Others writing the Sunday Somethings: Kerry
Something that made me smile this week: The lake. Swimming. Shrieks of children laughing. Playing King of the Raft with the adults.
Something i struggled with this week: Hormones. Something turned me into an unstable, emotional wreck for an entire day.
Something tasty i ate this week: I treated myself to ice cream sandwiches.
Something i learned this week: I have a lot of respect & support from the bridge community. I was one of several people singled out and semi-attacked in a public bridge forum. The response from the majority of the bridge community was awesome – folks publicly questioned the instigators and i also received a lot of private messages (as did lance, who was also singled out).
Something from the bridge table: A Suit Combinations Quiz taken from the Encyclopedia of Bridge. Source: the Palo Alto bridge club.
Some thing i am doing towards my goals: I think i’ll mark ‘learn JSL’ off the list. It’s an internally developed language at my company, and my education has been an ongoing process for several months. There’s still lots to learn, but i now consider myself an intermediate user.
Something i am reading: Started and finished Infected by Scott Sigler. Began rereading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. It is my absolute favorite book (first of a series).
Something happening around the house: Watching a discovery channel DVD from netflix, drinking coffee and working on computers. The kitchen needs to be cleaned and laundry (always laundry!) needs to be done, but i’m blowing it off today. I do need to do a big grocery run, though, no avoiding that.
Something i am thinking: Do they have amusement parks in Iraq? Sometimes i contrast our lives, where we spend A LOT of our time simply trying to entertain ourselves, with what i imagine it to be like in Iraq or Afghanistan. It hardly seems like the same world.
Something i am hoping: I hope the new car doesn’t die in the first year of us owning it. I really hope it will last 3+ years, and that shouldn’t be a problem – it’s old but it’s in really good shape. We just had a scare yesterday when it wouldn’t start. It turns out the car only starts when in Park and we weren’t in Park, so there’s nothing to worry about, but for a brief moment, i couldn’t help rolling my eyes and thinking Great, the car breaks the day after we bought it.
Something i am looking forward to next week: Bridge tournament! I get to play with my three favorite partners and overload on bridge.
Something random: We stayed close to home this weekend, and i really needed it. After four straight weekends of family, including two plane rides and more than a thousand miles of driving, it was time to lay low for a few days.
Something captured: Lance’s new car.
June 2nd, 2009 8:14 am
Congratulations! Good to see the picture! Details on the car? I’d love to hear more about the bridge singling-out…it’s already been apparent to me that both you and Lance are respected and supported by the bridge community. And it’s very neat that Lance is in demand all over Raleigh as a bridge teacher(2 entries ago)!