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Saturday was an amazingly beautiful day which I got to spend with my amazingly beautiful sister. We don’t get to see each other nearly enough so it was nice to just have a whole day to hang out and catch up. We started off walking around SoHo, taking in all the little cobblestone side […]

For the most part things in the library are going well. I’m constantly busy and rarely sit down for more than two or three minutes at a time but the kids usually read or study quietly which makes my life a lot easier. But there is one little thing, an annoying prank that surely […]

The tale of red tape that you’re about to read is absolutely true. All names have been disguised to protect the innocent and the guilty.
Going into my new job, I knew that the health insurance was not going to start until October 1, meaning that I would have the month of September with no […]

Another lazy weekend - I can totally get used to this. Between going out to dinner at a new restaurant with old friends (who we need to see more often), watching UFC 76 (Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell lost his fight - needless to say, D was not a happy camper), and finally reading Freakonomics […]

The Herculean task of going through every single book in the library in order to weed the collection is pretty daunting because there are thousands and thousands of books and only one of me. Though I am being very systematic and following a precise order, there are moments when I just have to veer […]

I figured it’s time I got around to answering the question that I’ve been asked the most in the last two weeks: How’s the new job. I could have answered it sooner but I’ve spent my recent afternoons watching lots of bad TV, doing a 1000-piece photo-mosaic jigsaw puzzle, and finally going to the […]

1. IKEA
2. Medieval festival in Visby on the island of Gotland.
3. The really awesome Swedish couple that D and I met in Aruba.
Sunday evening in Aruba, when we should’ve been 30,000 feet in the air, D and I were at 0 feet heading for dinner. This particular restaurant served food that you grill yourself […]

My rational mind knows that there is no connection between Hurricane Felix and what happened at JFK airport before D and I even boarded our plane to Aruba, but I still keep coming back to that first bad omen. We were going through security and had to do the usual taking off the shoes […]

Aruba was completely beautiful - or at least the beach was, because we honestly did not even leave our resort. We did drive through town on our way from the airport which means we saw a good chunk of the island since it is only 75 square miles. The capital, Oranjestad, was really […]

D and I got in from Aruba tonight. Just now. Two days late. We were supposed to be back on Sunday but Hurricane Felix changed our plans. Not that being in Aruba for two extra days is bad, but when you miss the FIRST DAY of your NEW JOB, well, that […]