And Rob still hasn’t opened any presents. He gave me one of mine Thursday before I left. I opened all of mine from my mom, etc., on Christmas Eve. I was supposed to get home last night in time to open presents with Rob here. Nightmare air travel stories are so trite, aren’t they? ToContinue reading “Boxing Day”
Category Archives: travel
The characters are fictional
Oh, how I loved The Darjeeling Limited. And not just because we’re planning to go to India in the spring.
The way to a man’s heart
To attend my mother’s wedding, Rob had to work an 12-hour overnight shift the previous Sunday, followed by his regular 8-hour shift Monday. Then he traveled with me on Thursday, listened to his iPod during the brief rehearsal and regaled my mother’s friends with fart and ass jokes during the rehearsal dinner. Friday, he wanderedContinue reading “The way to a man’s heart”
Business trip
Really, there’s no reason why all hotels don’t have wifi. Here I am, in a spacious suite, by myself, in a one-stoplight town, on business. Four of my coworkers and my boss are in similar suites in same hotel. The sixth person in our department is in her own home, five minutes away. We’re callingContinue reading “Business trip”
The door’s unlocked
The keys are under the dog.
Over the hump
I can’t even believe it. I made it back to the office with time to spare before the meeting. I totally fried my brain at the computer training though. Since I planned to miss the last “unit” in order to beat traffic (yay me!), after lunch I worked ahead in the chapter the instructor wasContinue reading “Over the hump”
Zen in the workplace
As usual, my mother has the answer to all my problems. (i.e. No. 1) Drive down to the training tonight and stay in a motel. After tomorrow night’s meeting, drive back down to motel. This allows me to sleep til a normal time in the mornings, and not fight the hellish morning traffic. Here’s somethingContinue reading “Zen in the workplace”
But is the capital Astana or Almaty?
I’m offended by Ali G’s Borat character, mostly because I know what Kazakh people look like, and that’s not it. I have to confess, however, that there are aspects of the gag that make me chuckle. If only he’d kept the character Moldovan or Albanian. The government of Kazakhstan has cried foul, and I’d sayContinue reading “But is the capital Astana or Almaty?”
Kari Neumeyer 