Limestone, prairieland, birds in flight, rolling hills and snow…it must be Christmas in the Flint Hills of Kansas: Slippery, slow, white-out, giant fluffy flakes…must be a post-family Christmas drive home through Oklahoma: And 2″ of snow on the ground at home…must be a White Christmas at the Hayley House (a first for our area since 1985!):
Travel
Science is Cool
While I’m waiting on The Boy’s surgery, I thought I’d write a quick post about what I was doing the day The Devastating Injury happened: Touring the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Courtesy of a colleague, I was given a preview pass to tour the museum prior to its grand opening. […]
Yes, I Ride Public Transportation
Yes, I ride the train to and from work as often as my schedule will allow. No, I am not financially destitute with public transportation as my only option. And no, I’m (usually) not the crazy person on the train. Why take public transport? My commute takes a consistent amount of time. If traffic is good, […]
Trolley Time
The Boy and I did something fun last week – we rode a trolley. Not just any trolley, mind you, we rode the McKinney Avenue Trolley, Dallas’ historic trolley line. The M-Line stops right outside my office. The Boy and I had a basketball game to attend, but I had a dinner/meeting beforehand so The […]
The Full Story
If you’ve followed me on Facebook, you have probably guessed what my crazy story is about: Trying to outrun a hurricane in a rental car. My little close foursome band had gone to Washington, DC, so our men could run the Marine Corps Marathon. I was supposed to run the marathon as well, but an […]
When Everything Went Wrong Except for What Really Mattered
I remember back in the day when I loved to fly. Plane travel was exciting. Now plane travel feels like a beating and I’m often a candidate for “Most Likely to be Taken Off the Plane” because of frustration. This was especially true when flying American Airlines last week. You might say that only an […]
Unexpected Blessing
The ticket machine at the train station cheated me out of a quarter change two weeks ago. I’ve been irritated about this for two weeks. Silly, I know. True nevertheless. So imagine my surprise this morning when I bought my ticket and the very same ticket machine gave me two quarters in change, instead of […]
Sign You’ve Grown Up
When I was 28, my frequently driven long-distance routes were marked by stops with clean bathrooms and fountain drinks. Now that I'm 41, my frequently driven long-distances routes are marked by stops with clean bathrooms and Starbucks.
How Did This Happen?
I just realized the other day that I’ve gone from being a woman that drives – a lot – to being a woman that is driven. When The Boy and I worked close to each other, we commuted together – every day, for nearly 7 years. My office was further away, so I would drive […]