Greetings from North Carolina
We are visiting Marty's dad's family in NC. Here are some pictures I took when we came here four years ago for Christmas in 1998. It looks pretty much the same, with the absence of the ice and the big car.
We're having a fun trip, although I've picked up a cold in the last couple of days. My sleep schedule is all messed up -- I just woke up thirty minutes ago (at 1AM) and now I'm having a cup of Sweet Dreams tea and checking my mail. I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a quick update.
On this trip I have had the pleasure of getting together in person with three people I met online. It's always neat to meet people in person who have only been e-mail addresses or URLs before, and as has always been the case, these folks were all very nice people. I guess since I first got online (in 1991 or so) I must have met close to fifty e-mail correspondents, one way or another. I'm not in touch with all of them today, but some of them are among my closest friends. If you're a regular reader, I'm sure you've heard me mention Maria, Sonal, Laura P, Tj, and Alicia -- some of my good friends who started out as e-mail correspondents!
I am sorry I never met any of my readers from Yale while I was living in Connecticut. I corresponded with one person for awhile, but we never managed to meet in person; however, I know from my stats that at least a couple of other people from Yale are regular readers, and have been for over a year. But that's okay, too. Not everyone likes to meet people that way.
Yesterday we had Christmas dinner at Marty's grandmother's with Marty's dad, stepmother, and two brothers. It was fun to see everyone again, and to all be together for the first time in awhile. We exchanged presents, and Marty's grandmother gave me the most cunning little cat pin. I somehow seem to have amassed quite a collection of cat pins over the last few years -- and I think I've actually bought none of them myself -- but this is definitely one of my favorites. It's sparkly! And it's not even my first cat pin of these holidays, since my mother-in-law also gave me one that I love, last week. It's a silver one from Mexico.
But I have to admit, one of the highlights of my day was getting to drive my brother-in-law Scot's new car, a Mini Cooper. We see these cars everywhere in Munich, but they're pretty rare here. It is a great ride. Thank you for letting me play with your new toy, Scot!
Thanks to Sonal for photo editing services. You rock, girl!
We are visiting Marty's dad's family in NC. Here are some pictures I took when we came here four years ago for Christmas in 1998. It looks pretty much the same, with the absence of the ice and the big car.
We're having a fun trip, although I've picked up a cold in the last couple of days. My sleep schedule is all messed up -- I just woke up thirty minutes ago (at 1AM) and now I'm having a cup of Sweet Dreams tea and checking my mail. I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a quick update.
On this trip I have had the pleasure of getting together in person with three people I met online. It's always neat to meet people in person who have only been e-mail addresses or URLs before, and as has always been the case, these folks were all very nice people. I guess since I first got online (in 1991 or so) I must have met close to fifty e-mail correspondents, one way or another. I'm not in touch with all of them today, but some of them are among my closest friends. If you're a regular reader, I'm sure you've heard me mention Maria, Sonal, Laura P, Tj, and Alicia -- some of my good friends who started out as e-mail correspondents!
I am sorry I never met any of my readers from Yale while I was living in Connecticut. I corresponded with one person for awhile, but we never managed to meet in person; however, I know from my stats that at least a couple of other people from Yale are regular readers, and have been for over a year. But that's okay, too. Not everyone likes to meet people that way.
Yesterday we had Christmas dinner at Marty's grandmother's with Marty's dad, stepmother, and two brothers. It was fun to see everyone again, and to all be together for the first time in awhile. We exchanged presents, and Marty's grandmother gave me the most cunning little cat pin. I somehow seem to have amassed quite a collection of cat pins over the last few years -- and I think I've actually bought none of them myself -- but this is definitely one of my favorites. It's sparkly! And it's not even my first cat pin of these holidays, since my mother-in-law also gave me one that I love, last week. It's a silver one from Mexico.
But I have to admit, one of the highlights of my day was getting to drive my brother-in-law Scot's new car, a Mini Cooper. We see these cars everywhere in Munich, but they're pretty rare here. It is a great ride. Thank you for letting me play with your new toy, Scot!
Thanks to Sonal for photo editing services. You rock, girl!
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