13. October, 2003 - the autumn of my discontent
- I drove up to mom’s yesterday. It was an okay day, but it brought home a few things, and since I’m light on linkage today, I figured I’d share.
- The leaves are already gone from many of the trees up at mom’s. It’s not even a hundred miles north of here, but it’s definitely autumn. I haven’t been out and about enough lately to have noticed more than the fact that the tree in my front yard had started changing color. In her yard, there’s only one tree that’s still mostly green, and most are already bare. It’s autumn, and I still haven’t had the vacation I promised myself I’d take this summer. In fact, there’s a lot I haven’t gotten done that I wanted to before the snow hit this year, and I’m resigned to leaving a lot of it undone.
- I’m trying to find a house I can buy that will hold me, and possibly have space for mom, too. She’s not getting any younger, and while she’s not ready to move off the farm just yet, I need to start planning for that day.
- There’s also the neighborhood association stuff. The greeks who are upset about historic designation of their houses have made a ton of extra work for us, and the normal projects I’ve been working on that help the neighborhood have been getting ignored. Thanks guys.
- I’ve been pondering vacation, and the list of places I’ve thought about include: Poland, Austria (that first picture is where I spent a year of high-school), and Tokyo. More likely, I’ll end up with something within the US, since I don’t know when I’ll be leaving on vacation, and it’s tough to book overseas travel on no notice. Bleh.
- I’m pretty seriously burned out on just about everything right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if I took a break from posting these things for a while, since I seem to be running low on material.
- But hey! Metal butter knives are making a comeback aboard U.S. airliners and you’re allowed to carry corkscrews and nail-clippers again. Woo? [press-patch]
- Council declares houses historic and there is little the coalition can do aside from suing the city. And raising a stink at our neighborhood association.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:26:03.