Jun. 4th, 2007
Weekend Roundup
Jun. 4th, 2007 10:22 amFriday:
-- Headed down to DC by Amtrak. Trip was excellent. No screwups by Amtrak, and bonus early arrival (we were running early the whole trip, and we waited about 10 minutes at New Haven so we wouldn't be leaving way before the posted departure time). I avoided being productive the whole way down (::facepalm::) with the exception of a bit of work I did on the ms currently in my queue in the lounge before I got on the train. Read a lot, listened to music.
-- Arrived Union Station and did not get lost finding the Metro. Go me. :-) Got there just in time to catch train in correct direction. Got to Silver Spring Metro no problem. Found local buses. Realized I didn't know which route I wanted. Guessed mightily. Guessed wrong, but only ended up 1.5 blocks from where I intended to be.
-- Got to B&H&A's house. Let myself in, shmoozed with A until H got home. Once H was home, went out to back yard to play with A and the garden hose. Made for very wet A, only vaguely wet![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gnomi. Good time was had by all. Upon arrival home of B, A and gnomi returned to the house. Was given gift of penguin by B. Surfed Internet briefly until time to prepare for Shabbat.
-- Lovely dinner was had at S&S'; S still extremely talented at poking at music part ofgnomi brain. Confirmed he does it on purpose. Wonderful food, excellent conversation. Was very sleepy by end.
-- Back to B&H&A house, to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Saturday:
-- H&A went to shul. B andgnomi totally failed at said shul-going.
-- Got up early, thought better thereof, went back to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Eventually got up again, in plenty of time to dress and get ready for lunch at S&S'. At lunch, saw K&S&J. Much fun conversation, much excellent food.
-- After lunch, Shabbat nap. Nap good. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
-- Not long after rising from nap, visited by A&I&A. Was good to see them. I still very tall. A still very lovely. A still very cute.
-- After Shabbat, went to remind K how to knit. Had much fun. Flailed with pokey sticks for two hours, had wonderful conversation. At midnight, headed home (walked home by S), then checked Internet (confirmed it was still there), then sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Sunday:
-- Up around 8. Ablute, dress, pack, check Internet (yup, still there). Breakfast with B&A. Said goodbye to H, who was off on his own adventures. Flailed around to make sure didn't forget anything (contact lenses, check; train ticket, check; housekeys for Boston, check). Got into car with B&A, trip to Caribou for not!coffee. B&A droppedgnomi at Silver Spring Metro. Dashed through rain to station. Waited for Metro, arrive Union Station 45 minutes before train scheduled to leave (yay!). Waited for train to get loaded, made more progress on ms in lounge, got on train.
-- On train, confirmed that sitting in 2-person seat is OK since meetingmabfan in NYC. End up at 4-person table with just gnomi, since train car mostly empty. Get some more ms done, then read until NYC. At Penn, saw G through train window, gesticulated wildly. mabfan joined me on train. Heard about his weekend, told him highlights of mine. Watched shows on laptop with mabfan. Appreciated 15-minute train delay so could finish what we were watching just as we got into South Station.
-- Off train, to cab. Cab home. Yay, home. Went upstairs, unpacked, flailed about preparing for work on Monday. Sat and watched 'Gates to relax from travel flail. Couldn't keep eyes open after 'Gates, so went to bed. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
-- Headed down to DC by Amtrak. Trip was excellent. No screwups by Amtrak, and bonus early arrival (we were running early the whole trip, and we waited about 10 minutes at New Haven so we wouldn't be leaving way before the posted departure time). I avoided being productive the whole way down (::facepalm::) with the exception of a bit of work I did on the ms currently in my queue in the lounge before I got on the train. Read a lot, listened to music.
-- Arrived Union Station and did not get lost finding the Metro. Go me. :-) Got there just in time to catch train in correct direction. Got to Silver Spring Metro no problem. Found local buses. Realized I didn't know which route I wanted. Guessed mightily. Guessed wrong, but only ended up 1.5 blocks from where I intended to be.
