Oct

17

what a waste

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a waste

Preparing to leave for work this morning, I was feeling proud of myself for what appeared to be an ontime departure. (I’m mentally composing a future post about what an ontime departure really means with my new commute. It may be a bit before that post happens, as I don’t have clarity on it quite yet.) I squeezed just the right amount of toothpaste onto my toothbrush, reached for the sink to slightly wet the brush, and plop– the toothpaste fell off into the sink.

What a waste. And yet, I didn’t dare try to scrape any of it off for reuse. I hope this isn’t a sign of how the rest of the day will go. Then again, it didn’t land on my shirt or pants, and for that I’m grateful. I’ll take it as a sign that today’s going to be just great.

Here ends my longest post thus far with no real substance.

Oct

13

Southerners now?

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Rachel, Micah, and I ate at our first Chick-fil-A a couple weeks ago. While living in MI, I frequently heard about this restaurant chain from those who had been in the South before. I figured we should make it a priority upon our arrival here. (It also helped that we were giving two coupons for free sandwiches. Thanks, FRC.)

While this certainly won’t be a food review worthy of ma’ona, I will say ISoutherners now? really enjoyed the experience. They had a huge vat of honey-mustard sauce where you could pour your own amount. I’m a sucker for honey-mustard. Rachel commented that she’s never seen such polite and helpful employees at a fast food restaurant. (”Yes, ma’am.” “It would be my pleasure.”)

I’ll certainly be going back for more. Does this mean we’re Southerners now? If so, that seems like a much less painful path than eating other foods.

Oct

9

in honor of Columbus

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the CapitolToday is Columbus Day, an official federal holiday. That means I had the day off from work. It’s one aspect of working with the government to which I should be able to quickly become accustomed. We decided to be touristy and head into D.C.

We took the Metro into town. We weren’t sure how it would go with Micah and his stroller, but things couldn’t have gone better. (Micah’s first ride on the Metro!) We walked down theWWII Memorial National Mall, saw the Washington Monument, the WWII Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and this really peaceful park just off of the Mall that Rachel and I had never seen before. All in all, a good day.

In retrospect, I’m not sure what else one should do to honor Columbus. :-P

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