One of my favorite things about having a job that nobody outside of the office really understands (or at least, it feels difficult for me to explain), is that I find some people who tend to assume that I'm a bastion of financial knowledge and know-how ( Read more... )

I feel like I should write here again.  I'm primarily on Facebook, and while it's a great means for keeping in touch with folks, it's less good for chronicling and publishing adventures.  I tend to forget some of the cool things I've seen and done, which makes me seem even more of a boring person than my banker getup would lead one to believe ( Read more... )

I don't pray very much, but I think God's answered the most important prayer I've had for a long time.  -I'd tested very high with blood sugar, and during a follow-up it turned out to be normal... but staring down diabetes for a month between the two tests made me reckon with my body and mortality and fragility in a way I hadn't had to before.

We're ( Read more... )

Yikes... Haven't posted in a long while.

Dude is doing exceptionally well.  - I've been out and about more recently, but at a time when I'd have more to talk about, I'm feeling less inclined to post as much here.  I know I have a readership (ha!), and I also know in the far-off future I'll enjoy looking back at where I've been... It just seems there ( Read more... )

I'm going home for Christmas ( Read more... )

OMG.  The world is such a strange and marvelous place:  I was shopping for new bedding, and I found this:


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I just had my first moment of college nostalgia.  -I mean, I've always had good memories, but a few minutes ago I actually wished I was there again...

I can't decide if this means I'm aging, or if I'm having a crappy day.  ...Quite possibly it's both.

...So good, in fact, I'm having trouble re-aclimating to being back...  It's hard to go back to work, pay bills, and go grocery shopping after such a high experience in Scotland.

I'm already thinking about a big trip next year, but instead of considering just N Africa or Oceania, I'm also thinking Australia and Ireland...

Pics of this trip are over ( Read more... )

I was getting ready to board my plane in Portland, when I noticed that the luggage sticker they'd given me said Denver, and not Minneapolis/St. Paul.  -This wasn't as big of an issue as it might seem, since I had a layover in Denver  -I'd just have to collect my stuff at the baggage claim there, and then go through security again.  
It was a good ( Read more... )

I don't think I've taken two weeks off in a row since I've started with the bank.  This is going to be nice...