-- Got to B&H&A's house. Let myself in, shmoozed with A until H got home. Once H was home, went out to back yard to play with A and the garden hose. Made for very wet A, only vaguely wet
gnomi. Good time was had by all. Upon arrival home of B, A and gnomi returned to the house. Was given gift of penguin by B. Surfed Internet briefly until time to prepare for Shabbat.-- Lovely dinner was had at S&S'; S still extremely talented at poking at music part of
gnomi brain. Confirmed he does it on purpose. Wonderful food, excellent conversation. Was very sleepy by end.-- Back to B&H&A house, to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Saturday:
-- H&A went to shul. B and
gnomi totally failed at said shul-going.-- Got up early, thought better thereof, went back to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Eventually got up again, in plenty of time to dress and get ready for lunch at S&S'. At lunch, saw K&S&J. Much fun conversation, much excellent food.
-- After lunch, Shabbat nap. Nap good. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
-- Not long after rising from nap, visited by A&I&A. Was good to see them. I still very tall. A still very lovely. A still very cute.
-- After Shabbat, went to remind K how to knit. Had much fun. Flailed with pokey sticks for two hours, had wonderful conversation. At midnight, headed home (walked home by S), then checked Internet (confirmed it was still there), then sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Sunday:
-- Up around 8. Ablute, dress, pack, check Internet (yup, still there). Breakfast with B&A. Said goodbye to H, who was off on his own adventures. Flailed around to make sure didn't forget anything (contact lenses, check; train ticket, check; housekeys for Boston, check). Got into car with B&A, trip to Caribou for not!coffee. B&A dropped
gnomi at Silver Spring Metro. Dashed through rain to station. Waited for Metro, arrive Union Station 45 minutes before train scheduled to leave (yay!). Waited for train to get loaded, made more progress on ms in lounge, got on train.-- On train, confirmed that sitting in 2-person seat is OK since meeting
mabfan in NYC. End up at 4-person table with just gnomi, since train car mostly empty. Get some more ms done, then read until NYC. At Penn, saw G through train window, gesticulated wildly. mabfan joined me on train. Heard about his weekend, told him highlights of mine. Watched shows on laptop with mabfan. Appreciated 15-minute train delay so could finish what we were watching just as we got into South Station.-- Off train, to cab. Cab home. Yay, home. Went upstairs, unpacked, flailed about preparing for work on Monday. Sat and watched 'Gates to relax from travel flail. Couldn't keep eyes open after 'Gates, so went to bed. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Jun. 4th, 2007 10:54 pmI just found out tonight that the husband of a former roommate of mine is being deployed soon to Iraq. He's in the Naval Reserve, he's married, and he's got twin girls who are a little less than a year and a half old. And... I don't know. I'm just faced with this overwhelming feeling of wrongness.
There are many, many reasons I don't get political here. And this is not a political reaction on my part. This has nothing to do with the overarching issues of the war, the reasons we're in Iraq, any of that. It's just this feeling, this ache I have for his wife, a woman I've known since I was a freshman in college, the woman who was responsible (with her then-not-boyfriend, now-husband) for me meetingmabfan.
And he'll go, because he's a man of honor, a man of duty. He enlisted after September 11th, knowing a day may come that he'd have to go.
And all I can wish him is tzaitchem b'shalom go in peace -- u'voachem l'shalom -- and return in peace.
and I know this is confused and disjointed. And for that I apologize.
There are many, many reasons I don't get political here. And this is not a political reaction on my part. This has nothing to do with the overarching issues of the war, the reasons we're in Iraq, any of that. It's just this feeling, this ache I have for his wife, a woman I've known since I was a freshman in college, the woman who was responsible (with her then-not-boyfriend, now-husband) for me meeting
mabfan.And he'll go, because he's a man of honor, a man of duty. He enlisted after September 11th, knowing a day may come that he'd have to go.
And all I can wish him is tzaitchem b'shalom go in peace -- u'voachem l'shalom -- and return in peace.
and I know this is confused and disjointed. And for that I apologize.
