Monday

My day centered around mastering the Voice Recorder and compiling a list of interview questions (things I had planned on doing yesterday before I realized that I couldn't blink without falling asleep). I called my grandmother and set up an interview time for tomorrow. The rest of the day was devoted to sorting out piles of copied birth, death, baptismal, and census records. This I enjoyed until I got to the point where everything was hand written. I learned that it's not the the tedium of connecting relatives that is mind numbing but instead deciphering the illegible handwriting that's been left as a legacy for anyone (me) who wishes to connect the dots. Another hurdle is the innumerable love- children that have that seem to consist of most of my relatives. This is especially trying because the computer program that my aunt has for making family trees doesn't allow you to input both children from marriage and children from partners, without that function the family tree would be pretty measly. So instead of easily entering names and dates into the computer that would sort everything out for me, I have to scrawl out marriages and dates onto paper, piecing together relationships and then copy my findings onto a master sheet. Based on today I know I'm going to have to recopy this "master sheet" over and over again (stupid computer program).
Aside from that I discovered that I forgot my toothbrush at home (sorry for lying to you in my last blog) and spent a while looking for a replacement.
I'm kind of nervous about my interview tomorrow. With my grandma I don't think I'll be as nervous as with others (which is why she's first in line), plus I can work out kinks, fill in a few blanks and get some preliminary info on the rest of my interview subjects.

Well I'm going to rest up before the big day.

Until next time...