Friday we got up early (6:30, yuk) to catch a 7:30 cab in order to make our 8:30 train. I was worried that it being rush hour we might get caught in traffic, and had considered changing the taxi reservation to 7:15. Of course, traffic was extraordinarily light, and we were at Union Station by […]

We’re back from New York, and I’ll write more about it later (or hope that Jeff publishes his entry-in-progress soon, in which case I’ll be able to link to it). Bottom line: We had a really nice time, and it was a wonderful birthday. Not generally one for marking holidays or other special occasions, I’d […]

What with work keeping me so busy during the day and so depleted by night, I didn’t get around to posting anything earlier this week about our activities last weekend. Fortunately, Jeff has now posted about the show we saw on Sunday night, The Last Five Years at Alexandria’s MetroStage (just a few blocks from […]

We’ll be on the 8:35 train to New York tomorrow morning, arriving at 11:45 to begin our quarterly three-day weekend in the city. In the past we’ve travelled up on Saturday morning, returning Monday evening, which has usually meant cramming in two shows on Saturday and one on Sunday. This time we’ll be able to […]

Tomorrow is a vacation day for me, so today is my Friday. And just in time. It’s been such a busy week at work, and today especially, that it feels like it should have been Friday anyway. Today was the only day I didn’t work particularly late, but then again I was in meetings from […]

The other night I mentioned to Jeff that I wasn’t sure how I felt about turning 43, since 42, at least, was a number that had an interesting connection to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. As I was saying that, though, I remembered that 43 is a prime number, so I became a little […]

There’s an excessive heat advisory in effect from noon today through 8:00 p.m. Tuesday [edit: as of Tuesday morning, this now has been extended at least through 8:00 Wednesday evening], with temperatures in the very high 90s and heat indices as high as 110°. The humidity is so high that the forecaster on NPR this […]

After work, I went ahead to Pentagon City, where I pick Jeff up at 6:30. I had a Borders coupon good for 30% off a single item, and I knew that Jasper Fforde’s most recent Thursday Next novel, Something Rotten, had just been released in paperback, and the first in his new “Nursery Crime” series, […]

When we got home this evening, the phone’s voicemail indicator was flashing; Jeff looked at the call log, and I recognized the name he read off as my doctor’s practice. I didn’t expect the results of the lab work to be done so quickly, but also I had a brief moment of alarm, as she […]

Last week I successfully updated my resume, tailoring it more effectively to point out my strengths vis a vis a couple of specific positions in the Bay Area, but my first attempt at a cover letter was much too long and, as was honestly and helpfully pointed out by someone I asked to review it, […]