I’m heading off on vacation. She doesn’t need me until January, and I think it’s time to head up to Churchill to visit family during the annual gathering. I know you’re thinking polar bears don’t typically keep track of their family, but mine does stay in touch. I may wander … Continue reading →
I’ve been back from Bahrain for a few weeks now. She brought me a nice T-shirt from Latvia–too bad they don’t make them big enough for me to wear. I think it was Her excuse to be able to “wear it” for me. If She’s going to buy something for … Continue reading →
I noticed on the old template my title blog was getting cut off. I believe this was a subtle (or perhaps unintended) hint from Blogger that I should choose a new template. I’ve been contemplating this for a long time, but none of the templates I liked offered a Links … Continue reading →
I have returned. No more swimming pool. No more chilly, comfortable air conditioning. Just plain, old, Virginia Indian Summer weather. The inflatable kiddy pool for the back yard. A house air conditioned to 80 degrees (and She turned off the A/C and opened the windows today!). She’s done with the … Continue reading →
She departs Bahrain next week, so I’ll be getting stuffed into a carry-on bag soon to make the trip back to the United States. I know I complained when I found out She was bringing me here, but I’ve grown to love the air conditioning and the swimming pool. I … Continue reading →
I’m a few days late in commenting about this, but I watched the last half of the Olympic Women’s Marathon the other day. That may not sound like an exciting thing, but, like the Olympic Women’s Triathalon today, it was an exciting race. In the marathon, the Japanese and British … Continue reading →
I haven’t found basketball on the villa satellite programming. There’s something daunting about 900 satellite channels when you’re looking for one type of program. 900 channels becomes very “needle in a haystack” like. I’ve found no English programming carrying the Olympics, but German and something that sounds like French are … Continue reading →
At last! My dictation duties have been completed. I can return to unfettered pool lounging and take refuge in the air conditioning in the heat of the day. We finished dictation on the PBOTL first draft yesterday afternoon. I coaxed Her into the pool to celebrate tonight. She liked it. … Continue reading →
I’m still trying to drag Her out to the pool with me. Last week, She told me She would go, but I have not been successful in getting Her in the pool this week. She stuck Her toes in. She knows it’s nice and cool, but She still won’t go. … Continue reading →
Between pool parties and forced dictation sessions here in Bahrain, I’ve been following the NBA Free Agency hoopla this summer. And an interesting summer it has been. I concur with the seemingly unanimous assessment that Utah has come out on top of this process. They got solid players with some … Continue reading →