not exactly "round trip"

926 days from the start date to the end date, end date included

Or 2 years, 6 months, 12 days including the end date

Alternative time units

926 days can be converted to one of these units:

• 80,006,400 seconds
• 1,333,440 minutes
• 22,224 hours
• 132 weeks (rounded down)

non sequitur

HVTN VW Club, a photo by foto fledgling on Flickr.

this was my life five years ago. SO MUCH has happened since this photo was taken. 

Same ~ different

still drive a VW ~ just not a bug

still work in research ~ different area of study

still married ~ but more of a team

still a mom ~ and well... still a mom

I had no idea where I was going ~ but now I know right where I am.

these are the moments...

from October to January there are a LOT of celebrations. It starts with the huz's birthday, occasionally there is an Autumnal wedding, other people's fall birthdays, and then the usual holidays: Halloween, and Thanksgiving. December has even more birthdays, and then we tumble into the deep winter holidays: Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Years. Finally January rolls around with the Epiphany, and the Capricorn birthdays including my own.   Sometimes in all that there are simple little unexpected gatherings, like a lunch mid week with a few friends...

a birthday toast

 Thanksgiving

impromptu lunch

lighting a winter night

This is the third season we've been in Pittsburgh. Each year a little different, and a little same. Each celebration another memory shared. 

rumble....

When I worked in Pioneer Square we actually mistook the earthquake for a large rumbling truck going south on the viaduct (which is in the process of coming down).

Now I always think of that sound when I think I hear thunder; but then remember that they are FIREWORK CRAZY here! and I can't quite figure out where it is coming from. It echos off the river banks and valleys. 

when it rains....

...well yes, sometimes it pours. Either way I am not fond of using an umbrella / bumbershoot / brolly (whatever you want to call it). I prefer my rain slicker / jacket / poncho (whatever you want to call it).

Because my rain slicker keeps me dry and doesn't poke you in the eye. 

Because my rain slicker keeps me dry and doesn't need to be adjusted to let you go by.

Because my rain slicker repels the rain and doesn't require a hallway drain. 

Because umbrellas in abundance hog the sidewalk/crosswalk and are a nuisance. 

Obviously this is not a practice I've adapted, this is one area of life I will award the NW a point.