~Monday~ Right Way William (the bus driver formerly known as Wrong Way Willie) was our driver this morning. I took the seat behind a woman who was dressed flawlessly—at least from the neck up; I couldn’t see the rest of her. She had on a black knit blouse with a thin rim of white around … Read more
~Sunday~ I slept in this morning. Glorious. I finished up the remainder of my holiday cards—the ones containing both a letter and my photo card, and wrote one extra letter to enclose in my Aunt Annette’s envelope. I made an early afternoon run to Trader Joe’s to pick up a little something to take to … Read more
~Saturday~ I met my friend Hugh at Helios for some coffee, company, and to deliver my organization’s collection for Love Wins Ministry. As always, Hugh and I had great conversation, mostly about things that matter. We walked out together, and I transferred the goods to his car with him, and he was off to meet Jennifer, … Read more
~Friday~ I left my house at around 8:30 this morning by car, taking a run down to the newly renovated Avent Ferry Technology Center, into which part of my work organization has recently moved. There, I collected two boxes and a few bags of things that people who work in that building had donated to … Read more
~Thursday~ After putting the coffee on this morning, I thought, “What time is that damn student e-mail meeting today? I hope it’s not at 9:00.” Checking my work e-mail and calendar remotely, I saw that it was and then grumbled an expletive remembering that I hadn’t done two things that really should be done before … Read more
~Wednesday~ I took the Wolfline bus in this morning, as I needed to leave work at lunch time and the time interval between Wolfline buses is much smaller (every 10 minutes or so) than between city buses (every hour) during the time when I’d be needing my ride home. The bus was not very crowded, … Read more
~Tuesday~ The prodigal son (that would be me) returned to the city bus today and although it was my standard 8:15 ride, none of my characters were aboard or boarded en route to my work. An African-American man sat across the aisle from me on my row, and he wore brown sunglasses—for what reason I … Read more
~Monday~ I drove in to work this morning, so no buscapdes. I was very cranky today, so I just stayed as much to myself as possible at work. I attended an hour-long meeting, which was scheduled right smack dab in the middle of lunch (11:30-12:30), and that didn’t help my mood any. A friend of … Read more
~Sunday~ I was up again around 10:30 and Ricardo came down shortly after that. We weren’t expecting Kevin home until after his last game, which started at 11:00 and ran for 90 minutes. However, at about 11:15, he surprised us at the door. Turns out there were “consolation games” in the tournament schedule that they … Read more
~Saturday~ Ricardo and I were up at around 10:30, by which time Kevin was long gone out to Morrisville to referee his first tournament soccer game that started at 8:00. We had a bagel and some coffee, and after about an hour-and-a-half we headed out to Morrisville to watch a couple of (potentially, depending on … Read more