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Happy Easter! I have glorious hymns ringing in my ears from this weekend. On Saturday Sydney and I left the house around 5am to drive to NYC. We left the car in the suburbs and took the train down to … Continue reading →

When Sydney was gone, I had a nice little life going (except for the missing him part): early start to the day, time at the gym, carefully scheduled and productive work hours, and a meal routine that was nourishing but … Continue reading →

Alright, now that I’ve had almost a week to recover from an interesting trip home, perhaps I should write a post about what I did at Oxford before moving on. Apparently, all I’ve talked about so far is flowers and … Continue reading →

On Friday Sydney’s long-time friend Milton stopped in for a visit. Milton happened to be driving a semi-truck through the middle of New York and thus became our first drop-in visitor.  We never have people come to visit us, since, … Continue reading →

Tonight, on my way back from a dinner downtown, I found myself in a line of cars at a police checkpoint.  As the nice young policeman explained to me, they were checking for DUIs and DWIs.  Ten feet past the … Continue reading →

Sydney’s now been home for two whole days.  I knew he was coming with lots of baggage, but I didn’t realize he would come home with a nasty cold.  So he’s spent the last couple of days coughing, sniffling, lying … Continue reading →

His beard and hair are scruffy and he’s smelly and hoarse.  But I’ll take him. 🙂

There are some good things to note first: Sydney let me know he thinks he’s coming today.  As I write, he should be somewhere over the Atlantic, relaxing a bit after a stressful couple of days.  We’ll just hope he … Continue reading →

So I’m stuck in a hotel in London, listening to storm outside. Right, exactly. After two months of pretty much nothing but sunny, balmy days, a big storm rolls in just as I want to leave the country. Sometimes getting … Continue reading →

–not that I’m counting 🙂 If all goes well (and good weather is expected both here and in Detroit), Sydney will be home by 11:30 tomorrow night.  I thought I was playing it pretty cool these last few days, but … Continue reading →