When Natalie was but a preschool sprout we celebrated Christmas away from our families, so it was just the four of us. That may have contributed to the overabundance of Christmas gifts that year, or maybe it was the impact of a raise in base pay (with the new job) on top of going from … Continue reading “Natalie’s First Car”
Bacchus Air
In Orlando, just about everyone in IT had some non-IT talent. (For some strange reason, there were a lot of bass players…) John was an artist, who was famous for his whiteboard drawings that would appear in people’s offices. He once drew on my whiteboard and logo that he claimed was for Bacchus Air, a … Continue reading “Bacchus Air”
Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though
I mentioned in our trips to Northville and New Paltz how trip planning isn’t really our thing. As a group. My own family trips are a different story. When we moved from New York to Florida, we drove down in my Honda Civic. Not roomy, but how much room did an infant and a six … Continue reading “Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though”
Sick Day
So after weeks of working in the TB ward that is my office, I finally succumbed to the plague. On Friday afternoon around 4pm. That sucked. So today’s post is naturally a bit late, because writing requires that I be able to sit up for a time, and also thinking that my brain-thing does. Or … Continue reading “Sick Day”
Trip Planning Is Not Our Thing
Hanging out with Mary and her sister Rose and her cousin John and the rest of the crowd, we often did stuff with little to no planning. (After all, we planned for the Northville trip and look where that took us?) So, one day someone suggested we go camping at the state park in New … Continue reading “Trip Planning Is Not Our Thing”