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Sunday, May 25, 2008

An Eduvacational Minute

Vacation is over.

Elizabeth and I visited friends and family in the Mid-Atlantic states. We had a lot of fun, but learned even more. Here are a few gems of knowledge from my vacation:

1. On the East Coast, water falls from the sky, sometimes. In liquid form! They call it rain.
2. 55 mph is an acceptable freeway speed.
3. The Atlantic ocean is just as cold as the Pacific. Small world.
4. Dogs in Richmond roam freely off the leash and all look like pit bulls.
5. Crab cakes in Baltimore taste like crab cakes in Utah. Smaller world.
6. Delaware is not as bad as it sounds.

As educational as our vacations sounds, it was actually quite fun. (See thefunseeleys.blogspot.com to see what we really did).

I had to go back to work when it was all over. Work was educational and not fun. I contemplated a career change for the first couple of days, then realized I don't have a career.

I also came home to discover I still drive the same car I drove when I left. Our rental car was far from fancy, but it spoiled me nonetheless.

Monday, May 5, 2008

480 Minutes To and From Moab

I had a crippling allergy attack last week. I ate bee pollen all winter in the hopes of self-inoculating myself. I bought the pollen from a local bee guy, and had to listen to him tell me how honey can cure cancer, aids, burns, in-grown toenails, insomnia, and gout, but cannot cure motor-mouth. Actually, the pollen seems to have helped, but not as much as I had hoped. I just found out that the bee keepers in Utah ship all their bees off to California all summer. I was eating California pollen. That loquacious bee rancher lied about his pollen. Now I am tainted. This is what happens when you try to be holistic.

I also spent the weekend in Moab with Elizabeth and some of her family. I probably shouldn't say anything snide or sarcastic about my in-laws.

Moab was gorgeous. Perfect hiking weather. Lots of rocks. A few little lizards (or Geico's as my mother-in-law calls them). I discovered, as I climbed on a rock that I once climbed when young and spry, that I am wiser, more-well rounded, and intelligent (or as my sister-in-law would say: older, fatter, and more cowardly) than I once was. (See thefunseeley.blogspot.com for real details of the trip (coming soon)).

The mechanic looked my car over. I spent $90 to find out that it will cost $250 more to fix the a/c. My car stinks.