Last week while at the dinner table I got an unexpected notification that my Potbelly’s order will be ready in 15 minutes – in Wisconsin. Considering I was eating dinner in Virginia, that struck me as odd. I checked further and there was indeed an order – two orders – …
Writing this from Florida, a couple of hours before leaving for the airport and back to reality. This past week has been both blissful and painful. Painful because I’m still battling some low level crud that has me suffering from headaches, bodyaches, a small tributary of phlegm and general malaise. …
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 …