I had to work today, but it was a relatively quiet day at work. We were let out at about 3 PM, but I waited around for Kelly. We picked up a few more items at the grocery store and then headed home. AJ and Denisse were coming over later in the evening. I made…
Slept in late, all things considered. The big morning accomplishment was that we actually finished watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I think it took us 5 attempts or something like that to finally get through the whole thing. In the early afternoon, we went to Target and I bought a few more items for the kitchen,…
Somehow, we managed to sleep in late this morning, even for us. I didn’t get up until 9:30. Kelly was already up. We made waffles for breakfast and then Kelly headed off to the gym while I did some reading. Spoke to Denisse this morning. She and AJ are coming over for New Year’s Eve…
Kelly got us tickets to see Spamalot at the National Theater and last night, we went to see the show. First, let me say that we had amazing seats. And when I say amazing, I mean orchestra-level, front row, left. If I leaned forward at any time during the program, I was looking down into…
Reading more of Our Oriental Heritage today, I came across a section on the sources of religion, within a chapter on the moral elements of civilization. As with most of Durant’s writing, it was a thoroughly rational discussion, but I must say, I was amused by one of the tales of the origins of death,…
Up at 4:20 AM, had breakfast and into the gym just before 6 AM. I had to talk myself into actually getting to the gym this morning–after having been out of the office for a week, I nearly skipped the gym to catch up on email and other things that I might have missed. But…
I took a sick day today and I stayed in bed until nearly noon. I spent some of that time watching episodes of The West Wing, but the rest of the time has been spent reading. I am once again trying to get through Will Durant’s Story of Civilization, which I last attempted nearly 18…
We left Ft. Myers on time at 9:30 AM. We had a direct flight back to Reagan National airport and it was uneventful. While it was sunny and warm when we left Florida, it was rainy and cold when we arrived in Washington. We waited at baggage claim for our luggage and then made our…
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Christmas Eve Day began with breakfast and then a workout at the gym. (I did a full chest and back workout, while Kelly did cardio.) After that, we decided to head to the local mall to do some last minute browsing around before Christmas. This was another outdoor mall, and although it was early afternoon…
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Four hours later, having gone through the Gap, Banana Republic, Calvin Klein, Bostonian, Polo Ralph Lauren, Movado, Borders (where I made my only purchase), Harry and David, Quiet Storm, J. Crew, Subway, Saks, and back to Banana Republic, Kelly finally finished shopping. The book that I got is called The Scientists by John Gribbin. Its…