Another week of busy busy, but almost all fun, or at least pleasant, stuff. Last Sunday, I did my monthly visit to the cemetery, which is always lovely and peaceful, then to the nearby diner, which is always fun. Putzed around for the rest of the day until it was time to go into town. …
Busy Busy
So, yeah, I did have a 'normal weekend' last weekend, something that is very rare. Laundry and such. Saturday night I checked out one of the local bars I'd never been to (or been aware of), had a great time. Ran into a neighbor I hadn't seen in a while, enjoyed people-watching, saw part of …
Come and meet those dancin’ feet
Particularly since things have become less COVID-y, I've continuously aware that I live in NYC for a reason, and my office building is a block from Times Square, and there is nothing stopping me from leaving my office, going to the TKTS booth or a specific box office, and going to see something on a …
A good haunting
Me, in my recliner this morning, drinking coffee. "Echo, play Renaissance."(I call the machine "Echo" instead of "Alexa" because I work with a lady named Alexa and when we mention her in meetings, the machine wakes up.) The machine plays early music for about 15 minutes. Then decides to start playing the Tchaikovsky violin concerto. …
Old Haunts
I was going to write a huge detail-filled post about last weekend, and realized that there was just a lot that would be dull to readers, and a smattering that would be inappropriate to share. So I'll hit the high points. I spent the long weekend in Philadelphia, the city I lived in from graduation …
First Two Weeks
So, the last two weeks have been about checking things off lists. De-Christmassing - I brought the boxes up and started the 'striking' process. As I said on FB, I also inventoried the boxes of ornaments I never bothered to unpack this year. We have SO MANY beautiful ornaments! We collected them on trips, and …
So… 2023!
A nice New Year's weekend, with both social events and downtime, wrapping up the holidays. The work week was nice and quiet. I got a good performance review. But things are going to be very busy starting today, ugh. Also found out right at the end of the week that Citibank had finally created the …
Doing Christmas
Welcome to that weird in-between week between Christmas and New Years! Or, as I saw someone refer to it on FB, the "taint of the year". So, how did Christmas go? Actually, it was fine. You make your to-do list and it seems overwhelming and then somehow it all gets done. I knew I didn't …
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
Last week, I went to my dear friend Vikki's funeral. I'd met Vikki through theater friends and Savoynet - she'd started doing shows in England at the festival in 2002, I started the year afterward. Not long after, I joined two local theater groups she was very active in, and by that point we were …
Brain dump
Sorry, this one is more about emptying my head than providing entertainment value, but... well, we'll see. Since getting back from Thanksgiving, various concerns getting dealt with. At work, I've taken over the testing role on my team as well as keeping my current analysis role. Part of what this involves is doing regression testing …
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