We were at Aunt Annette’s and Uncle Frank’s a half hour early—at 9:30 instead of 10:00. We had a nice breakfast of coffee, juice, raisin bread toast, and some massa. In the backyard at the lake’s edge, Uncle Frank introduced us to this mama swan and her two babies, which he had enticed to the … Read more
I was up before the alarm this morning and put on a pot of coffee. I prepared English muffins and sausage, set that out for mom and dad and then hit the shower. We left at 9:15, and as it turns out, it was a good thing. <drama> Mom’s knees set off the alarm. Mom’s … Read more
Breakfast was at 9:00 again today, and this time it was coffee, orange juice, blueberry muffins, green grapes, scrambled eggs and two strips of bacon. It was all good. After breakfast, we packed and were ready to be out of the room by 10:00, but left our stuff in the room until check-out time at … Read more
We were up at 8:30 in time to shower before meeting downstairs for the breakfast part of the Bed & Breakfast. There were four or so other couples—all straight—not that there’s anything wrong with a bunch of straight people first thing in the morning when you’re not a morning person. One of the couples was comprised … Read more
I had a delightful little breakfast of leftover bagels with Myra at the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement. While we were sitting in the break area there, a guy from the group—the Study Abroad group (Personally, I’d rather study Aguy than study Abroad) [Badump-bump; I’m here all life, folks.]—who shares the third floor of … Read more
Clyde arrived at 5:40AM, and we were on the road to Greenville five minutes ahead of schedule. We met Vivian at the McDonald’s on 10th street, followed her to her office, where we picked up some audio-visual equipment, and then headed over to the building where we were presenting. She had a cart with her, … Read more
I was up at 8:45, and showered and packed by 9:15. We left the house at about 9:55, stopped by the Barnes & Noble at which Katherine works, where we had a little breakfast at the attached Starbucks. I had a small coffee and a bagel. Katherine shared her protest letter to the NFL about … Read more
Reading This Will Make You Yawn Sometimes, even thinking about yawning will make you yawn. And when the person next to you does it, forget about it—you’ll yawn, too. With all this talk about yawning, in fact, you’ve probably already yawned. “A yawn is an instinctive behavior: You don’t have to learn to do it, … Read more
Irene kindly drove me into the IBM Austin office today, which was a longer ride than I’d anticipated. After some initial drama finding building 901, I hooked up with Mary, and our first deed of the morning was to get me a temporary badge for the day. I completely forgot about bringing mine with me … Read more
We slept in this morning after the big, successful, pahtee last night, and we started the morning off with a little hair of the dog—mimosas. We rode out to Rob’s and Jennifer’s lake house in Wimberley. The ride was pretty, and their lake house was so nice. Here’s a shot in the backyard looking down … Read more