It’s amazing what two letters, one friendly and matter-of-factly, the other one a little bit more pissed off, can do when you’re trying to get what’s due to you. What can I say, perseverance prevails once again. I have blogged before about my very deranged relationship with the Postal Service. I know it’s a tough…
If you know me, you know that I LOVE stationary stuff. I could spend hours perusing isles full of notebooks, cards, stickers, stamps, pens, and whatnot. Stationary makes me happy. Stationary makes me smile. If nothing else, that’s the reason why sending real cards and letters in the mail, embellished with beautiful patterns, stamps and stickers, mean…
Today, exactly two years ago, three of my favorite people arrived in LA for a fantastic 3,5 weeks-vacation. Basti (my cousin, who’s like a little brother to me), my Mom and Dad It truly feels like it was just a few weeks ago, but it has been two whole freakin’ years. Unbelievable. I love to think back…
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Thursday night, after I got home from work, we grabbed our bags and headed for the bus to the airport. We were going back to SoCal! Of course, our flight was delayed (are they ever on time these days?) and we were stranded at the airport for a couple of hours, but I am thankful for…
You know, I am seriously contemplating a “Sports Package” on Cable TV, so that we can watch all the Red Sox Games. It just sucks that only a handful of games are shown on “basic cable”. How about they show less crap instead? I kinda dislike what TV has become. We have basic cable (where every show is…
I could always make J happy by telling him about the cool thunderstorms that we regularly have in Germany. I remember various occasions, when I was in Germany and he was here and we were still living the not-so-fun-LDR, where I would call him in the middle of the night, just so he could listen to…
Every once in a while, it’s nice to get out of the office. Today was one of those days. I was sent up to Lake Tahoe again to take some equipment to our Field Office. Actually, not to our Field Office, but into the field :) I met one of my colleagues somewhere on the…
