April 2017

We have a few new folks in my group and one of them said today, “Oh wow, you’re already back! That’s nuts! Who goes to Stockholm for a long weekend?” Nuts ‘R Us, apparently. I love these quick flyby trips to far-off places, and it’s my preferred way of traveling (here’s…

Is it possible to lose feeling in your lungs? When I think back to my halcyon days of just yesterday when I was in Los Angeles and it was almost 80 degrees and I literally complained about summer coming too soon because my style is better suited to layers of winter clothing,…

The Captain and I had been in the car for about 40 minutes already (read: 12 miles of winding canyon roads through the hills of Los Angeles) and we were just minutes away from LAX when I decided to check the weather in Stockholm. “Look,” I said. “It’s snow flurries!!…

People who don’t have cats will never understand the AMAZING level of help offered by feline companionship. Paper bags never go without a thorough investigation. Boxes get the same tough scrutiny. Clothes never get folded without first being inspected, rolled on, and scrutinized for the napping properties. Packing for Sweden today,…

It’s the armpit of a.m. on a Tuesday and already I am looking forward to tonight. Tonight is dedicated to more deep-dive research about Sweden. Our trip to Stockholm is (drumroll please) just a week and a day from now. To prepare we have done the scholarly work of embarking…

As we were waiting in the conference room for our meeting to start, someone caught me on my phone checking out the weather in Stockholm. “When is your trip again?” he asked. “I leave in a couple of weeks,” I said. “How long are going for?” he asked. People around the…