tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post8118027534686502298..comments2014-01-16T05:34:35.872-08:00Comments on If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.: right on schedule, the doldrums set inanne mancinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020711868764662709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post-43400126669794684422008-02-05T16:12:00.000-08:002008-02-05T16:12:00.000-08:00H-m-m-m... I don't suppose you could just say that...H-m-m-m... I don't suppose you could just say that you lit up your mom's life every day that you were home? No, probably not.anne mancinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020711868764662709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post-64675802480721525242008-02-05T12:46:00.000-08:002008-02-05T12:46:00.000-08:00also i've had just really a terrible time explaini...also i've had just really a terrible time explaining to people what i did at home for my ridiculously long two months of break--"prepping for christmas took a lot of time, and i was able to do a lot of pleasure reading" is just not adequate. then we talk about how we wish we could read for fun more, then the conversation slows, and they're like, "what else did you do?" besides "enjoyed myself immensely," i don't have much of an answer.jamancihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154799606442336133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post-42374398483591786222008-02-05T12:42:00.000-08:002008-02-05T12:42:00.000-08:00sometimes i wish my sense of the passage of time w...sometimes i wish my sense of the passage of time was more like the doggies'--i'm not sure they can tell the difference between a half hour and a couple weeks! or maybe i just like to think they can't...<BR/><BR/>i do feel a bit like that though--i'm so caught up in routine (stupid exercise) and prepping for the school year (stupid dutch history book) that i haven't noticed the days passing. it both feels like i've been here months and like i've just gotten back. kinda weird. but living in two places as i have been for the last several years, you get used to the oddities of frequent long travel surprisingly quickly.<BR/><BR/>how i wish it were summer and hot and sunny and we were swimming at west branch though! or maybe somewhere more fun, and near me--say chincoteague--where there isn't strange algae growing out of the bottom...<BR/><BR/>don't forget to get back out here and visit me!jamancihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154799606442336133noreply@blogger.com