semi-random flotsam
The photography course requires that I get a tripod. But they are really firm about this being something we should see and touch before buying. My local photography store appears to be out of business.
This is the same course that was so insistent through the entirety of Unit One that I NOT run out and buy ANY equipment. Continue reading “So basically, I have no problems in life”
There are certain things that make for a pleasant Saturday morning in my world: Sleeping in late. Hazelnut coffee, with a hint of cinnamon, savored slowly, preferably in the comfort of still-warm jammies in my still-warm apartment. Continue reading “And then it all just went horribly wrong”
The headache woke me a little after 4AM, bad enough to make me get up and take something. And then lie in bed waiting for relief or sleep or both. And then get up to put VapoRub on my forehead. And then stumble back into bed to wait for relief of sleep or both. Continue reading “Green is not my color”
The 10:00AM team meeting in NY means a 7:30AM departure, means a 7:25AM meet-up with my travel companions, means an earlier departure from home, Continue reading “The day in one run-on sentence”
Continental sends me their weekend specials.
Southwest tells me their deals.
Travelzoo and Shermans and Orbitz all keep me apprised of travel opportunities of all kinds.
I’m not going anywhere for the next 6 weeks. Continue reading “Clipped wings”
Spanish olives. Continue reading “International picnic”
The restrooms are off the main hallway.
The two doors are less than a foot apart (which makes it extra pathetic that every so often a gentleman ends up in the ladies room. Seriously? You couldn’t find the men’s room? You couldn’t make it one step farther?)
The apartment complex had told me that my door would be replaced on Friday. And then they didn’t show, without so much as a word.
Annoying, right?
I don’t call and complain about it, but internally, I grouse. Because it’s irritating when people say they’re going to do something, and then they don’t.
That’s true. But hold that thought. Continue reading “Weekend backstory”
BAM BAM BAM
This is not how my morning was supposed to go. Continue reading “Coffee and construction”
Yesterday’s blog was overtaken by the knockout punch of an Advil PM and sip-of-red-wine. Continue reading “Not gonna do it”
