I’m off to Richmond, VA today and alas, there will be no blogging. I might be able to read blogs via my Treo, but I doubt there will be posting. I suppose a break is good, but when I return it will also be time to return to work. I hope I will be looking…

I got up rather late, drank coffee, read the news and blogs, did laundry. Then my friend at the MLA called-hi Deb-so we arranged for lunch. Since I hadn’t showered yet, I pretty much had to rush around getting ready. I rode the train in and met her in the lobby of the Marriott. We…

Feeling very blah today. It’s gray–again. I’m supposed to meet some friends for lunch or dinner today but I haven’t heard from them. We leave tomorrow to go visit my dad which will be good. I need to go back to Macy’s and finish my Christmas returning, but I don’t feel like it. I’ll have…

1. Starbucks is a little far. Took almost an hour. 2. My butt was cold. Need warmer pants or warmer underwear. 3. Wear hat and gloves. 4. Gaggles of teenagers are hard to pass gracefully. 5. The reward is good. Pumpkin spice latte. I wish there were a pond or a creek or something I…

for a walk in the tundra. Ok, not quite tundra, but it’s 30 degrees and I’m from the south. So, it’s a tundra. This is part of my New Year’s resolution–to walk everyday. I need to do other types of exercise, but I’m starting with walking. I think I’ll be warm enough, but I’m not…

I’ve been reading up on the tsunami this morning and it’s just devastating. The death toll is reaching 40,000. What is the west contributing to the relief effort? Not much. The United States prepared a $15 million aid package to the Asian countries, and the 25-nation European Union promised to quickly deliver $4 million. Canada…

I went to Macy’s. I’m insane, but I really wanted to get rid of the brown sweaters. 2 down, 1 to go. I’ve got nothing against brown, really. I have some oatmeal pants and an espresso sweater that I like, but in general, I don’t wear brown. Plus, these were wool. I do not live…

Kind of. At least I’m doing things that I might do if I were at work. For Christmas, Mr. Geeky got me iLife ’04. I have it at work, so I wasn’t necessarily all gung ho to use it, but I thought now might be the time to organize the over 1500 pictures I have.…

And so begins the road back to normal. The living room must be shovelled out, the decorations must come down, gifts returned, rooms cleaned, new calendars hung up. I actually like post-Christmas better than Christmas sometimes. After all the excesses of yesterday, it’s nice to start getting back to moderation. Here’s just some of the…

6:30 a.m. That’s when the Geeky kids got us up. I think there will be naps later–at least for me there will be. Christmas went off well. We can no longer walk in the living room. I have escaped to the computer for a while and I’m thinking I need to play some Civilization. I…