After I heard about the job on Wednesday, I actually surprised myself with how disappointed I really was. I’d been telling myself all along that I wasn’t going to get the job, but I guess I had started to make plans about how nice it would be when I would be able to work so […]
We’ve not done much visiting of the house site lately because in the evenings it’s just too dark and foggy to see much, and even if we do sort of angle the car so it’s up on the curb with the headlights shining, there’s enough ditches and other things on the lot that we could […]
I have seen bad movies before. There is no lack of them in the world, and despite my best intentions, I’ve seen quite a few. Sometimes you go to the theater with the knowledge that this movie will probably be bad, but you’re willing to see it for some other redeeming factor. Sometimes you get […]
Two years ago I got a Christmas tree. I went with a friend, who’d never done the whole ‘chop down a tree’ thing and found it quite fascinating, and the two of us put it up and decorated it, with music in the background and cats assisting in every possible way. And then she left […]
We’re behind on our development schedule for this project, but considering the lack of design freeze and the fact that they’ve tried to cram three months worth of work into the last month, this has come as no surprise to me. The problem is that even though we’ve tried to gently indicate the delays, the […]
Richard’s been working from home this week - three days, in fact. This meant, of course, that he got to drive out to the house during lunch and see it in all its glory and I had to be content with simple pictures that he would take and upload for me (Did I whine at […]
It happened again - this time while we were sitting in the bank talking to an investment counselor about planning for our future (our goal is to retire as early as possible). I mentioned that at least we didn’t have to worry about saving for college educations and such because we weren’t planning on having […]
At the end of one of my favorite books Watership Down, as everything is back to normal, the main character - Hazel- passes one of the female rabbits who is telling some of the young rabbits stories of the Black Rabbit’s adventures. As they pause to listen, they hear a fantastical story, and even though […]
Ah, Christmas. The gathering of the families. The opening of presents next to the twinkling lights of the tree. The traditional food - homemade sticky rolls for breakfast, cookies and snacks throughout the day, the candlelit dinner. There’s something very comforting about going home for the holidays and knowing that things will be the same.
Except […]
I’m on vacation this week. Glorious do-nothing, be lazy vacation. I’ve earned this, too many times over this past year and I wish I could take a longer one, but with this project, it simply hasn’t been possible. I left email addresses and phone numbers for how to contact me should something happen, but so […]
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