent me an email about it, I did not know that Arlington was a sister city of Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine, but now I know about Arlington showing support. There are links at the bottom of the page to several organizations involved in aiding Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the neighboring countries to which several million of them have fled.