And so we bid a fond farewell to 2009. It was a fairly mellow year. While 2008 was a high drama and stress year, 2009 just kind of floated along the river of time, hitting a few moderate rapids, but never getting wildly tossed about nor tossed out of the boat.
No international travel this year. [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Farewell to 2009
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Back at the office after the holiday weekend
Monday, December 28, 2009
I’ve eaten about a dozen peppermint candies (not the hard ones, but the sort-of-softish ones), and now feel quite nauseated. Ugh. Time to lay off the peppermint candies.
My fingers are frozen. I’ve been snuggling with three of those chemical handwarmer things for about 5 hours (one each in the palm of my fingerless gloves and [...]
And so Christmas 2009 fades into the past…
Sunday, December 27, 2009
I chose to stay in DC this year. It turned out very well.
I bailed on work before noon on Christmas Eve. I finished editing a document that had to be edited or the world would end (I was supposed to edit it last week, but no one bothered to tell me; since I’m not [...]
Merry Christmas
Thursday, December 24, 2009
“When He is King we will give Him a King’s gifts,
Myrrh for its sweetness, and gold for a crown,
Beautiful robes”, said the young girl to Joseph,
Fair with her first-born on Bethlehem Down.
Bethlehem Down is full of the starlight,
Winds for the spices, and stars for the gold,
Mary for sleep, and for lullaby music,
Songs of a shepherd [...]
Sometimes I want to live in NYC just to not have a car
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
I’m totally serious about that title, by the way. Yes, I know plenty of people in DC don’t have a car, but it just seems like a hassle to be car-less here, and it’s easy to have a car here. NYC is a completely different car-related creature.
Anyway…
Last night a couple friends and I were going [...]
The day after
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The morning after the end of the world.
The snow was 3 feet deep on the hood of my car. On the road side, it was only about a foot and half, but on the sidewalk side it was to my hips. I think we got 18-20 inches of snow, so the depth is from [...]
Still snowing
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Still snowing, though it’s tapering off. I love the silence of nighttime just after it’s snowed. It’s so incredibly beautiful and peaceful. Sigh. I love snow.
Yep, it’s snow
Saturday, December 19, 2009
I can now confirm, it is definitely snowing out there. Brrr.
The end of the world has arrived
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Last year I was sympathetic. I didn’t want to offend my new city, and so I said, “Sure, I understand snow freaks you out a bit. You don’t get it much, you don’t know how to deal with it. I understand.” But ya know what? I’m done being sympathetic. Get a grip, DC. It’s just [...]
The corporate world at Christmastime
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The bizarre ritual of Christmas/holiday cards is going on today at “Tiger Corp”. I’m not talking about friends and family exchanging Christmas cards. That’s normal. I even like it. I’m talking about the corporate exchange of holiday cards. In particular, contractor companies giving holiday cards to all of the government/military people they support. It’s weird. [...]
Hark! It’s a tree!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
A good friend is in town and we got together last night to frolic and play. Okay, primarily just to see each other and see the National Christmas Tree at the White House Ellipse, but we’ll call that frolicking.
K suggested we have dinner first at a nearby restaurant, TenPenh, an Asian fusion place. It looked [...]
