July has been a busy month. Other than a quick post of a quick video I threw together, I haven’t had time to blog about anything. Well now I have some time to try to catch up. Too much has happened in the past month to jam it all in to one long post so [...]
Last night the New York Mets began a three game series against the Nationals here in Washington. So last evening after work, I changed into my Mets jersey , hopped on the Metro, and headed down to the ballpark (by myself). I went to a Mets game at Nats Park earlier this year and had [...]
Darah had her third ear surgery today. She first had a myringotomy (putting tubes in the ears) back in 2008. Unfortunately the procedure left a hole in her right ear drum, resulting in hearing loss. So in 2010 she had a myringoplasty surgery to repair the hole in her ear and hopefully fully restore her [...]
Yesterday I took my bike out on Sligo Creek trail and headed north. I was just exploring, not intentionally trying to get exercise, but I ended up biking over 5 miles (a lot for me). I almost made it to Wheaton Regional Park but the trail was horribly mis-marked at the end and I never [...]
When Patty and the kids were visiting last week, Amy’s neighbor came out yelling at me in a threatening tone about parking on the street. He came out and got right in my face claiming that his taxes pay for a specific spot on the public street, in front of his house. I just nodded [...]
I am now the father of a teenager! Maegan is now 13 years old! (*This was intentionally not posted on her birthday.)
This weekend we did some special things with Patty, Maegan, and Darah. On Saturday we all went to the Washington Monument (Amy and Steve too). We’ve all been there before but I got tickets months ago to go inside and up to the top for the first time. The weather was absolutely perfect and you [...]
My family drove up to visit me for the first time since I began working in Washington DC back in March. It’s taken so long because they needed a time when Patty was between semesters at nursing school and Maegan was not in school or camp either. Patty had her final exam on Monday and [...]
Last week I had a long extended visit to Charlotte over the Independence Day holiday weekend. This weekend I had to take a very short and unexpected trip back to Charlotte again. I had to do some testing at a workplace that shall not be mentioned. I tried to do it last weekend when I [...]
A few days ago I stuck my Flip HD digital camcorder in my office window, pressed the record button, and went on with my day. The batteries only last for about 45 minutes before the batteries die so that’s how long it recorded. After work I downloaded the video and time-remapped the 45 minutes down [...]