It’s official. We’re too happy. Perhaps you know someone (usually “of a certain age”) who says things like, “Well, I’d like to [do this or that/ go here or there], but I think I’ll just stay home; I have so much to do”. Well, I think we’re each becoming THAT GUY. I’ve always been a [...]
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More OCD, Counting, and Germphobia
Posted in "Growing up", Children, Education, Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Travel on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This isn’t my first story about compulsions. One of my last posts was on this subject. A lively discussion of this led to other thoughts of OCD, counting and germ phobia, some spin-offs of the compulsion thing. I decided I would probably be a counter if I weren’t so dyslexic at math. I couldn’t be [...]
Travel Madness
Posted in Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining, Politics, Technology, Travel on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, we went to Houston, a brief trip to attend a family event. As my daughter says, ”Mom, you really need to get out more”. We arrived on a Friday. The traffic and crowds in Houston made me deliriously happy to return home to our little ranch in our little town. It [...]
Israel
Posted in Travel on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the duration of my children’s childhoods, our travel budget was spent exclusively between Florida and Texas —for visiting family. Those trips were more important to me than any others. For several years after my return to Texas, hard labor on the ranch kept me from leaving for more than a few days at a [...]
International Travel
Posted in Travel on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We flew to Israel a few years ago. International travel had changed since the last time I flew out of the country (over 27 years before. Most other things have changed as well). There were the obvious security checks post 9/11, like removing one’s shoes while hand luggage is X-rayed. (Perhaps next time we fly [...]
