Just checking in to let people know that no one from my family was at the Navy Yard this morning, so we're all OK.

+ taking Meg to a birthday party ( Read more... )

My brother Dan asked me and my brother Jym if we had the route from my mother's house to my brother Don's house in our GPSs. I pointed out, "In addition to having driven the route and knowing the way, I also have a solar-powered, analog GPS in my car - it's called a map." My mother snarfed her coffee.

Meg and I spent the last couple of weeks away from home. We went to my nephew Jake's graduation from Submarine School in Groton, CT on the 29th of June, then brought him out to my brother & sister-in-law's on Cape Cod for the weekend. After that, we went to my mother's for a short visit & then picked up Jess at Rochester airport on the evening of ( Read more... )

Meg and I are in Florida for a few days for Spring Training. My Aunt Rhoda lives here, and her daughter Valerie came here to watch some baseball as well. This afternoon, she definitely exceeded the expectations and requirements for a cousin, especially one without children of her own ( Read more... )

Or more accurately, the container of oysters in my refrigerator are my oysters. The baby and I went up to visit my brother and new sister-in-law last week, while Mommy stayed home because she doesn't have much vacation time built up ( Read more... )

After dropping Jess off at the airport this morning, I headed out Geodashing with one of my teammates. We hit four dashpoints, and then I headed toward home. Just after I turned south, my younger brother called to find out how much longer I was planning to be at my mother's. He wasn't happy to discover that the answer was that I wasn't. But it ( Read more... )

I headed up to Oswego on Saturday to visit my family. My nephew Samir was at my mother's house when I got there. We had lots of fun together, including going across the street to the park and walking through the old railroad tunnel. I also managed to fix one of his electrical toys for him, which made him quite happy. After my brother and sister ( Read more... )

My out of town work on Friday went quite wonderfully. All the parties involved were easy to get along with, amd we made a lot of progress towards site acquisition and development. I was quite happy that I provided some good ideas during the process, which to me justified my taking 6 hours away from my desk and driving for four hours. In addition ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting on the floor of my house, not eating, since I have a physical tomorrow and have to fast for 12 hours. I'm on the floor because I don't have any furniture down here any more, and I had to leave my fold-out futon-thing in NY for my brother's co-worker to sleep on. My brother's company sent him down to a job site in Sullivan County on ( Read more... )