C and I generally spend Thanksgiving with my family. Most of these were in Beaufort or Port Royal, SC, but Mom and Dad moved to Durham, NC in 2018 to be near Sibling Sam. C generally took over the kitchen and we were all happy to have him do that. Last year, November was about …
Strange New World
For the first time in a while, I'm worried about COVID more than anything else. The political situation seems to be shaking out (*crosses fingers*), as does my job (*more crossed fingers*), but COVID rates are spiking again, the time to enjoy outdoor restaurant dining is closing, and it's Not Good. My dad was supposed …
Signpost
I really should have written this post yesterday, before any election results came in. As I write, it's the morning after election day and they have not yet called the presidential race. They have, however, called my state (for Biden) and my congressperson (the famous AOC) has been re-elected and so I guess I did …
Sh*t the bed with all your might
Title is a famous phrase that Mozart and his sister and family used to use to each other signing off their many letters. It's uncertain whether that was just a funny/gross thing at the time in their culture, or whether the Mozart family was unusually scatalogical. For centuries, Mozart's letters were bowderized, as were his …
Giddy as f*ck
Oh, yeah, I've been flying this morning, and feeling very silly. I took my CBAP certification test yesterday, after a week of concentrated study and practice drills and one final exam simulation. I'd already taken one online proctored exam from them, for my CCA back in April, and I knew the drill. They're very specific …
Spoooooky October
Yay, nice fall weather and a month dedicated to delightfully scary stuff. We started our month of horror movie watching this weekend with 1985's Fright Night (we'd never seen it) and We Need to Talk about Kevin. Fright Night is delightfully bad. Chris Sarandon makes a good sexy vampire, I must say. Knowing that Amanda …
Hey, it’s my birthday
Thoughts: It’s been clear for a long time that regardless of the complete shitshow the country is swimming through right now, and me losing my job and being unemployed for over half a year, and my mother dying, this has still been a better year for me than last year. I spent most of last …
Yay fall
Sweater weather, betches. I love it. Except now I'm not exactly sure how they're going to do outdoor dining when it's cold, and I don't want to do indoor dining yet. I feel like there's a lot to talk about, but none of it seems important. OK, if I choose to talk about the State …
Losing It
OMG, I am getting myself so frustrated. I keep losing stuff. Now I can be as scatterbrained as the next guy, but things are disappearing in the weirdest ways. So... yesterday, I went to my new office for the first time. (I've been in the job for over a month.) We're on a rotating schedule …
The new normal
The new normal of COVID, the new normal of a job, the new normal of being a mid-50's guy with random aches and pains. The nicest new normal is that our anniversaries no longer feel like milestones. Last year at this time, we celebrated five years of marriage, and that was a big deal. And …
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