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SUV mentality!!
I drive a small car – a Chevy Volt: I like the agility of a small car, I like having the ability to park nearly anywhere. I also am committed to the idea of EVs – yes, my 2012 Volt is not 100% electric. It only goes about 30 miles on a full charge, and…
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Going on a short vacation
Well, as for my previous post, I didn’t do the 10-miler. It’s OK, I’m not beating myself up about it. I hadn’t trained, and I might have a injured myself. I have started a fairly regular exercise routine – in the past week, I’ve run twice, and biked to and from work twice. That’s pretty…
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Traveling in Israel with boys…
I know I haven’t been here for awhile, and I kept meaning to post, but was tired of posting anymore about running (although I did recently finish my first half marathon, which was momentous), or about divorce, or about living alone.
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A quiet day at home
It was very cold today, and I was not sure what to do with my day. At the end of it, I had a nice quiet day at home with Shanthi, who valiantly tried to go in to work, but was defeated by a multitude of powers beyond her control. I walked the retired greyhound,…
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Vacation
I arrived last Tuesday, and was delighted when the U.K. automatic passport reader recognized me and let me through. The guy just ahead of me in the queue failed to be recognized, and watching him, I was sure I was going to suffer the same failure, and have to go explain why I have a…
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Passport woes, part 2
I am in England now, writing this, so, all the mad rushing around of last week did result finally in my having a valid passport to travel (2, in fact). I wrote about my crazy hectic Wednesday, when I somehow squeezed in a trip from Baltimore to the center of DC to hand in my…
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Time zone blues
It is now 6:34 am, and I am awake and dressed. Last night, I set my phone alarm for 6:45am. It went off, and I hit the snooze button a couple of times before rising and at 7. So, how can it be 6:34, now? Because apparently, England jumped forward to DST during the night,…
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I have OKCupid to thank…
For my daughter finding and marrying the man who suits her to a T. and apparently, the data of the OKCupid algorithms predicted their compatibility and bliss pretty well, as they scored around 95%, according to her. It’s a funny thing to see your daughter get married, and then to see her happily interacting with…
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Flying standby
My first flight on my own, at the age of sixteen, I remember flying standby. This was on the recommendation of my aunt, who I was going to visit for an indefinite stay in London, England. She told me she always flew standby, because it was cheaper, and that was definitely a selling point to…
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Leaving town…
I’m going out of town for three whole days. This is the second time that I’ve left the boys since we brought them home, and J is not liking it at all (S is so independent, he minds less, although he did express the odd concern that I might be flying to somewhere unsafe, i.e.…