On a recent trip to New York my hubby and I took, we walked everywhere. While it was tiring, it also felt good. We walked the equivalent of a trip up and down Mount Everest, without the up and down part.
(Cue for mental image of myself, scarf fluttering in the wind, sunglasses perched on nose, [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Oh, Where are the Sidewalks?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Round Shape
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A year and a month ago, I was viciously ambushed by a bug that left me inches from a toilet lid through most of a week-long work trip. I barricaded myself in my room, occasionally hobbling out to let the people know I wasn’t a corpse (yet). I returned home to my wonderful husband, who [...]
I’ve Been Meme’d!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“Huh?” I went when I first heard that term. “What’s a meme?” So I went to my good friend Google and looked it up. Wikipedia had the first entry that popped up, so despite my bias against using the site as an authoritative source, I’m going to quote it.
“A meme consists of any unit of [...]
Decisions, Decisions…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hearing aids tend to come in a flesh-tone color. Thus, I’ve always had beige hearing aids. Only recently, I’ve discovered that hearing aids are coming in different colors, and now I feel like I’m standing in a new car lot. Only instead of debating what color car I want, it’s what color hearing aid. No [...]
Hard-Wired for Brevity
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A second grade writing assignment required me to write a two-page report on a book the class had read, Cinderella. Back then, two pages meant we used our writing notebooks that had one-inch-wide blue guiders to keep us writing in a straight line. There was space for about seven lines on each page. Seven lines, [...]
Clearly I’ve Never Been to Singapore
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And clearly I won’t be going anytime soon! According to a recent news article, Singapore-owned Tiger Airways requires me to have a traveling companion when I fly. In fact, all deaf/hard of hearing passengers must have a traveling companion. It’s for our own safety, they claim. Because when the plane starts rapidly descending and the [...]
By the Book
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was in a hurry when I walked into the crafts store. I had a pending appointment, but I figured I had enough time to find 8 feet of zipper and dash out. The 8 feet of zipper would repair the cover for the 8-foot pillow that graces our porch seat, and which I destroyed [...]
Elevator Story
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was the ponytail, I think.
I’d been wearing my hair pulled back in a ponytail, exposing my lovely hearing aids for all to see. Most people don’t even notice them, but some have hearing aid radar. Like the guy who walked into the elevator.
I was talking to my friend, and the polite, Southern lady side [...]
