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In with the New
The Move We moved to our new house on Tuesday. We had packed over the last several weekends, which was hard on the body, but made the move much easier. The movers came and went in 3 hours. We p...
All of a Sudden
Sudden Death On my flight back from California, I was writing the last entry on my tablet, and the screen would blink in and out. I didn’t think much of it, figured that it was a wiring issue, b...
California Trip
Aug 12 We had a late flight, from 6:30pm to 10pm, but it’s pacific time so the flight is actually 6.5 hours. But our flight was delayed for half an hour before we boarded and another half hour w...
Only Have to be Lucky Once
At Home Last weekend, we went to an open house in a really nice town. Its asking price was 0.5% above our revised price range (but 20% above our original), but it was really nice - it has the sa...
In Dependents Day
Holiday We are upstate now at La Professeure’s parents’ for independence day holiday. We arrived on Tuesday and will go back Sunday. It is a bit low-key; La Professeure has a list of tasks to ac...
Carve Our Own Paths
Jabba the Bun We used a small ottoman to form part of the rabbit’s habitat, we call it a “tunnel”, where three sides are surrounded by boxes and covered with a blanket. The rabbit has chewed a h...
Looking back; looking forward
Old friends The California trip is getting closer and I am planning the visits, but my piano teacher and La Professeure’s old student are not sure they’d be in town, so we may get some free days...
Earthquake and other Disasters
Earthquake Before and after the earthquake hit, the wind was blowing very hard, and I was still in bed half waking up. So when the house shook I thought it was just a very strong gust of wind an...
The Saga of non-Bidding War
House as identity We’ve been going to open houses on the weekends but up till two weeks ago hadn’t found anything we liked. Two weekends ago we saw two nice houses that we would put an offer on....
Another Audition Date
Constant Entertainment After a period of chewing the ottoman cave, the rabbit has returned to chewing on the couch. We had tried to distract him with other chew toys but he always returned to th...
Left Behind
Get a hint La Prof went upstate for the funeral of her maid of honor’s mom. I stayed behind because of the rabbit, and because I was scheduled to host a recital. The recital concert was surpris...
Happy New Year
The Break The way the holidays fell this year, with Christmas on a Monday and New Year on the next Monday, we were able to get a 1 ½ week off by taking three vacation days, since the Fridays wer...
Year-end Survey 2023
1. What did you do in 2023 that you’d never done before? Set foot in Antarctica. Snorkle. Run a concert series. See an orange sky. Visit the Statue of Liberty. 2. Did you achieve your goals for ...
How Does One Measure a Life?
In Love La Professeure’s sister-in-law’s father, who lives 20 minutes away from us, has had a case of dementia since last Thanksgiving. The doctor discovered a tumor in his brain, removed it by ...
The Expectations Game
Jaded When Rabbits are happy, they hop straight up into the air and zip around. It’s their version of dogs’ zoomies. Our rabbit used to do that on a daily basis. However, lately La Professeure a...
Novelty
Montauk We took half of a week off to go to Montauk three weeks ago. This would be our summer trip, and the first time we visited. On the first day we arrived early, so we had time to tour the ...
Busy and Hot Summer
Amateurs I’m now upstate with the in-laws now to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday. This is the continuation of the summer where we have social obligations many weekends in a row. On Bastill...
Onset of Summer
Passing the Baton Our amateur music group had the last recital of the season and a board meeting last week. ENT pianist is hoping to delegate more responsibility to others from next season on, s...
Real Estate Dramas
Afford to be picky So far, house prices are high, and the ones that fall in our price range all have some issue with it. We often wonder to ourselves what the homeowners were thinking putting in...
Does Anything Matter
Maybe you should stop I played Mozart at the last amateur group’s recital without having paid a lot of attention to preparing for it. I didn’t feel the pressure of playing a concert, as a result...
The Sandwich Generation
Kids these days The rabbit is now always asking for treats. He nudges us to get attention and tries to get behind the desk in the office. In general he is very patient but he has been known to t...
Rabbit and a Look Back
3 years on It was a little bit more than three years that we began our lockdown. We’re not quite back to pre-pandemic behaviour still - and I don’t think we ever will, or should, but I don’t thi...
Procrastination
A variation on a popular survey 1. First concert - Chinese University of Hong Kong Choir 2. Last concert - Me 3. Worst concert - Me 4. Loudest concert - Metrics 5. Best concert - Hard to defin...
Bloodbath
Still Alive After coming back from Argentina/Antarctica, I tested positive for COVID and had to work from home. This time it wasn’t as bad as the first time I got COVID - I didn’t have to take t...
Year-end Survey 2022
1. What did you do in 2022 that you’d never done before? Use a heart-shaped jacuzzi. Work a Hybrid in-person/remote work week. 2. Did you achieve your goals for the year, and will you make more ...
