Monthly Archives: March 2007

some knitting

I. The sweater in progress. (Carefully cropped – photos of me look OK as long as you can’t see my eyes. Bags you could pack for a 3-week vacation.) Lessons learned: 1. Never knit a sweater in cheap yarn – … Continue reading

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not much, you?

Nothing terribly exciting going on at the moment; we have our regatta next week (April 7/8) so we’re concentrating on getting ready for that. Rudder is racing both days, a double on Saturday and a single on Sunday; I’m racing … Continue reading

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abused by my government, not by my school

They got me. So far, the comments from our immigration / financial advisors about the situation with my brokerage account are along the lines of, “Wow, we’ve never seen this before. Looks like someone’s misinterpreting the Patriot Act.” (I’m hoping … Continue reading

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books, in compensation

It’s funny; it never feels like that bad a week if it’s not awful minute to minute, but it occurs to me that in the past week I had the (finding out about the) death of a grandmother-in-law, a doctor’s … Continue reading

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differences in doctoring

I really should write this entry, about the differences in visiting the doctor here vs. in the US, over at the travel blog site. However, it was a gynacological check-up type visit, and I don’t really care to parade details … Continue reading

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arrrgggghhh

I have two semi-written posts, but I need to vent first. I’ve been spending the venting on the phone (at international rates!) and things are NOT going well. Sometimes living abroad sucks. First, I just found out Bank of America … Continue reading

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random questions

1. If I’ve climbed 20 flights of stairs over the course of today (a max of 11 at one go) does that adequately compensate for skipping my workout this morning? 2. Does anyone else hear the news from Iraq and … Continue reading

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welll…

I keep wanting to begin this entry, “Well, crap!” But it seems out of place, and maybe a little disrespectful. Rudder is the only person I know to have reached the age of 40 with four grandparents still alive. He … Continue reading

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never enough

We rowed yesterday, for the first evening row this spring and the first time in a boat together in a few weeks. I have a new nom de blog for my doubles partner: Roeiste, which would be a female rower … Continue reading

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carnage among the daffodils

Fortunately it seems to be mostly better now. Last week we had the warm temperatures and sunny skies that followed us home from England, and then grey moist Saturday with its breath of Spring. The daffodils were out, dancing in … Continue reading

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