the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
From the monthly archives:
During our trip to New York we visited with family and friends and it struck me that in most conversations there was an undercurrent of fear about the economy. No one discussed it outright but it is pretty clear that most people we know are hunkering down and cutting their spending wherever they can. And [...]
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We are trying to figure out what to do for Inauguration Day. Part of me wants to run for the hills, the other part realizes that it is going to be a historic event in our own backyard and we have no excuse since we are about four blocks from the Metro.
Hotels are booked solid [...]
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We visited part of my old neighborhood in Brooklyn last night and quite a bit has changed since I left in 2000. I lived there in 1990-1991 and from 1994 to 2000. There has been a lot of new development downtown and near Atlantic Avenue which over time will probably serve as a reminder of [...]
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So much for daily posting to the blog. We drove to NYC last Wednesday night for funeral services only to have Citrus re-enact the Exorcist in the car. By Thursday her fever was 105.8 so we had to go to the emergency room where they told us that she had a fever. Everything has now calmed [...]
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On Monday and Tuesday I attended the annual meeting of the Military Officers Association of America. As a member of their Currently Serving Spouse Advisory Council, I attended a panel presentation featuring seven senior military spouses (all wives) sharing stories and advice with new generations of spouses.
I think I most identified with the comment that [...]
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