Half Changed World

Sorry about the lack of posting, but between the change of jobs and a quick trip to Boston for my graduate school reunion, I just haven’t had the time.

The trip started on a low note when a) we got stuck in a huge line at security and had to race across the airport with the boys in order to catch our plane and b) N threw up all over himself in mid-flight.  This is the second time he’s puked on an airplane — last time, we figured it was because he had been crying his head off for an hour, but this time was without any warning, and he didn’t even seem particularly upset by it.

The reunion was ok — fun, but not spectacular.  I was disappointed that more of my classmates didn’t come.  I’m not sure whether my class did a particularly bad job of staying connected or what.   It was sort of fun telling people that I was starting my new job on Monday.

One of the highlights of the trip was meeting the one and only Phantom Scribbler and the Scribbler-Blue family.  Both Phantom and Mr. Blue were really lovely — generous to us, patient with the kids.  It really didn’t feel like meeting someone new, but more like getting together with old friends.  It helped that D and LG hit it off very nicely (even if they both jumped the gun every time they raced cars against each other).  It’s been a good 10 years since the last time I went to the Museum of Science, and I had forgotten how well designed the interative exhibits are.  The kids had a great time and stayed cheerful until the end, even though they were clearly exhausted.  (N. was so wiped that he fell asleep in his car seat on the floor of the totally packed Green Line train as soon as we left the Science Park station.)

On the bus to the airport, D was making up a song about how much he loved JetBlue.  Individual televisions with cartoons and chocolate cookies — what more could a 5 year old ask for from an airline?  On the other hand, I’m not staying at the Radisson in Cambridge again — the shuttle bus only ran about half the time, so T wound up hiking back and forth on Memorial Drive with D on his shoulders and N in the stroller more than once.  Yes, the man gets double bonus parenting points.

In the airport waiting for our flight home, we saw as impressive a double rainbow as I’ve ever seen — the main arc was absolutely glowing, and you could see the full spectrum on the secondary arc as well.

Work today was pretty quiet — my new boss wasn’t in the office.  But I got my computer account set up, and started figuring out the important things like where I print to, and how to adjust the temperature in my office.

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