by Mir | Jun 30, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", What do I do all day?
Hey, guess what it’s doing here in the Adirondacks. Go on, GUESS! It’s raining. Pouring, actually. Has been for hours. The good news is that the rain held off until late afternoon, today; we arrived yesterday afternoon and had just finished setting up when...
by Mir | Jun 29, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", My name is Grumplestiltskin
So I wrote that last post and Otto and I joked about how I’m just easily spooked and kind of jumpy in the car, and how really the worst is behind us—we’re headed further north, now, and we’ll take a different route when we come south again...
by Mir | Jun 26, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Two long days of towing, and we’ve finally landed in New England with Otto’s family. This is very, very good. It will be even better once I finish hyperventilating. Which at this rate will happen… never. It turns out that I don’t even have to...
by Mir | Jun 25, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
Today marks the beginning of an auspicious event: Our first big tow. At this very moment, I am in the passenger seat of our truck, tapping away on my netbook (and its infuriatingly teeny tiny keys), while Otto steers us northward towards the kids and our first Big...
by Mir | Jun 24, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Last night Otto and I went out to run some errands, and found ourselves stopping at a restaurant across town for some cheap Mexican food. Now, generally the advantage of Mexican food for dinner when the kids aren’t around is that we can take our time and have a...