My current favorite word. Thanksgiving was great. We ended up not hosting a birthday dinner for Dad – Jiten’s FIL went to the hospital unexpectedly for a troubling intractable fever, and at the same time Mom and Dad’s kitchen reno ran into some unexpected changes so they didn’t even make …
The end of a two week gauntlet. Jyotsna did well with her procedure. She was back home in about 5 hours, and all in all she did really well. She’s avoidant of strong pain meds but I had to browbeat her to take some the first day. One great thing …
How is it already November 11th? These few weeks have passed way too quickly, especially given the shortening of days, the relentlessness of life, and the scarcity of time. The penultimate weekend of October Nora and Jyotsna went camping with Girl Scouts. I was going to take the other two …
Fall is undeniable now. Had a beautiful drive on Friday down to my OMG retreat down in Lake Anna. The fall colors were in evidence, the weather was just about perfect, and I got a chance to catch up on the phone with a couple of loved ones. That morning …
Its been an unexpectedly long adjustment back to “real life”. Not helped of course with almost a full week of GI upset that only started to reverse when the doc gave me antibiotics on Thursday. Went to get my checkup/physical on Thursday. Weight down from last year (6%!) , BP …
Writing this from home, still feeling a bit hungover from the trip. First “stuff” and then thoughts. Photos from the latter part of the trip: https://photos.app.goo.gl/sTGRcsbLVX77MgaA7 ____9/30 : We left Ngepi camp in the morning after breakfast, and did the 4 hourish drive to our accomodations on the Chobe river …
Have taken 2100+ photos (plus cell phone ones). Got a few selected to share with Friends and family from 9/23-9/30. I’m going to have to take some time after the trip to go through with decent editing tools to maximize and go through the best photos. https://photos.app.goo.gl/PqiGD57Fd6KM7zf2A
Its only been 6 days or so since the last update and I’m already struggling to remember everything. Miss the girls terribly. Can’t wait to come back to snuggle them and catch up in person. I’m curious – we put little hash marks on the wall for Savita and Nora …
Sitting here in Ugab Terrace lodge, a 2 day stop to see Desert Elephants on the way up to Etosha, where we are set to do some intense game drives before hitting the rich trove of the Chobe river in Botswana. Not sure if I’ll finish writing this here – …
Sitting here in the Kalahari desert, Namibia. Wondering how fast this past week went – and wondering that we have more than 2 weeks left. Wifi sucks here but here’s a link to the photos from the first week. I’ll take some time to comment on them and post them …