Hello summer. It’s time to play, right? The work will always be there tomorrow. Always. Continue reading
vacation
A Day Off
Wishin’
I was driving home on a two-lane blacktop in Wyoming when I drove over a bridge. Down below was a river in a serene setting. I wished I could have taken the time to pull over and disconnect from the world for a couple of hours. The trouble? I don’t fish. I don’t like to eat fish. I don’t like the smell of fish. I will never be a fisher. Continue reading
The Itty-bitty Birthday Road Trip of 2017
If you go to Europe in June you probably shouldn’t plan your typical birthday road trip.
That is probably written in some life manual somewhere I’m sure. It makes sense especially since my birthday landed just over a month after my return to the states. Truth be told, the decision to forego my typical week long road trip revolved around work and the fact I didn’t think I’d have enough time to take another week off in August after taking just over two weeks in June. So, no birthday road trip this year. As luck would have it though, my birthday fell on a Saturday which meant I could still sneak away for it. Even if I didn’t go far away at least I could go somewhere. Continue reading
My Europe Road Trip: Part V – Back in the USA
Homeward Bound
At least we were able to sit together on our nine hour flight to Chicago. But the plane wasn’t as nice as our plane to Berlin. The tv screens were much smaller and the movie choices lacked variety and options. No one in my vicinity became sick so that was a plus. Continue reading
My Europe Road Trip: Part IV – The Netherlands
The Netherlands (aka Holland)
I’m going to show my ignorance but before this trip I did not realize The Netherlands = Holland. I learned it right before we left when I was looking over my itinerary and tried to figure out when we were going to be in Holland since it wasn’t listed. Continue reading
My Europe Road Trip: Part I – The Trip Begins
The invitation
GK and I had been visiting teaching partners for about 10 years. But then we were split up and assigned to other partners. From time to time, we try to do lunch or dinner together to catch up. It was at one of those catch up dinners in January 2017 when she invited me to go to Europe. Continue reading
Road Trip 2015
Something a little different this year. Instead of the normal birthday blog I did a video.
‘Twas the night before vacation…
The night before vacation was rather busy. After work I ran a few errands including grocery shopping. While at the store I text my dad and asked if he had already eaten dinner. He replied he was having another “spell” and didn’t feel like eating. I took a deep breath.
His “spells” have been troublesome for some time now. People ask what they involved. All I could tell them is it appeared to be some kind of lower stomach pain. Lately it culminated in him becoming sick and cleansing whatever it was out of his system.
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