I am sitting in an all day class on building mobile apps. You may ask yourself, if I am sitting in class, what am I doing writing a blog post. To tell you the truth, I am asking myself the very same question. I really wish I was adequately engaged in the class. I was …
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Aging Ain't Easy
For those of you keeping track of my parental units’ various sagas, you will remember that last week my mother broke her arm. She went to the orthopedist yesterday and discovered that the break is right on the ball of the ball joint of her shoulder. The radiologist said it looked like there might be …
Sticks and Stones
My apologies for the recent radio silence. There has been a lot going on that has kept me fairly busy. Most recently was some exciting news from the east. On Thursday, my mother fell and broke her humerus (for those not in the know, that is your upper arm bone). Obviously, she is in pain …
The Crippling Power of Inerta
Sometimes it amazes me how quickly and easily I can fall back into bad habits. I am always more physically active when I go east. Mostly it is because I have to keep up with two very active little girls. But, I am not complaining. Not just because I love the time I get to …
If Wishes Were Trees, Tress Would Be Falling
Once again I am sitting in LaGuardia Airport in New York waiting for my flight home. LaGauardia is a very emotionally charged airport for me. I am either landing here with my heart jumping out of my chest in anticipation of seeing my niecelettes, or I am waiting for my flight home feeling sad, conflicted, …
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Time Keeps on Slipping
My week with my niecelettes has gone by much too quickly. Although I feel like I have just arrived, there is also a piece of me that is ready to go home. I just wish I didn’t live to far away from them so I could see them more often. A friend of mine recently …
A Budding Punster
Last night I arrived at my brother’s house to a very pleasant surprise. One of my niecelettes, A, was wide awake having a late-night (at least for her) snack with her mom. After a whole bunch of hugs and kisses, the east coasters declared it bedtime for all. After all, they have school and work …
Shpilkes
The word shpilkes is both a simple and a very nuanced term. It can be loosely defined as fidgety, nervous energy. But that really only scrapes the surface of the original Yiddish meaning. Shpilkes occupies that space between boredom and agitation. That place where focusing is just as impossible as sitting still. Like when you …
Focus, Focus
It has been a whirlwind kind of a day so far. Last night I chose the wrong setting on my alarm clock, so I woke up later than I intended. Not only did I get some unintended extra sleep, but I was woken by my cat who very rarely deigns to come upstairs to the …
Why I'm Not Sweeping the Cloud Away
My primary computer is a Linux machine running Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander). If that doesn’t make sense to you, don’t worry. I only mention it for context. The only important take-away is that the operating system gets updates twice a year. About a year ago, I started having issues with my web camera (which is …